It wasn't like we were sitting around in arm chairs or something but my Da' had a nice little system and when I grew up it was practically unheard of to listen to live quality music.
After finding this gorgeousness I promptly cried because it brought back so many memories and on this yt it was the first time I ever saw Arthur Fiedler conduct live from a few days ago. I just ever saw his photo back in the day.
The first minute and 48 secs open with the Battle Hymn of the Republic. The rest is also including the Overture to 1812.
I can't tell you enough how my heart swelled looking at all those in the crowd and rising up and singing! The comment section on this yt is loaded and even one where someone says "I was the baby"!
I hope you have the same experience and let's do what we can do for truth & justice..... I'm only posting this to give encourage to others because all is not lost-it's simply a battle for that truth and justice we all seek
Very nice.
Thanks for posting.
I attended The Pops many times when Fiedler was around,both at Symphony Hall and on the Esplanade.
Those were the days,my FRiend.
Fiedler was quite the fire buff also—and an honorary captain of the Boston Fire Dept.
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Man, I was so jealous.
I was from that area, homesick as hell, but there I was on the 4th of July in the Scullery on the USS JFK on a month long mess duty tour. There was a television in the scullery, and as I washed dishes, I watched the Boston Pops live on the screen.
Man, did I ever not want to be washing dishes that day.
Arthur Fiedler was a fantastic conductor. He, like Leonard Bernstein fully enjoyed performing in large, full concert halls. This is where such music was written to be heard.
The shape of the concert hall matters, shaping the sounds and absorbing the resonance.
I would go to the local library, put on ear phones and listen to an LP of this kind of music. I was raised in Detroit, Mi.,
a few miles from Motown Headquarters. By age 9, I was ready to hear other types of music. Other types of instruments. Mr. Fiedler was one I listened to quite a bit. I enjoyed his album covers. Many were full color illustrations, quite whimsical and a little bit wild.
I remember watching that live. Thanks for posting.
That is not the Hollywood Bowl. That is the Hatch Memorial Shell on Boston’s Esplanade. Lived and worked short walks away. I was there on many fourths including the bicentennial. Look close, I’m the guy smoking a joint.
Thank you! We were there! The concert was at the Hatch Shell on the banks of the Charles River in Boston. The crowd was said to be half a million people. We sat in front of the CBS trailer, with a sea of people in front of and behind us.
The 1812 Overture featured real cannons and the actual church bells of the city of Boston. The ovation at the end was thunderous, causing Fiedler to turn around and smile. It’s on the video just after the 17 minute point. Things only got better with The Stars and Stripes Forever. The crowd was on its feet throughout, jumping and celebrating. I remember someone waving a huge flag back and forth. Then...the fireworks! Like the best finale you’ve ever seen—it went on for a good half hour. Just amazing.
Walter Cronkite showed the highlights of that event on July 4 for many years after.
Fiedler’s second-in-command and temporary successor, Harry Ellis Dickson, was Mike Dukakis’s father in law.
The next year, I went off to college, subscribed to National Review, and soon became a conservative in actual thought.
Remember watching this with my grandmother like it was yesterday!!! We watched the tall ships sailing in the NY harbor to celebrate the bicentennial earlier in the day then watched this on CBS..people were going crazy- i so remember that guy with the flag...
10 years later i was camped on the West Side Hwy in NYC with a few friends, several thousand strangers, a small propane grill and a lot of beer watching the tall ships sail the NYC harbor once again for the bicentennial of the Statue of Liberty...
So, Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops werent in BOSTON on July 4th 1976! Whoda thunkit...