Evening at Pops
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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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20040815022249/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pops/about/index.html PBS Evening at Pops: About] The program was a public television version of a variety show, featuring performances by the Boston Pops Orchestra. It was taped at Symphony Hall in Boston, Massachusetts.
Format
Most shows featured a guest star, usually a well known singer or musician, most commonly within popular music or sometimes rock, folk, jazz or other musical genres. After one or two opening numbers by the Pops, the guest would be brought onstage. Usually the guest would sing several of their own hits or songs associated with them, with accompaniment by the Pops. After concluding their set, the guest artist would leave the stage, and the Pops would play one or two closing numbers. Three men served as conductor during the show's run – Arthur Fiedler (1970–79), John Williams (1979–95) and Keith Lockhart (1996–2004). Gene Galusha provided narration and announced most of the pieces played.
Evening at Symphony, a companion series produced by WGBH and featuring performances of the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Seiji Ozawa, aired on PBS from 1974 to 1979.
Evening at Pops Theme
John Williams composed a TV theme for the show in 1981.
During the funding credits in the 1990s, a version of Dmitri Shostakovich's Festive Overture, Op. 96 was heard, adapted by Williams and performed by the BPO.
Demise
The long-running show ended after its 2004–2005 season because the Pops' parent organization, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, did not want to continue funding the nearly $1 million production cost of each episode.{{cite news | url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/06/09/the_sound_of_success_on_the_web/ | title= The sound of success, on the Web | access-date=2009-03-07 | work=The Boston Globe | date=9 June 2007}}
References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/19990202210009/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pops/ Evening at Pops Home Page]
- [https://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog?f%5Baccess%5D%5B%5D=All+Records&f%5Bseries_title%5D%5B%5D=Evening+at+Pops Evening at Pops] at WGBH Open
- [https://archives.bso.org/Search.aspx?searchType=Performance&EventTitle=Evening%20at%20Pops Evening at Pops] at the Boston Symphony Orchestra's Performance History Search
- {{IMDb title|id=0149452|title=Evening at Pops}}
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Category:Television series by WGBH
Category:1970 American television series debuts
Category:2004 American television series endings
Category:1970s American music television series
Category:1980s American music television series
Category:1990s American music television series
Category:2000s American music television series
Category:PBS original programming
Category:Peabody Award–winning television programs
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