Symphony Hall, Boston, MA

Set 1
Part 1, May 14, 2015 with John Hodgman
radio intro
Pomp and Circumstance No.1 (Edward Elgar)
stage intro
Fantasia on Greensleeves > Lovely Joan (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
stage intro
Benjamin Britten:
"The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra;
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell."
John Hodgman, narrator
- Theme: Allegro maestoso e largamente:
Tutti, woodwinds, brass, strings, then percussion
- Variation A, Presto:
Piccolo and flute
- Variation B, Lento:
Oboes
- Variation C, Moderato:
Clarinets
- Variation D, Allegro alla marcia:
Bassoons
- Variation E, Brillante: alla polacca:
Violins
- Variation F, Meno mosso:
Violas
- Variation G, Lusingando:
Cellos
- Variation H, Cominciando lento ma poco a poco accel. al Allegro:
Double basses
- Variation I, Maestoso:
Harp
- Variation J, L'istesso tempo:
Horns
- Variation K, Vivace:
Trumpets
- Variation L, Allegro pomposo:
Trombones and bass tuba
- Variation M, Moderato:
Percussion (timpani; bass drum and cymbals;
tambourine and triangle; snare drum and wood block;
xylophone; castanets and tamtam; whip; percussion tutti)
- Fugue, Allegro molto
radio outro

Part 2, May 28, 2015
with Brian O'Donovan of "Celtic Sojourn" (WGBH Boston)
O'Sullivan's March (Traditional, arr. Pat Hollenbeck)
stage intro
"Hebrides Overture" ("Fingal's Cave"), Op.26 (Mendelssohn)
stage intro
"Muniera", Op.32 (Pablo de Sarasate)
stage intro
"Far and Away", film theme (John Williams)
radio outro


Part 3, May 26, 2015
radio intro
Overture to "Colas Breugnon", Op.24 (Dmitry Kabalevsky)
stage intro
Cello Concerto No.1 in C, HobVIIb/1:
I Moderato (Franz Joseph Haydn)
Zlatomir Fung, 'cello
radio intro
"The Typewriter" (Leroy Anderson)
radio intro
"Boogie-Woogie Bugle-Boy"
(Don Raye/Hughie Prince arr.Richard Hayman)
"In the Mood" (Wingy Manone/Joe Garland)
"Stars and Stripes Forever" (John Philip Sousa)
radio outro


Set 2



Set 3



Comment
Boston Pops Orchestra
with
John Hodgman, narrator
Keith Lockhart conducting
live at Symphony Hall
Boston, Massachusetts USA
May 14, 2015 and May 26 and 28, 2015
2015-05-14, 26, 28
broadcast on WCRB HD-FM Boston
June 06, 2015

A compilation of selections from three Pops concerts.

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