This action is in line with the call launched by Placido Domingo and Europa Nostra, the #Ode2Joy Challenge. One 9 May, Day of Europe, they ask everybody to perform in a creative way the “Ode an die Freude” from the 9th Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven in front of or in a historical monument or site.
EFAITH translates this call into a campaign to call attention to the factory chimneys, and asks everyone to have on the 9th of May this famous piece of music performed near a chimney, by (a) musician(s) or (a) singer(s) .
Incidentally, you do not have to hire a symphonic orchestra for this. It can be done with the students of the local music academy or the local harmony or brass band, a choir of school children, or one instrumentalist (playing whatever instrument, from saxophone to bagpipe and from cello to ukulele, …). Be creative, and do something fun and attractive that makes the neighbourhood to look to and becoming interested for the saving of the chimney.
Register the event on film or take a series of photos of it. Share these via social media. Send the video or the photos to the EFAITH secretariat, which will process all these and produce a general overview. If you announce the event in advance, your initiative will also be mentioned on the central web page of the chimney campaign
Various versions of the sheet music can be downloaded here: http://en.cantorion.org/music/119/Symphony-nr.-9-(Symphony-No.-9)-Ode-an-die-Freude-(Ode -To-Joy)