One of the starring names from this presentation, Rebecca Luker passed away on December 23rd, 2020 following a battle with ALS, she was 59. We thank you for leaving us with this wonderful performance. Rest In Peace.
I agree. I feel as if Rebecca Luker was one of God's Gifts! Sort of like "the cherry on top" of a Musical sundae! She was here for a brief moment; but long enough to give the ones that needed it that "taste of perfection" to aspire to. May she forever Rest In Peace, surrounded by LOVE. SING, bright Angel!!
Great...... Loved it. It all takes me back to a time 70 yrs ago and then forwards. All the years of musicals I enjoyed as a kid and until this very day..... 2023. Hard to believe that even this show is from 30 yrs ago.
@@joeyjamison5772 enjoy? There are no words to express my gratitude. I’m 75 and adore all of this and I might add music from the 20 on. Give me Eleanor Powell, etc.
WOW - Kitty Carlisle, John McGlinn, Rebecca Luker, Paige O'Hara, Judy Kaye, Kim Criswell, and American standards I love from Gershwin, Kern, Porter, and Rodgers - thank you PBS, thank you Mr. Jamison. Bravo!
Such a blessing to hear these beautiful songs again. So honest in their message without being vulgar as in today's music. May God bless the performers as they rest in peace looking down on us as Musical Angels.
I remarked in response to a user comment here that the biggest gratification I've received in putting up this video is that there are still people in the world who enjoy this kind of entertainment. I'm glad you're one of them!
OK, no doubt about, I've become an old man. I worked with John McGlinn on many projects and he is now gone. Brent Barrett and Rebecca Luker looking so young, OMG. Paige O'Hara mostly retired from the biz (what a lose of great talent. All a distant memory. Thank God that its preserved for younger people to see and study. John pretty much spearheaded the original orchestrations movement. Now others have taken up the baton. Oh and yes, Kitty Carlisle as hostess. I remember being at a production of Lady in the Dark in Boston, circa 1989. I was wandering around at one of the intermissions and Kitty came in behind me, saying "so, aren't you going to say hello to me?' I knew her a little and she was Moss Hart's widow, author of the book of Lady in the Dark. Such fantastic people I've known.
I am so delighted that you have uploaded this treasure. Such brilliance from the American stage. R.I.P. Rebecca Luker. She will live forever in the hearts of music lovers the world over. I could never thank you enough for uploading this.
I never comment on TH-cam videos, but I'm making an exception for this one. We just happened to tape this, too, when it aired in my early teens. I have it memorized because we replayed it so many times back then. I just loved it. My parents didn't hold onto this kind of thing and I'm sure it got lost with technology transfers, probably sometimes in the early 2000s, before I would have thought to swoop in and salvage it. I love it so much, and I was beyond delighted to find it Now that it's here on TH-cam I play it at least once or twice a month and my 3 year old loves to dance to it. (He's leaping around right now, in fact, to "Who Could Ask For Anything More".) Thank you so much for putting it up! I'm so afraid you'll take it down and I won't have access to it anymore! I'd gladly purchase it for an impractical amount if it was somehow released by whoever is currently not doing anything with the Boston Pops catalog. I like this version of "I Get A Kick Out of You" so much more than the Sinatra version that gets so much radio play. The torment of "Night and Day" gives me chills. Brent Barrett being so fed up about having to propose makes me smile. Rebecca Luker is perfect in everything she appears in. "Johnny One-Note" is phenomenal. John McGlinn is so pleased and happy in every shot--it's clear this was a huge triumph for him. As a teen I wasn't interested in Kitty Carlisle Hart's stories, but as an adult I am intrigued--it sounds like she must have had a fascinating life. Thank you so much for putting this up.
Well, I'm glad you enjoy it so much, so do I. The finale of Jerome Kern's "All The Thing You Are" is overwhelming. And somewhere out there is a warehouse filled with tapes of the Evening At Pops videos. I don't know why someone hasn't turned them into DVDs and offered them for sale to the public (who subsidized them with tax money via The National Endowment For The Arts), they should. I would certainly be a buyer myself. If you Google up "download youtube videos", there may be a way to save this presentation to your computer.
Such a bright light went out much too soon with the death of Rebecca Luker. She was the epitome of Broadway past and present. What a perfect program. Thank you for sharing.
