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Backstage photos with soloists @HattoriMone and @880hz from our John Williams tribute last weekend (9/22-9/23)!
📸: Hilary Scott and Winslow Townson
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It's such a thrill to have the inimitable @IAMQUEENLATIFAH performing with the Pops for our season opener tonight!
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.@JonBatiste at the #BostonPopsJuly4th Spectacular dress rehearsal!
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Tony Award winner @sfosternyc took the stage tonight singing the very best from Broadway!
See her tomorrow night & take 30% off tickets with the code pops30 bit.ly/2sIal9d
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Last weekend (9/22-9/23), Symphony Hall was full for a special tribute to our own John Williams, with film excerpts, an exclusive interview of John Williams discussing his work, and dazzling soloists @HattoriMone and @880hz.
📸: Hilary Scott and Winslow Townson
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The best gift of the season is on sale now! 🎁 Save your seat for the #HolidayPops2022 celebration → ow.ly/zBuu50KI3Tm
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In celebration of music’s power to connect us, enjoy this special Boston Pops' performance, with #JohnWilliams himself, of “Summon the Heroes”, dedicated to all of the front-line workers: piped.video/WHmhQgF3rEE
Keep the music playing and give now: ow.ly/umFs50zxiUn
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Pop into the New Year with The Boston Pops and special guest @SethMacFarlane this New Year's Eve!
Reserve your tickets: bit.ly/2Nsu98D
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A very happy 87th birthday to our Conductor Laureate John Williams!
Share your wishes with #happybirthdayJW & enjoy this clip of "Hooray for Hollywood" (arranged for orchestra by John Williams) from a 1987 episode of Evening at Pops.
Clip provided by @wgbh & BSO Archives.
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More photos from a full weekend (9/22-9/23) at Symphony Hall for a special tribute to our own John Williams, featuring soloists @HattoriMone and @880hz.
📸: Hilary Scott and Winslow Townson
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Today, we celebrate the 90th Birthday of our very own Conductor Laureate, #JohnWilliams! Take a look back into the BSO Archives with us as we salute one of the world’s most beloved musical icons. #HBD #HappyBirthday
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Last Saturday (8/5), John Williams’ Film Night returned to @TanglewoodMA! Williams himself took the podium along with @dnewmanm5 for a memorable evening of movie magic.
📸: Hilary Scott
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🎶 #WeDontTalkAboutBruno, no, no, no! 🎶
Last night at #SpringPops2022, audiences were treated to a special encore of @Lin_Manuel's hit song from @EncantoMovie, orchestrated by Gonzalo Grau.
#Encanto #LinManuelMiranda #MirabelMadrigal #BrunoMadrigal
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(1/2) As we celebrate #JohnWilliams' 91st #Birthday today, we're delighted to announce an audio preservation reformatting project, "Preserving a Conducting Legacy: John Williams with the Boston Pops (1979-1991)," funded through grants awarded by the @GRAMMYMuseum and @CLIRnews.
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The 2018 Spring Pops season is here! Join us this Symphony Hall with special guests @andygrammer, @leslieodomjr, @AlfieBoe, @sfosternyc, @mdoolittle, @TheLesleyWarren and more! #Pops2018 tickets on sale 2/26 at 10 a.m. + more info: bostonpops.org
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The Pops performed Classic Quadrophenia with #PeteTownshend, @billyidol, & @AlfieBoe last night at #Tanglewood!
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The Pops and Tanglewood Festival Chorus perform the Ukrainian National Anthem in tribute to the people of Ukraine.
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Congratulations to Boston Pops Conductor Laureate John Williams for his Grammy Award Best Instrumental Composition for ‘Helena’s Theme,' a piece we performed with him at Film Night last summer @TanglewoodMA. We can't wait to perform him again this summer at Tanglewood!! 🎶🏆🌳
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Just released: a limited number of premium seats for @RickStevesEur: A Symphonic Journey on Thursday 6/8!
Can't make the Thursday show? Catch @RickSteves again on Friday 6/9.
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The marquee is lit for a full weekend of concerts celebrating #JohnWilliams at #SymphonyHallBoston!
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Keith Lockhart & the Boston Pops kicked off the #HolidayPops season tonight with special guests @LauraOsnes and @RedSox icons @Jerry_Remy & Alex Cora. Watch @Jerry_Remy conduct the orchestra in "Sleigh Ride."
The season continues now through December 24: bit.ly/2zKayvP
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This July 4, we're proud to present "A Boston Pops Salute to Our Heroes"! Available only on TV, radio, and digital media, join us to pay tribute to the front line workers and honor those who have lost their lives during this epidemic, while also celebrating our diverse nation.
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Keith Lockhart & the Pops were joined by @BenFolds tonight @ Symphony Hall! Come see him again tomorrow night: ow.ly/Seme30bxjXr
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Happy Birthday to Boston Pops Conductor Laureate John Williams from all of us at #SymphonyHallBoston! 🎂🎉
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It's the final countdown! Grab your family and friends and get ready to celebrate the 4th of July on the Esplanade! #BostonJuly4
Want the most up to date info for the Boston Pops 4th? Head to bostonpopsjuly4th.org for all the details!
