The upcoming Boston Pops July 4 broadcast is not all reruns. It will also feature newly created content, including the entire Pops viola section playing "Over the Rainbow" and a virtual performance of Pops Conductor Laureate John Williams' “Summon the Heroes.”
The BSO is also releasing certain performances at the same times as they would have been heard live, with complete online recordings of BSO concerts taking place Sundays at 2:30 p.m. as an example of such scheduling.
Decisions about this year’s Boston Pops fireworks spectacular and the 2020 Tanglewood season will be made "over the next several weeks" as orchestra officials continue to monitor the recommendations of health authorities.
At a moment of considerable gloom, the BSO essentially made its own silver lining - transforming bad news into good and gladdening the hearts of a few thousand surprised Bostonians. It's something the BSO is really good at.
“It is our obligation to our audiences, musicians, and staff to do everything we can to ensure everyone’s safety and well-being during the unprecedented time of this pandemic.”
Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart
The problem with making a list of Tanglewood summer highlights is that almost nothing on the schedule qualifies as a lowlight, not even soloists or composers we've never heard of.
A graduate of Juilliard, Audra McDonald has appeared in as many performance settings as there are performance settings (Broadway musicals, television, movies, you name it).
Leonard Bernstein would be first in line to get two tickets for Roger Daltrey’s “Tommy” performance on June 15. One ticket for himself, one for his daughter.
To see the music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra performing as a soloist under the baton of a Boston Pops conductor? That was unprecedented in the orchestra’s entire performance history.
