Boston Pops & July 4

Kevin Miller · Post by **Kevin Miller** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 11:00 pm

No 1812? No Cannons? What the Hell! Another grand tradition bites the dust.

Kevin Miller · Post by **Kevin Miller** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 11:16 pm

I will admit that the display itself was fantastic. The coreography with Louis Armstrong's "It's a Wonderful World" was incredible. The rest was filled with pre-recorded pop tripe that ended with Celine Dion's God Bless America.

TheChiefofStaph · Post by **TheChiefofStaph** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 10:28 am

PBS's "Capitol Fourth" was fantastic when the orchestra actually played music instead of accompanying pop stars (Amy Grant, Vince Gill, Clay Aiken). There was a great tribute to Ray Charles, climaxing when a gospel singer (backed up by a gospel choir and the orchestra) gave a stirring and powerful rendition of "Georgia."

National Symphony sounded good as usual, with some really fine moments during the 1812. There are some poweful players back there. Maestro Kunzel also did a superb job.

Steve Marcus · Post by **Steve Marcus** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 11:36 am

There was a fine radio broadcast of a July 4 concert by the Choral Arts Society of Washington with chorus and orchestra conducted by Norman Scribner. Not too cheesy. The tuba sounded great, even on my mediocre car stereo. Was it Stephen Dumaine?

TubaTodd · Post by **TubaTodd** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 11:46 am

Steve Marcus wrote:There was a fine radio broadcast of a July 4 concert by the Choral Arts Society of Washington with chorus and orchestra conducted by Norman Scribner. Not too cheesy. The tuba sounded great, even on my mediocre car stereo. Was it Stephen Dumaine?

I only saw about 5 minutes of the broadcast. I did see a closeup of the tuba player. Now, it wasn't Dumaine. I'm sure he will be with them next year.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 12:15 pm

I am sorry you guys had to miss 1812 and the big guns. In Boston, the coverage of the concert started at 8:30 pm our time on local tv, so we got to see 1812, the guns, and Davil Lee Roth singing California Girls(well maybe you should be glad you didn't see that). At about 10 our time they turned it over to the national broadcast right as 1812 was ending, and I must say, even on my small tv, Gary Ofenloch sounded really great.

Lew · Post by **Lew** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 5:03 pm

I'm not sorry I missed it. I for one, was playing the 1812 Overture with the Richmond (Va) Concert band for the city's fireworks. My ears are still ringing from the howitzers.

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Boston Pops & July 4

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