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Last Friday at "Film Night," #JohnWilliams and #KeithLockhart took the stage with the Boston Pops @TanglewoodMA for a special evening of movie magic! ✨ 🎥
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We're thrilled to announce @OfficialBPeters to perform with Keith and @TheBostonPops at Tanglewood on July 5!
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At John Williams' Film Night last Saturday (8/5) at @TanglewoodMA - we caught John Williams, Katie Woolf (BUTI Young Artists Vocal Program Chorus Conductor), and @dnewmanm5 backstage!
📸: Hilary Scott
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This is a #JohnWilliams and #KeithLockhart appreciation post. #FriendshipGoals #Tanglewood2021
📸: Hilary Scott
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From Berkeley...Bob Calonico, director of bands who is retiring after 28 years at Cal, with student drum major Sarah Manthorp. #calday
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#SymphonyHallBoston is the place to be tonight (6/3)! Video Games Live will feature conductor Emmanuel Fratianni and the Wellesley High School Keynote Singers alongside the Boston Pops with special guests Marty O’Donnell and Jason Hayes.
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We join the world in mourning the loss of the Queen of Soul, @ArethaFranklin. We look back to Opening Night at Pops when she joined John Williams and the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall on May 13, 1993.
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Hey, @iamjohnoliver we heard on @colbertlateshow that you’re an accomplished violist! Our violists wanted to invite you to join them to be part of America’s Orchestra...
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In rehearsal for the rehearsal @bostoncrusaders with Keith Lockhart and @TheBostonPops @bostonjuly4th #BostonJuly4th
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In case you missed it - "Summon the Heroes", with an appearance by #JohnWilliams himself, on tonight's July 4 broadcast!
In celebration of music’s power to connect us, enjoy this special Boston Pops' performance, with #JohnWilliams himself, of “Summon the Heroes”, dedicated to all of the front-line workers: piped.video/WHmhQgF3rEE
Keep the music playing and give now: ow.ly/umFs50zxiUn
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Just announced! In addition to watching the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular on July 4 on @BloombergTV, #Boston area residents will be able to tune into the show live on @7News - WHDH Boston!
More information at BostonPopsJuly4th.org #BostonJuly4
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Great Scott! Don't miss Back to the Future at Symphony Hall December 30 & 31! ow.ly/BZCy305wUKA
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“Stars and Stripes Forever” from #BostonJuly4 with @armyfieldband.
Thanks to our sponsors @MorganStanley, @Bloomberg, and @MeetBostonUSA.
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Thank you to everyone that came out and celebrated with us yesterday, we hope you had as much fun as we did! And now the countdown for next year's celebration begins :) #BostonJuly4
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The view from the top of the Hatch Shell at the @EsplanadeBoston! #bostonjuly4 #bostonpopsfireworksspectacular
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Congrats @sfosternyc star of the Sweet Charity rev. this fall ow.ly/Dz9p300pzXQ & next week @ Symphony Hall! ow.ly/AajT300pAo4
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#HappyBirthday, John Williams! In celebration of our very own Conductor Laureate turning 90 years old today, we recorded some special messages for him. Here are just a few of those well-wishes →
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It was a delight to have Ron Della Chiesa — the former voice of @CRBClassical’s @BostonSymphony broadcasts for over three decades — narrate “A Visit from St. Nicholas (’Twas the Night Before Christmas)” at #HolidayPops2022 opening night last week!
📸: Emily Gringorten
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Congratulations to Boston Pops Conductor Laureate John Williams on his 54th Oscar nomination for "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny." 🏆🎶 Read More → bit.ly/3U5baGu
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6/8 & 6/9 see @RickSteves with @RickStevesEur at Symphony Hall!
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This image starts popping up every year around this time and never gets old! #peeps #peepstakethepops
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It’s #bostonjuly4! Don’t miss out on incredible performances including songs from “Ragtime: The Symphonic Concert” with @WhiteAlton, Elizabeth Stanley, and Andrea Jones-Sojola.
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Don't miss Back to the Future this weekend at Symphony Hall. $95 orchestra seating is now available! ow.ly/yF2V307bW9c
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We're thrilled to launch #BostonPopsatHome with our first playlist! Tune in weekly for favorite Boston Pops Orchestra recordings.
This week features #JohnWilliams with a collection from the album "Lights, Camera... Music! Six Decades of John Williams": ow.ly/f1gi50zCStq
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Congratulations to @thebostonpops Laureate Conductor John Williams who just won a Grammy Award for the best Score Soundtrack for Star Wars!
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We had a great time cheering the @NHLBruins on to a win at the @NHL Winter Classic yesterday at @fenwaypark!
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Here's some #WednesdayMotivation for today!
Watch an excerpt of #KeithLockhart conducting the Boston Pops in the "Love Theme" by #JohnWilliams from Superman.
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Thanks to all those who came out tonight for the #bostonjuly4 preview concert (and braving the rain!). Join us tomorrow night or tune in from home! BostonPopsJuly4th.org
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Queen Latifah and Arlo Guthrie join Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops on the Charles River Esplanade July 3 and 4.
