THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: An Evening with Ken Burns Presented by the BSO & GBH
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Rhiannon Giddens, vocals
Kyle Sanna, guitar
Johnny Gandelsman, violin
Megumi Stohs, violin
Celia Hatton, viola
Mike Block, cello
Mikael Ringquist, percussion
Marcus Santos, percussion
Mathias Kunzli, percussion
Join Ken Burns, GBH, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, on April 16, 2025 at 7:30pm at Symphony Hall to preview his new film, THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. The event will feature musical performances, selections from the documentary, and a behind-the-scenes conversation with the filmmakers and three historians featured in the film: Vincent Brown, Philip Deloria and Maya Jasanoff. The music, curated by Grammy Award-winning violinist and producer Johnny Gandelsman, will be performed by Gandelsman and Grammy Award-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens along with other instrumentalists, drawing on the soundtrack for THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION and the historical backdrop of key moments and themes depicted in the series. The six-part, 12-hour documentary series, directed by Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, premieres on November 16, 2025 on GBH and explores the country’s founding struggle and its eight-year War for Independence.
