Donnelly24

DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wish I met up with you guys. If you looked up to the FAR end of the right balcony you might have seen me, I had a REALLY bright red shirt on and was w/ about 45 other high school kids. I couldn't even break away for 5 minutes.

Awsome...great idea!

I wish I brought a camera. I'm a stupid moron...I had perfect seats to take good pictures of the orchestra and Williams!

Im sorry I couldn't meet up with you guys! I was w/ 45 other kids and I couldn't have just taken off from them. Glad to hear it was a success!

Sounds REALLY!!!!!!!!!!! cool...I can't wait for saturday when I go up...should be a GREAT experience...it'll be my third Williams concert but each time i've seen him it's been a different style program. Great summary disk...I dont think I'd be able to write about an experience like that...to me, words could NEVER equal that kind of experience.

What John did last year for his Evening at Pops show was VERY cool. He did that step by step process of composing and fitting it to film clips. That was a really cool way to use film clips with an orchestra. But what they do at Tanglewood is have like parts of a movie going and the orchestra plays along...I wouldn't really like that as much as using a film clip as a tool or part of the performance...

Nice, we get film clips this time. Lets hope...they were talking about the Evening at Pops concert which will be on Monday evening. They are entitled the same program, but lets hope that they are the exact same thing.

Ah, Finally someone agrees 100% with me!

Any idea on what Saturday night will be? And I'm sure we can expect some JW music for an encore...does Mission Theme sound right....

GO TO QUINCY MARKET!!!!!!!!!

They probably list Tamara because they don't know what else to list. I love Tamara...she's an incredable violinist and I'd rather have her solo instead of a guest artist. But I'm REALLY looking forward to hearing Mitchel sing, almost as much as I am looking forward to seeing John conduct. I've seen an all-Williams program and that was very cool! He didn't have the all-star guest artist like he does this time and it'll be interesting to see if his personality is different for a concert that is going to be a Evening at Pops special. Those of you who are going to both friday and saturday night shows, you'll have to compare Williams on one night and Williams on another, I wonder if there is much of a difference... Amen to that my friend!

Well one night Tamara is the being featured on violin and the next night Brain Stokes Mitchel the special guest, so I'm gonna say they are different programs.

For Friday Night....Hollywood movie scores have the power to transport you to another time and place, and this concert will be no exception. Pops Laureate Conductor John Williams will conduct some of his latest film music as well as highlights from his renowned film scores, along with special tributes to composers Bernard Herrmann and Henry Mancini. For Saturday Night....Maestro John Williams and special guest Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell bring you an unforgettable Film Night at the Pops with tributes to Henry Mancini, Audrey Hepburn, and Bernard Herrmann.

Which nights are you going to? Friday and Saturday are two different programs. One is Hooray for Hollywood and the other is Film Night @ Pops.

Make up your mind...call and ask for a refund, or shut up and enjoy the concert!

They never set a program!!! They dont release program scheduales a head of time. They theme their concerts and then play around with what John and the orchestra would like to try. Also, they dont know who they have for guests yet. Some people are just never satisfied....

Like I've said many times, it isn't the "Williams Show" its the "Boston Pops Show." They make everything for the orchestra...there arn't really any guesting conductors so they do have special things normally. Williams is a regular conductor of the orchestra so if the concerts he did were always his music, the locals/regulars wouldn't go anymore. I know of plenty of people in New England who are sick of All-Williams concerts who go to see the orchestra. The world doesn't revolve around Williams in Boston anymore, (though I still kinda wish it did).

