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JSP683 MARIAN ANDERSON: Let Freedom Ring!
• The 1939Lincoln Memorial Concert (First restored release)
• The 1961 Copenhagen Concert (First Release)

Notes:
By 1939 Marian Anderson was feted worldwide, but a concert planned for Washington’s Constitution Hall was blocked for one reason: she was black. With Eleanor Roosevelt’s support the concert took place instead on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. It was a triumph - now, perhaps, too little recalled.
This release would be merited simply because it is music-making of the highest order, but this is more - it's an important piece of American history.
The Copenhagen Concert is a further triumph. Held in especially high regard in Scandinavia (Sibelius adapted some of his works for her), Anderson basks in the audience's affection.

Tracklist:
MARIAN ANDERSON CONCERT ON THE STEPS OF THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL, WASHINGTON, D.C. EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 9, 1939. Live Broadcast Recording, First Restored Release

Kosti Vehanen - Piano

1.  Opening announcement                                            1:05
2.  Speech by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes                        3:39
3.  Traditional: America (My Country, ‘Tis of Thee)                            2:03
4.  Donizetti: La Favorita: Fia dunque vero … O mio Fernando … Scritto in cielo    5:38
5.  Schubert: Ave Maria (Ellens dritter Gesang), D. 839 (Op. 52, No. 6)             6:00
6.  Intermission announcements                                        4:39
7.  Spiritual: Gospel Train (arr. H. T. Burleigh)                                1:31
8.  Spiritual: Trampin’ (arr. Edward H. Boatner)                                3:24
9.  Closing announcement                                            0:17

MARIAN ANDERSON CONCERT AT FALKONER CENTRET, COPENHAGEN, OCTOBER 27, 1961. Live Recording, First Ever Release

Franz Rupp - Piano

10.  Brahms: Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer, Op. 105, No. 2                3:15
11.  Brahms: Von ewiger Liebe, Op. 43, No. 1                                3:44
12.  Schubert: Die Forelle, D. 550 (Op. 32)                                1:59
13.  Schubert: Ave Maria (Ellens dritter Gesang), D. 839 (Op. 52, No. 6)             4:49
14.  Schubert: Der Erlkönig, D. 328 (Op. 1 )                                3:51
15.  Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila: Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix                    4:48
16.  Traditional:  Comin’ Through the Rye                                1:39
17.  Kilpinen: Von zwei Rosen, Op. 59, No. 3                                1:41
18.  Kilpinen: Det var i vÃ¥rens ljusa tid, Op. 45, No. 2
       (sung in German, as Es war zur holden Lenzeszeit)                        1:28
19.  Traditional: Läksin minä kesäyönä käymään (arr. Selim Palmgren) 2:05
20.  Sibelius: Belsazars gästabud, Op. 51: Den judiska flickans sÃ¥ng (or Solitude)
       (arranged for Marian Anderson by Sibelius)                                2:17
21.  Sibelius: Svarta rosor, Op. 36, No. 1 (sung in English as Black Roses)          1:41
22.  Spiritual: Done Foun’ My Los’ Sheep (arr. J. Rosamund Johnson)                    3:06
23.  Spiritual: Hold On! (arr. Harold Johnson)                                                          2:40
24.  Spiritual: He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands (arr. Hamilton Forrest)        2:30
25.  Spiritual: He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands (reprise)                2:27
26.  Spiritual: My Soul’s Been Anchored in de Lord (arr. Florence B. Price)            1:47
27.  Spiritual: Heav’n, Heav’n (arr. H. T.Burleigh)                            2:27
28.  Spiritual: O What a Beautiful City! (arr. Edward Boatner)                    2.21

Total Time:                                                          79.03