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The Boston Pops is an American orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts, specializing in light classical and popular music. The orchestra's current music director is Keith Lockhart . Founded in 1885 as an offshoot of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO), the Boston Pops primarily consists of musicians from the BSO, although generally not all of ...
The original, wooden shell was built in 1928 as a temporary venue for the Pops with expectations of construction of a permanent structure in the near future. It was first used for a concert on July 4, 1929, with Arthur Fiedler conducting the Boston Pops Orchestra. A second, temporary shell, made of metal, was built in 1934. [citation needed]
The Tanglewood Festival Chorus, directed by James Burton, is a chorus which performs with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Pops in major choral works. The Tanglewood Festival Chorus (TFC) was organized in the spring of 1970, when founding conductor John Oliver (1939 – 2018) [1] became director of vocal and choral activities at the Tanglewood Music Center, the summer home of the BSO.
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The original recordings were instrumental versions: it was first recorded in 1949 by Fiedler and the Boston Pops. [4] As a 45 rpm version issued on red vinyl, "Sleigh Ride" was a hit record on RCA Victor Red Seal and has become one of the orchestra's best-known works.
Pops orchestra, an orchestra that plays popular music (generally traditional pop) and show tunes as well as well-known classical works, including: Boston Pops Orchestra, a subsection of the Boston Symphony Orchestra; Philly Pops; Corn Pops (also termed Pops), a Kellogg's breakfast cereal; Pop (disambiguation)
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Evening at Pops is an American concert television series produced by WGBH-TV. It is one of the longest-running programs on PBS , airing from 1970 to 2004. [ 1 ] The program was a public television version of a variety show , featuring performances by the Boston Pops Orchestra .