Feb 5, 2015 2 min read

Feb. 16

‘A Lincoln Portrait’

The Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall has planned a series of programs to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

On Feb. 16, Congressman Tim Murphy (R-18th District) will narrate Aaron Copland’s “A Lincoln Portrait.” The concert, which will be performed by the Allegheny Brass Band and include other works from the Civil War era, will be performed at 7 p.m.

Copland composed “A Lincoln Portrait” in 1942, during World War II. The haunting orchestral score incorporates some of Lincoln’s most stirring oratory, with the narrator reading over the music.

Additionally, a compelling exhibit of 100 photographs of Abraham Lincoln, which were on display when the restored Espy Post re-opened in 2010, will be on display indefinitely in the newly-named Lincoln Gallery (previously the Reception Hall). Thanks to the generosity of Bill and Denise Brown, the benefactors who funded the Espy Post restoration, the ACFL&MH owns this collection, which ranges from an 1847 daguerreotype to the only known photograph of Lincoln in his coffin, taken April 24, 1865.

Tickets are $15 in advance or $18 at the door, and $5 for children 12 and under. The performance will be followed by a dessert reception in the Lincoln Gallery, which will also be open from 2-7 p.m. prior to the performance.

For tickets or more information,visit www.carnegiecarnegie.org or call 412-276-3456 ext. 6.