The opening concert of our annual Firefly Music Festival celebrates the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. The Missouri Symphony Orchestra will kick off the concert with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1. After intermission, they will be joined by the Columbia Chorale and four of the most exciting young solo voices from across the country to present the 9th Symphony, which was first performed just over 200 years from this date. With its well-known final movement, commonly known as “Ode to Joy,” the audience will leave excited for what is to come the rest of the festival.
Join us at the Columbia Art League at 6:00 p.m. for a free pre-concert talk led by Silas Huff, Director of Orchestras at Northern Illinois University. Maestro Huff will discuss Beethoven in general and his Symphony No. 9, specifically.
Saturday, June 22 | 7:00P | Missouri Theatre
Tickets: $29-$49 (+ Approximately $6 per ticket in processing and facility fees)
Featuring Columbia Chorale and four of the most exciting young solo voices from across the country.
Featured Vocalists:
Columbia Chorale, Emily Edgington Andrews - Artistic Director
Tiffany Townsend, soprano; Katie Trigg, mezzo-soprano; Daniel McGrew, tenor; Rafael Porto, Bass
PROGRAM
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 1
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9
ARTISTS
Tiffany Townsend, soprano
Katie Trigg, mezzo-soprano
Daniel McGrew, tenor
Rafael Porto, bass-baritone
Columbia Chorale – Emily Edgington Andrews, artistic director
Wilbur Lin, conductor
Daniel McGrew appears by arrangement with Young Concert Artists, Inc.
Tiffany Townsend, Katie Trigg, and Rafael Porto appear by special arrangement with the Curtis Institute of Music.