Boston Pops

Boston Pops Thanks to the organizational prowess of the Tau Beta Pi (engineering honor society) social chair and a generous invitation from a biochemical engineer, I went to the Boston Pops last Thursday night. Happy 125th anniversary to the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO)! This is how lovely Symphony Hall looks when it is not so yucky outside. Heres the beautiful ceiling of Symphony Hall. We sat at the same table as lovebirds Thomas 05 and Shannon Optimus Prime 05 remember their engagement party last January? That tall man in the middle is none other than John Williams! He has composed scores for scores of major motion pictures, including the Star Wars trilogy, the Indiana Jones films, the Harry Potter films, and Memoirs of a Geisha. The paragraph in the program that listed other films for which he has composed was approximately 35 lines long. Heres what they performed: A Postcard to Boston (A Hymn to New England) Three Pieces from Star Wars (Main Title Anakins Theme Imperial March) Selections from Harry Potter (Hedwigs Theme Aunt Marges Waltz Harrys Wondrous World) Jims New Life, from Empire of the Sun Suite from Memoirs of a Geisha (Sayuris Theme The Chairmans Waltz Brush on Silk) Flight to Neverland, from Hook Monsters Beauties, Heroes (King Kong Jaws Casablanca An Affair to Remember Robin Hood Superman) Theme from Cinema Paradiso Tribute to Three Legendary Composers (Theme from Star Trek the Motion Picture Theme from Laura Theme from The Magnificient Seven) The Olympic Spirit On the Esplanade (along the banks of the Boston side of the Charles River) is the Hatch Shell where the Boston Pops perform every 4th of July.