Jul 10 2025

LEX250: "Freedom in All Its Forms"

• 7:30 PM
• Hastings Park (directions)

Mass Ave. and Worthen Road Lexington MA 02421 - free parking

Join the MetWinds, Guest Conductor Meghan MacFadden, and the town of Lexington as we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord. The music will reflect on America's continuing quest for freedom from the first shots of the Revolutionary War to today. Guest Narrator Frank Oglesby Jr. (the "Voice of the MBTA") will recite the stirring text of Aaron Copland's classic Lincoln Portrait. Other favorites include Charles Ives' mischievous Variations On America, Kimberly Archer's delightful medley American Labor Songs, and Gala Flagello's swaggering fanfare Bravado.

Early Light	Carolyn Bremer
Variations on America	Charles Ives/arr. Rhoads
Washington Post	J.P. Sousa
Lincoln Portrait	Aaron Copland/trans. Beeler
American Labor Songs Mvt. I	Kim Archer
Stars and Stripes Forever	J.P. Sousa
Mother of a Revolution	Omar Thomas
Bravado	Gala Flagello
Chester	William Schuman