I got more info on the concert. This is from a press release just released online today! BOSTON POPS ANNOUNCES PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS FOR SECOND WEEK OF 2004 SEASON, MAY 18-23 AT SYMPHONY HALL FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, May 3, 2004 JOHN WILLIAMS RETURNS TO SYMPHONY HALL TO LEAD "FILM NIGHT" AND "HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD!" PROGRAMS MAY 18, 19, 21, 22; PRINCIPAL POPS GUEST CONDUCTOR BRUCE HANGEN LEADS TUFTS NIGHT MAY 20 AND "BRIGHT LIGHTS, BROADWAY!" COLLABORATION WITH THE BOSTON CONSERVATORY MAY 23 Boston Pops Laureate Conductor John Williams returns to Symphony Hall for the second week of the Boston Pops' 2004 season, leading the orchestra in special movie music programs saluting the work of legendary film composers Bernard Herrmann and Henry Mancini, with vocalists Brian Stokes Mitchell and Monica Mancini - the late composer's daughter - and BPO Concertmaster Tamara Smirnova as soloists, May 18, 19, 21, and 22. Principal Pops Guest Conductor Bruce Hangen leads the 2004 Tufts University Night on May 20 (sold out) and a "Bright Lights, Broadway!" celebration of the Great American Songbook, featuring the talented young students of The Boston Conservatory Musical Theater Division, on May 23. The 2004 Boston Pops season marks John Williams' 25th year with the orchestra, having led his first concerts with the orchestra as a guest conductor in 1979. The Boston Pops' second week of the 2004 season includes four concerts led by Mr. Williams, including a "Hooray for Hollywood" program of favorites from his own movie score work and the work of film composers Bernard Herrmann and Henry Mancini, on May 18, 19, 21, and 22 (all concerts at 8 p.m.). The orchestra's tribute to Mr. Herrmann starts with music from his early years in Hollywood, including selections from his scores to Citizen Kane, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, and The Devil and Daniel Webster, and runs through his celebrated collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock, including music from Psycho, Vertigo, and North By Northwest. Boston Pops Concertmaster Tamara Smirnova joins her Boston Pops colleagues as soloist for these programs, performing music from the scores to Laura, Scent of a Woman, Far and Away, Schindler's List, and Fiddler on the Roof. The program ends with a salute to the work of Henry Mancini, including music from Peter Gunn, The Pink Panther, The Thornbirds, and Victor Victoria. Broadway legend Brian Stokes Mitchell and vocalist Monica Mancini - the composer's daughter - will be featured soloists in the May 22 concert, joining Mr. Williams and the orchestra in Mancini classics from The Days of Wine and Roses, Darling Lili, The Molly McGuires, and Breakfast at Tiffany's. On May 20 at 8 p.m., Boston Pops Principal Pops Guest Conductor Bruce Hangen leads the Boston Pops Orchestra in Tufts University Night at the Pops. Boston Pops Concertmaster Tamara Smirnova will be featured as soloist for this concert, which also includes three Tufts student a cappella groups - the Amalgamates, the Beelzebubs, and the Jackson Jills - performing the school's "Dear Alma Mater" and "Tuftonia's Day." This concert is sold out. Bruce Hangen returns to the Boston Pops podium on May 23 at 3 p.m., leading a "Bright Lights! Broadway!" Sunday matinee program, featuring students from The Boston Conservatory Musical Theater Division. This program features the Boston Conservatory's talented young voices performing selections from the Great White Way with Mr. Hangen and the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, including favorites from Gypsy, Kismet, and Candide. Other highlights include a new Doug Besterman arrangement of "There's No Business Like Show Business," Three Dance Episodes from Bernstein's On the Town, and the Polovetsian Dances from Borodin's Prince Igor. The Boston Conservatory Musical Theater Division is directed by Neil Donohoe, with vocal coaching by Beth Heinberg and choreography by Michelle Chassé.

WOW! its been a looong time sense i've stopped by here! i'll try and stop in this friday!

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I think he's really living up to what he should. I like the position he has put himself in overal and dont think he should be doing more concerts or more scores, or even the oposite of that. I also agree with the fact that Williams was in the publics eye in the 80's. I think being the conductor for the pops put him in the public's view more then any of his composing because of the level the pops work at. He'd make a lot of TV, radio and newspaper apearence in Boston mainly as conductor for the pops and not so much as a composer.

Sean Donnelly...a true irish american!!!!!!!!!

Hey, if any of your local tv stations show the New York City St. Patricks Day Parade tomorrow, toon in and look for my school marching in it. We are the second overal marching band in the parade...Bishop Hendricken High School from Warwick, Rhode Island...I'll be the first clarinet player on the right side...

I'm sure this wont be his last concert in Boston so I dont think he should sweat over one concert...being a Bostonian I'm sure he has seen him quite a few times.