And Still They Vanish
Sunday, March 15, 2026, 3PM
First Church in Cambridge
11 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138
JAMES WHITBOURN, Annelies
Guest Artists:
Sonja DuToit Tengblad, soprano
Hyunju Jung, collaborative pianist
Sarita Uranovsky, violin
Jan Halloran, clarinet
Eugene Kim, cello
Coro Allegro, Boston’s LGBTQ+ and allied classical chorus, led by David Hodgkins, presents And Still They Vanish—a powerful, unflinching meditation on memory, identity, and injustice.
The concert features a single work performed without intermission: James Whitbourn’s Annelies, a deeply moving oratorio based on The Diary of Anne Frank. Through her words, we follow the inner life of a Jewish teenager forced into hiding during the Holocaust, bearing witness to both unimaginable cruelty and enduring hope.
Anne’s story is one of resilience in the face of hatred, and the piece speaks urgently to our present moment. In a time marked by the rise of authoritarianism, unwarranted identity-based arrests, and the erosion of civil liberties, Annelies serves as both a memorial and a wake-up call. We are honored to welcome soprano Sonja DuToit Tengblad in the role of Anne, bringing voice and vitality to a figure who still speaks across generations.
Join us for an afternoon of remembrance and resistance—music that refuses to forget.
We are pleased to work with Keshet as our community partner for this program. Keshet works for the full equality of all LGBTQ+ Jews and their families in Jewish life. They strengthen Jewish communities. They equip Jewish organizations with the skills and knowledge to build LGBTQ+-affirming communities, create spaces in which all queer Jewish youth feel seen and valued, and advance LGBTQ+ rights nationwide.
