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 Purchase tickets on-line or at the Box Office.