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Firefly Music Festival: First & Final: 200 Years of Joy~MOSY

  • The District 11 South 10th Street Columbia, MO, 65201 United States (map)

First & Final: 200 Years of Joy

Saturday, June 22 | 7:00P | Missouri Theatre

$29-$49 

(+ Approximately $6 per ticket in processing and facility fees)

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 Choral 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.


PROGRAM

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 1

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9

ARTISTS

Tiffany Townsend, soprano

Katie Trigg, mezzo-soprano

Daniel McGrew, tenor

Morgan-Andrew King, bass

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 Morgan-Andrew King appear by special arrangement with the Curtis Institute of Music.

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Earlier Event: June 22
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Later Event: June 22
2024 Firefly Music Festival~MOSY