The Lerner and Loewe-down
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gnomiTonight, MAB, my parents, a family friend, and I went to the Boston Pops to hear Marvin Hamlisch conduct a tribute to Lerner and Loewe. The Boston Pops Orchestra was joined this evening by vocalists Teri Hansen, J. Mark McVey, and Rocky Paterra (12 years old) and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, conducted by John Oliver.
Hamlisch is a very, very funny man, and the playlist below doesn't begin to describe the fun and joyous evening that was had by all.
The Pops performed:
Selections from "Brigadoon"
Selections from "Camelot"
Selections from "Gigi":
-- Thank Heaven for Little Girls (sung by Rocky Paterra)
-- The Night They Invented Champagne (before which Hamlisch introduced the percussionist, who demonstrated his pop gun - a vital instrument for this piece)
After intermission, Hamlisch first gave the ball score (at the time, the Red Sox were ahead, 2-0) and then said that, during intermission, someone passed a note to him in the Green Room, asking him to, from the stage, wish happy birthday to someone in the audience. Hamlisch therefore performed:
Happy Birthday variations as if by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven
Once the laughter died down, the Pops and vocalists performed:
Selections from "My Fair Lady"
after which all the performers were given a standing ovation.
As an encore, Hamlisch led the Pops in "Stars and Stripes Forever." We stood and cheered for the music, the conductor, the vocal performers, and the orchestra.
After the concert, Hansen and McVey were selling autographed copies of their respective CDs, so we purchased one of each. And on our way out of Symphony Hall, MAB spotted Hamlisch signing autographs by the stage door, so we went over, thanked him for a lovely concert, and got his autograph on our program.
It was a lovely, fun evening. But now...sleep. :-)
Hamlisch is a very, very funny man, and the playlist below doesn't begin to describe the fun and joyous evening that was had by all.
The Pops performed:
-- Thank Heaven for Little Girls (sung by Rocky Paterra)
-- The Night They Invented Champagne (before which Hamlisch introduced the percussionist, who demonstrated his pop gun - a vital instrument for this piece)
After intermission, Hamlisch first gave the ball score (at the time, the Red Sox were ahead, 2-0) and then said that, during intermission, someone passed a note to him in the Green Room, asking him to, from the stage, wish happy birthday to someone in the audience. Hamlisch therefore performed:
Once the laughter died down, the Pops and vocalists performed:
after which all the performers were given a standing ovation.
As an encore, Hamlisch led the Pops in "Stars and Stripes Forever." We stood and cheered for the music, the conductor, the vocal performers, and the orchestra.
After the concert, Hansen and McVey were selling autographed copies of their respective CDs, so we purchased one of each. And on our way out of Symphony Hall, MAB spotted Hamlisch signing autographs by the stage door, so we went over, thanked him for a lovely concert, and got his autograph on our program.
It was a lovely, fun evening. But now...sleep. :-)
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