Find out how you can be there at bostonpopsjuly4th.org
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What a way to end the season! Congratulations to the @Patriots on taking home your 6th #SuperBowl trophy! And big congratulations to our friend (and sometimes conductor) @Edelman11 on winning #MVP!
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The best seats in the house have opened! Get ready for a Spectacular show! #BostonJuly4
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Arrived at #SymphonyHallBoston, #StarWarsInConcert has!
Join us through June 4 for a screening of “The Empire Strikes Back” with live accompaniment of #JohnWilliams’ iconic score.
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Time for fireworks over Boston Common! Thanks for joining us for the #BostonPopsJuly4th Spectacular!
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The Force is strong with him! Congrats to our favorite laureate conductor, #JohnWilliams, who won his 25th Grammy Award yesterday evening for "Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge Symphonic Suite." classicfm.com/composers/will…
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Beloved around the world, this Ukrainian Bell Carol — known as The Carol of the Bells — was written by Mykola Leontovych in 1914 with lyrics by Peter Wilhousky.
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#StarWars #IndianaJones #SchindlersList #HarryPotter. The list goes on. Some of #JohnWilliams' best and most well-known works were written @TanglewoodMA!
@CBSSunday features the world's most honored film composer in a story originally broadcast in 2019: ow.ly/7dTc50FWnrk
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This #StarWarsDay, Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops have a special message for you!
#Maythe4thBeWithYou #StarWarsDay #StarWars #MayThe4th #MayTheFourth #JohnWilliams
piped.video/BioegGXwbJo
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Join us in wishing our very own Conductor of the Boston Pops #KeithLockhart a #HappyBirthday!
📸: Keith Lockhart at the 2023 Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular. Photo by Michael Blanchard.
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Due to incoming weather, we are asking all guests to evacuate and seek shelter. The entry gates have been closed and will reopen as soon as it is safe to do so.
UPDATE for #BostonJuly4 on the Esplanade: We are temporarily closing the gates because of impending weather. Please stay tuned for updates from us!
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#StarWarsInConcert starts tonight! Join #KeithLockhart and the Pops in a galaxy far, far away (a.k.a. #SymphonyHallBoston) for a special screening of “The Empire Strikes Back” through June 4 → bso.org/events/star-wars-emp…
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The gates at the Esplanade have re-opened! We hope you'll join us tonight for #BostonJuly4.
UPDATE for #BostonJuly4 on the Esplanade: We are temporarily closing the gates because of impending weather. Please stay tuned for updates from us!
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Starts tomorrow → Keith Lockhart leads a tribute to legendary film composer and Boston Pops Conductor Laureate #JohnWilliams.
Learn more about this newly recorded Boston Pops 2021 Spring Celebration concert: ow.ly/8RmS50EQMyv
📸: Toby Oft, BSO Principal Trombone
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To say we’re excited is an understatement. Our first Pops concert of the #Tanglewood2021 season starts in two hours and we’re honoring #JohnWilliams!
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The Pops were honored to perform Shine w/ #StonemanDouglas students last night at @browardcenter. @ShineMsd
See the full video on Facebook!
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We have a good feeling about this! Catch #StarWarsInConcert Return of the Jedi at #SymphonyHallBoston tonight (5/25) through Saturday (5/27) and celebrate the 40th anniversary of the film’s release with us.
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Details out about Spring Pops including first-ever season-long celebration of the music of John Williams bostonpops.org !
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Tonight, @AlfieBoe rocked Symphony Hall with the Boston Pops, The Rock the Pops Festival Band and Rock the Pops Festival Chorus!
Tickets are still available for Wednesday night's performance, don't miss out! bit.ly/2GkbgAw
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Academy Award winner @JonBatiste is ON NOW! #BostonPopsJuly4th
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How is Keith Lockhart celebrating on his first 4th of July off in 25 years?
Share your celebration with us using #GreatAmericanPicnic and tagging @TheBostonPops to enter our sweepstakes. More details and info on our broadcast tonight can be found at bostonpopsjuly4th.org.
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Join us for a week-long celebration of Seiji Ozawa's 85th birthday! #HappyBirthdaySeiji
Not only is September 1 Maestro's birthday, but Mayor @marty_walsh has also declared it "Seiji Ozawa Day" in the City of Boston.
Photo by: Walter Scott
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We're continuing to wish a very #HappyBirthdaySeiji with this archival photo of #JohnWilliams, Harry Ellis Dickson, #SeijiOzawa, and Frank Epstein performing Leroy Anderson's "The Typewriter" with the Boston Pops in 1994.
📸 BSO Archives / Photography by Miro Vintoniv
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The #BostonPopsFireworksSpectacular is BACK! #KeithLockhart and the Pops will return to the to the Esplanade for the first time in three years for one spectacular #FourthOfJuly program → bostonpopsjuly4th.org
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John Williams led @thebostonpops in some of his famous @starwars themes tonight! (Photo by Winslow Townson)
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