The performance project “Who Will Remain” will be presented in Massachusetts for the first time this spring with two free public performances to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day. Since its premiere in London in 2023, the project has been hailed as a “beautifully crafted and performed examination of humanity” that “cries out to a contemporary audience.”

The first performance is scheduled for Sunday, April 12, 2026, at 3 p.m. at Emmanuel Church on Newbury Street in Boston, hosted by the Emmanuel Center and sponsored in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

The following evening — Monday, April 13, 2026, at 7 p.m. — the ensemble will present the program at Congregation Beth El in Sudbury. While both events are free to the public and part of interfaith community events, registration is required for the Boston performance and recommended for the Sudbury event to ensure accessibility for all community members.

Created and produced by Angelynne Hinson and Amy Lieberman, the program weaves together music, poetry, and a historical narrative of the lived experience of a woman resistance fighter in the forests of Poland during the Holocaust.

“We started tracing the emotional journey of someone who lived through this painful period in history and that led us to unexpected texts and music that illuminated that path. To remember history, we must feel it on a human, personal level. Art can help us engage with difficult subjects and reflect on experiences far outside our own,” said Lieberman.

“Our aim is to bring this program to diverse audiences, hoping to awaken an emotional understanding of the Holocaust and the enduring experiences of those cast as ‘the other,’“ Hinson added.

The performance features Lieberman, mezzo-soprano, and Hinson, soprano, as well as pianist Eliko Akahori, violist Sam Bergman and actor David Joseph. The carefully curated program of works provides an emotional journey through themes of exile, displacement, and resilience. The musical repertoire includes compositions by Leoš Janáček, Robert Schumann, and Maurice Ravel, alongside works by Moses Milner, Hanns Eisler, and Marc Blitzstein. These musical pieces are seamlessly integrated with readings from a diverse array of poets and writers, including Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger, Langston Hughes, and Victor Hugo, as well as Bertolt Brecht and Robert Frost.

Find more information and registration for the Congregation Beth El performance here.

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