There will be a concert following the round table at 6 p.m., Circolo Filologico Milanese, in honor of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth, the American president that ended slavery in the U.S. and, together with other philosophers and men of letters, helped prepare the American Nation for the 20th century and beyond.

Milano - Wednesday Sept. 23rd 2009 – 9 p.m.
Teatro Dal Verme

In The Bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's Birth

Charles Ives
The Unanswered Question

Aaron Copland
Lincoln Portrait
Narrator Letizia Moratti, Mayor of Milano

Michael Daugherty
Letters from Lincoln
European premier

Igor Stravinsky
The Star - Spangled Banner (version 1944)

Filarmonica '900 del Teatro Regio di Torino
Jan Latham-Koenig, conductor
Stephan Genz, baritone

Before the execution of the pieces Umberto Ceriani will recite in Italian the words of Abraham Lincoln.

Assigned seating € 10
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