Fantastic show, fantastic performers, musicians and choral ensemble. With special mention to the opening and closing sequels that made me feel so romantic. The latter got my eyes misty. If only magic and fantasy are true, I could plunge myself inside the HALL and join in with the thunderous standing ovations.....BRAVO!!!
I emailed PBS, WGBH, and the Boston Pops some years ago, trying to get information on this program I remembered, and urging them to re-air it, or make it available to buy. Never got any responses, so I really appreciate this being posted here. To all who enjoy this, I'd recommend all of John McGlinn's recordings. The one entitled BROADWAY SHOWSTOPPERS has many of the pieces seen here, and many others. One I especially enjoy, by Kern and in a similar vein as "All The Things You Are," is :Some Girl Is On Your Mind" -- pretty brilliant.
McGlinn was a stickler for authenticity - original orchetrations, fast tempi, no over-embellishment in the vocals. You can see how much he enjoyed conducting in this concert. A few years later, I went to a performance in Toronto with McGlinn and Kim Criswell of an all Rodgers and Hart programme. I got to meet them backstage and both signed my CD booklet. His Sitting Pretty is a wonderful recording of a forgotten musical; but I wish he had also recorded Very Warm For May and Sweet Adeline in their entirety.
Thanks for posting! I taped this original broadcast on VHS from TV many years ago and am glad to hear it again in a more modern format that can easily be converted to MP3.
@@joeyjamison5772 Saw the "All the Things You Are" stand alone video and was smitten. Then saw another post referring me to the entire show. Wow - thank you again for posting. Performances like that need to be preserved. If you haven't seen it, check out Olga Kern, Rachmaninoff piano concerto No. 3, Van Cliburn 2001 competition. Another performance for the ages.
So refreshing to hear this pure music, singers performing with all the “production” that, admittedly, we enjoy today. No vocal gymnastics, no rap, no artificially difficult vocal lines, just Broadway at its nostalgic best.
I saw this concert when it first aired, and have watched it countless times since. The three pianos still thrill, and the goosebumps still come, especially during Brent Barrett's high notes in Our Love Is Here To Stay, and the whole production of All The Things You Are. This concert had a big effect on me, reminding me of the genius of those Broadway composers, and the wonders of original orchestrations. I've bought many CD's of these artists (including conductor McGlinn) and followed their careers through the years. Sadly, John McGlinn and Rebecca Luker are no longer with us - taken too soon, but leaving a recorded legacy of superb music. Kim Criswell is in England and can be seen in many concerts by the John Wilson Orchestra at Albert Hall. It would be wonderful to have a proper DVD of this concert . . . fingers crossed!
I would buy it too if it could be found, but don't believe it exists. If it did, it would have shown up on DVD by now, it's been more than 30 years. The original tapes may be lost and this might be the only full copy left. In any event, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
The official Boston Pops program from that night says that the presentation was originally performed on Monday evening, May 28th, 1990. I believe it was late in 1991 until it was finally aired on PBS. Kitty Carlisle Hart was in pretty good shape for someone who was 83 years old at the time!
How wonderful! I learned most of those songs in the fifties highschool where our music teachers were performers at night in the Catskill hotels. What I appreciated in this rendition was that the performers were announced before each song.
Have seen the Pops twice in concert. What a privilege to hear this great orchestra live. Have to admit though went both times because Sutton Foster was appearing with them.
I was blessed with the ecstasy of the most wonderful and awesome wife for me for 53 years. Outside of her great love, I have found great ecstasy in musicals such as this great treasure. My most humble thanks to you for digitizing and posting it. The pleasure you wanted to pass on is so greatly appreciated by myself. Be Blessed!
@@joeyjamison5772 Rebecca Luker appears on Kennedy Center honors Barbara Cook, along with Kelli O'Hara, Laura Osnes, Glenn Close, Patti Lupone, Sutton Foster, and Audra McDonald. If you have not seen it, check it out. Patti Lupone on Come Rain or Come Shine is awesome.
Jason Graae was my neighbor just a couple of years after this. He was starring in Forbidden Hollywood at the time. He was a super-friendly guy and I remember he and his "roommate" gave me a pair of Jumanji salt and pepper shakers as a housewarming gift...it was obviously a promo item that he re-gifted, but it's the thought that counts?
Joey Jamison, what a thrill to see this. It just popped up below something that was playing, as different as night and day... (Sorry, just couldn't help myself!). I always know when music moves me. I get goosebumps. I just sat through an entire program with goosebumps. Magic is the only word that comes to mind that describes the performances. So, thank you for saving the program and sharing it to TH-cam for everyone to enjoy wonderful music! I subscribed to your channel, and looking forward to whatever comes my way!
