About the Album: Compilation of two previously released albums: the original 1959 Pops Christmas Party in RCA Living Stereo; and 1969's new-to-CD Christmastime in Carol and Song (Special guests ...
It may be May, but planning is well underway for the annual 4th of July Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular. This year will mark the the 50th anniversary since fireworks were added to the free musical ...
Fifty years ago, this holiday season, Arthur Fiedler started Holiday Pops with three concerts, dubbing it “A Pops Christmas Party.” This season, Pops conductor Keith Lockhart will conduct over 40 ...
Thursday night, for the 50th time, Boston's annual Fourth of July celebration will come to a crescendo of cannon fire, fireworks and Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. The tradition began in 1974 when ...
Way back in the auspicious month of December 1973, Boston Pops conductor Arthur Fiedler put together three concerts and dubbed them “A Pops Christmas Party.” What a difference 50 years makes. What ...
BOSTON - The founder of the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular has been honored with a statue on the Esplanade. The statue of David Mugar was unveiled on Saturday. Mugar was the founder and executive ...
Thirty years ago, Keith Lockart arrived on the scene, taking over the baton as maestro of the Boston Pops from movie composer extraordinaire John Williams, who’d been on the podium since Arthur ...
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On a frosty December evening in 1973, the Boston Pops orchestra was midway through a spirited performance of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town.” Out in the audience, a white-bearded man in a bright red ...
BOSTON (AP) — Even the late conductor of the Boston Pops is celebrating the Boston Red Sox victory over the New York Yankees in the AL Division Series. The nonprofit Esplanade Association and a local ...
Last Sunday’s “Lancaster That Was” column recalled the visit of Arthur Fiedler to conduct the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra 50 years ago. At that time, I had been working for about a year at my first ...