Fourteen years ago, a stack of music was found amongst the papers of the black Chicagoan composer Florence Price: it was her long-lost cantata "Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight," set to the poem by Springfield native Vachel Lindsay. And now this lost & found masterpiece will be heard for the first time in Springfield, the city of both Lincoln and Lindsay. The UIS Orchestra will join forces with the Springfield Choral Society and baritone soloist Justin Johnson, under the baton of Jacobsen Woollen. Admission is free. No reservations required.

Program:

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: The Bamboula
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 8, Allegro Aperto
(featuring UIS Solo Competition winner Ruoshui Cai)

Florence Price: Abraham Lincoln Walks At Midnight

This concert is the culminating event of Abraham Lincoln Walks At Midnight: A Springfield Festival. For more information about the festival, including a full line-up of events, please visit the Springfield Choral Society webapage.