Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" - And So Much More!

The McLean Symphony Celebrates "Forty Years of Making Music in McLean" with Maestro Dingwall Fleary in an Exuberant Performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony Choral Finale - "Ode to Joy"!

The Season Finale Concert; Saturday, June 2nd, 7:30 PM, Langley High School Auditorium

The McLean Symphony’s “Season Finale” concert, which will be on Saturday, June 2nd, 7:30 PM at the Langley High School Auditorium will feature Beethoven’s 9th Symphony Choral Finale, including the much-loved and ever-popular “Ode to Joy.” For this event, the musicians will swell from the usual 40+ to over 50, and will be joined by the McLean Symphony Festival Singers, who will further be augmented by members of the Puccini America Opera Chorus. They are being prepared by Felicia Kessel-Crawley, Founder and Director of the McLean Symphony Festival Singers. We are anticipating a massive 70-voice chorus!

Of course, we will also have four soloists (as shown in the brochure):

• JOYCE LUNDY (Soprano),
• VALERIE KEHEMBE EICHELBERGER (Mezzo Soprano),
• ANTONIO GIULIANO (Tenor),  and
• WILLIAM POWERS (Baritone).

These soloists are also identified on The McLean Symphony’s website.

Because this event is so huge, stupendous, and magnificent, and because we are literally over twice our usual size, we have moved our venue to the Langley High School auditorium. This seats about 850 people, and we literally expect to be oversold!

Tickets:

Please get your tickets as soon as possible. We expect this concert to be oversold! We have a new ticket-ordering mechanism (with Ovation Tickets) set up on our website. Please, order early.

And show up early as well: the house will be packed.

A special note to those who have children or grandchildren in the area schools:

The McLean Symphony is giving a 10% cash gift back to each of the area schools who are “partnering” with us in promoting this valuable – and educational – event to their students and the student’s families. 10% can add up to a lot – fast – especially if YOU get involved!

Before you purchase your tickets, get in touch with whoever has the children. They should have received a discount code from the school. If not, please contact the following two persons, and we will make sure that the school is given a code and that you are informed of it:

Alianna J. Maren, ajmaren@ix.netcom.com

Natalie Fike, natalie.fike@gmail.com

Use your code when you order rickets through Ovation on our website. (Go to: http://www.mclean-symphony.org, select “Tickets,” and it will take you to the Ovation ticket ordering page.)

Performance Details for the June 2nd “Season Finale”:

The program will include:

• The last of Four Fanfares for Forty by composer-symphony violist Michael Ream, commissioned for Maestro Fleary's fortieth anniversary season by Board member and cellist, Kevin Rosengren and his wife,
• Prelude to "Die Meistersingers von Nurnberg" by Richard Wagner,
An array of arias and choruses including:

o    "La ci darem la mano" from Don Giovanni by Mozart, 

o   "Seguidilla" from Carmen by Bizet, and

o   Several works from the pen of Giacomo Puccini, including "Nessun Dorma" from Turandot, both the love duet, "Vogliatemi bene" and the "Humming Chorus" from Madam Butterfly, and the famous aria, "Vissi d'arte" and the dramatic Act I Finale, both from the opera Tosca.
• The concert finale will be the complete 4th movement of the Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 (Choral) by Beethoven.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience here in McLean! You’ve heard fabulous music from The McLean Symphony, an all-volunteer and non-profit symphonic orchestra under the direction of Maestro Dingwall Fleary. Now, to celebrate 40 years under the baton of Maestro Fleary, this special event will be unlike anything we’ve done before.

Summary

Please join us for this magnificent concert on Saturday, June 2nd. If you want to support a student’s music program, get the discount code from the student or the student’s parents. Order through Ovation via our website. And remember – the concert is at the Langley High School auditorium! Order early and come early, it will be filled – and we expect to be oversold.

And please let EVERYONE know about this coming Season Finale concert on Saturday, June 2nd. It’s an event that will uplift us for the entire year ahead!