Don't miss out! Get the best events & activities in your inbox weekly...
Home > Events > Music & Concerts > Boston Pops & BSO Concert in Franklin Park
Submit Event View Newsletter

Boston Pops & BSO Concert in Franklin Park

Report Error
Email It
Write a Review
You are Viewing a Past Event

If this is a recurring event that will be happening again this year, please let us know.
Dates:Sunday, October 1, 2017
Hours:3:00pm
Ages:Toddlers, Kids, Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:Outdoor
Cost:Free
Category:Music & Concerts

The Boston Pops and Boston Symphony Orchestra are teaming up for a free concert in Franklin Park on October 1. The event will mark the first time that the BSO has performed at the Roxbury park in its 136-year history, as well as the first time that the orchestra and the Pops have shared a stage in a free, outdoor public venue.

The program opens with BSO Youth and Family Concerts Conductor and Franklin Park concert emcee Thomas Wilkins leading the National Anthem.

Next, Pops conductor Keith Lockhart will helm the orchestra as it plays from the extensive repertoire of John Williams, a Boston legend in his own right who served as the Pops conductor from 1980 to 1993 and is currently the orchestra’s conductor laureate.

Attendees can expect to hear some iconic Williams’ famed movie scores, including Raiders March from “Indiana Jones” and Hedwig’s Theme from “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.”

In the second part of the program, Wilkins will conduct as the BSO plays an overture from Shostakovich, a signature composer of the BSO known for working under Stalinist persecution, as well as music from Mexican composer Arturo Marquez and William Grant, the first black person to conduct a symphony orchestra in the United States. BSO music director Andris Nelsons will conduct the concert’s final performance, the fourth movement of Mahler’s first symphony.

The diverse backgrounds of the composers included in the BSO’s Franklin Park performance reflect the diverse Boston audience they hope to reach.

WEBSITE↑ top

bso.org

LOCATION↑ top

Franklin Park, Boston, MA map

Franklin Park
Boston, MA

RELATED LINKS↑ top

Info changes frequently. We cannot warrant it. Verify with Boston Pops & BSO Concert in Franklin Park before making the trek. If you find an error, please report it...
Report Error
Popular Resources
Boston with Kids
Free Things to Do
Family & Kids Events
Mass RMV - DMV
Boston Birthday Parties
Boston Museums
Rose Kennedy Greenway
Boston Aquarium
Boston Massachusetts
Boston Bowling
Boston Haymarket
Boston Whale Watching