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12 Episodes 1974 - 1974
Episode 1
Sun, Jul 7, 1974
The fifth season's opening concert is rich in Americana, highlighted by a performance of Aaron Copland's "A Lincoln Portrait," a composition for speaker and orchestra that contains excerpts from Lincoln's letters and speeches.
Episode 2
Sun, Jul 14, 1974
Guest Benny Goodman plays a classical piece, Karl Maria von Weber's "Concertino for Clarinet" and popular tunes, including his signature tune "Don't Be That Way."
Episode 3
Sun, Jul 21, 1974
Spanish dance troupe, Jose Molina and Bailes Espanoles, perform selections spanning Isaac Albeniz' classical "Triana" and the rousing "Romeras, Flamenco," as guests of Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops.
Episode 4
Sun, Jul 28, 1974
Peggy Lee performs with the Pops, in a half-hour set, she sings numbers old and new and mostly on the torch side: "Love Song," "Clouds," "Always," "Wait till You See Him," "l've Got a Crush on You," "When I Found You," "The More I See You" and "l'll Be Seeing You."
Episode 5
Sun, Aug 4, 1974
The Grammy winning pop group The Carpenters perform with Karen as vocalist and her brother Richard as pianist.
Episode 6
Sun, Aug 11, 1974
It's an evening of the music of George Gershwin, highlighted by pianist Earl Wild's performance of Gershwin's Concerto in F.
Episode 7
Sun, Aug 18, 1974
Taped last May, the Modern Jazz Quartet which disbanded after 22 years together, performs three pieces composer by pianist John Lewis: "Django"; "In Memorian;" and "Jazz Ostinato." The other members of the quarter are vibraharpist Milt Jackson, bassist Percy Heath and drummer Connie Kay.
Episode 8
Sun, Aug 25, 1974
In a program with selections especially appealing to children that includes a medley from the musical "Mary Poppins" Arthur Fiedler welcomes guest Ana Maria Vera, an be accomplished pianist at the age of nine. She performs Haydn's Concerto in D Major for Piano and Orchestra.
Episode 9
Sun, Sep 1, 1974
Soprano Eileen Farrell is Arthur Fiedler's guest and she performs opera favorites and a medley of Harold Arlen tunes ("Paper Moon," "Come Rain or Come Shine" and "Somewhere Over the Rainbow").
Episode 10
Sun, Sep 8, 1974
Popular music pianist Roger Williams performs Brahm's Hungarian Dance No. 5, "The Way We Were," "On a Clear Day," "Killing Me Softly." "Chopin '73" and "Autumn Leaves."
Episode 11
Sun, Sep 15, 1974
Richard Hayman, long-time musical arranger for the Pops and harmonica virtuoso, performs with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra.
Episode 12
Sun, Sep 22, 1974
Prof. Peter Schickele brings the music of his comic alter ego, P.D.Q. Bach, to the Pops. He performs his "Concerto for Piano Verses Orchestra" a work in three movements. Arthur Fiedler conducts the orchestra.