Enjoy a stirring patriotic concert at the Columbus Commons, featuring beloved American classics and special guest performers as part of the America 250-Ohio Signature Homecoming & Picnic. This unforgettable performance captures the spirit, history, and pride of the nation’s semiquincentennial celebration. Following the concert, stay for a spectacular fireworks display lighting up the downtown skyline.
Rossen Milanov, conductor
Tamika Lawrence, vocalist
Stephen Caracciolo, chorus director
Columbus Symphony Orchestra
Columbus Symphony Chorus
| JAMES BECKEL | An American Fanfare |
| SMITH | The Star-Spangled Banner |
| JOHN WILLIAMS | Liberty Fanfare |
| JOHN FOGERTY | Proud Mary |
| REDDING | Respect |
| JOAN TOWER | Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman |
| Arr. LOWDEN | Armed Forces Salute |
| CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHÖNBERG | "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Misérables |
| JAMES BECKEL | Liberty For All The Honorable Yvette McGee Brown, narrator |
| Arr. MACK WILBERG | My Country, 'Tis of Thee |
| WARD | America the Beautiful |
| BERLIN | God Bless America |
| TCHAIKOVSKY | 1812, Overture solonelle, Op. 49 |
| SOUSA | Stars and Stripes Forever |
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SOPRANO ALTO | TENOR BASS |