A Certain Point of View: Writing, Film and Stuff

(C) 1996 RCA Victor When John Williams stepped down as conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra in 1993 after 13 successful seasons, a young but experienced conductor and pianist, Keith Lockhart, was chosen as his replacement. Looking more like a college freshman than music director of one of America's most famous orchestras, Lockhart has proved to be just as adept and popular as Williams and the late Arthur Fiedler. Song of the Volga Boatmen RCA Victor’s 1996 album The Boston Pops Orchestra: Runnin' Wild: Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Play Glenn Miller is a collection of songs made famous by Big Band era orchestra leader Glenn Miller, whose civilian and later Army Air Force bands provided audiences with music to dance to (and love to) before and during World War II. Before his mysterious death in December 1944, Miller's band and featured vocalists gave the world such beloved swing standards as " In The Mood," "Chattanooga Choo-Choo," ...

(C) 2017 BSO Classics On June 23, 2017, BSO Classics, the Boston Symphony Orchestra's in-house recording label, released the CD edition of Lights, Camera...Music! Six Decades of John Williams. This 16-track album contains a selection of themes and cues from a mix of minor films ( Heidi ) or lesser-known projects ( Goodbye, Mr. Chips ) that John Williams scored in the late 1960s, as well as music from more prominent movies ( The Towering Inferno, Dracula, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial ) from the apogee of the composer's long, storied career.  As many fans of Maestro Williams know, the orchestra featured in Lights, Camera...Music! is the world famous Boston Pops Orchestra, an ensemble comprised by members of the BSO that performs in the Boston area and on tours during the spring and summer months. Williams has a long history with the Pops; he was the orchestra's music director and principal conductor from 1980 till 1994; now that Keith Lockhart leads the Pops...