Thanks for stopping by. Well, I'm quite pleased in knowing that there are still people around who enjoy this kind of entertainment. It so overwhelmed me the first time I saw it late in 1991, that I patiently waited 1½ years for it to be rerun by PBS. (I get goosebumps from it too!) Just a few days ago was the 25th anniversary of me capturing it on VHS tape when they finally did so. "Evening At Pops" has unfortunately since disappeared. 5 years ago, after I noticed the tape getting sticky, I decided to turn it into a digital copy to preserve it and share it here on TH-cam for everyone's viewing enjoyment.
00:02 - Jerome Kern Swing Time: The Waltz in Swing Time 02:37 - Vincent Youmans Tea for Two 08:35 - Jerome Kern Cat and the Fiddle: Entr'acte 13:49 - Jerome Kern Girl from Utah, The: They Didn't Believe Me 18:44 - Jerome Kern Sunny: Who? 21:09 - George Gershwin Girl Crazy: I Got Rhythm 24:35 - George Gershwin Man I Love, The 29:19 - George Gershwin Our Love Is Here to Stay 32:37 - Cole Porter Anything Goes: I Get a Kick Out of You 36:36 - Cole Porter Gay Divorcee, The: Night and Day 42:02 - Richard Rodgers Boys from Syracuse, The: Falling in Love with Love 46:27 - Richard Rodgers Babes in Arms: Johnny One-Note 48:48 - Jerome Kern All the Things You Are
Well thank you very much for providing this update. The opening selection "The Waltz in Swing Time" I believe was used by the Boston Pops as it's theme for the "Evening At Pops" series which ran from 1970-2004. I had once read that it was a local creation, the musicians from the Boston Symphony Orchestra had put it together themselves, but can now see that it came from somewhere else, namely the 1936 Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers film presentation of "Swing Time". You really know your music!
Joey Jamison Hah!! I just know how to read a program. I found the information online at the Boston Pops archives - archives.bso.org/Search.aspx?searchType=Performance&Soloist=Rebecca%20Luker One of the best archives is BBC Proms. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3SsklRvCSPvfHr13wgz6HCJ/proms-performance-archive
Love them all!!! Such a fan! Soooo pure excellence all the way from all the performers! Love the orchestra! I wish to know each singer's name in order with titles of their songs...i hope.
From Wikipedia: In October 1927, the conductor Nikolai Malko challenged Dmitri Shostakovich to do an arrangement of a piece in 45 minutes. His "Tea for Two" arrangement, Opus 16, was first performed on 25 November 1928. It was incorporated into 'Tahiti Trot' from his ballet 'The Golden Age' first performed in 1929. The arrangement is still played to this day!
Joey Jamison Oops, my research on this also suggests that this Evening at Pops - Broadway Originals was performed at Symphony Hall on August 23, 1990, and shown after that more than once on PBS. It is also the dance, however brief, by Rebecca Luker for Tea for Two that makes me wish there was a Boris Lermontov who could have persuaded her to dance as often as she sings, but also have a happy home life as well, as the song suggests!
Dimitri Diamant Your original date research may very well be correct Dimitri, at the very end of the presentation is a 1990 copyright notice. As I mentioned below, I first saw it I think in November or December of 1991 and liked it so much, I patiently waited for 1½ years for it to be rerun and made sure to capture it on tape then. After all of this time, the tape cassette was beginning to get sticky, indicating that it may be approaching the end of it's useful life, so before losing it, I bought a VCR digitizer from Wal-Mart last fall and preserved it, along with other tape-based videos. I had also scoured the web to see if anyone might be marketing it on DVD (along with other Evening at Pops shows), but found nothing. In a Post-Script, it was just a few months ago when I discovered that the conductor, John McGlinn died around this time 5 years ago.
Your date is correct Dimitri. I was in the audience that night. My father and mother took my fiance (now wife) and I to this performance as an engagement present. What a concert! BTW, we have always liked Rebecca Luker and saw her in Fun Home on Broadway a few months ago.
Wonderful renditions both from the singer and two dancers to this fantastic song “Night and Day”. Who was that beautiful lady in the lavender dress watching the performance?
We also didn't know that in 1990, the exact, original version of Tea For Two was also discovered in a suburb of Ballarat, Australia known as Mount Helen; both the song and dance for this incredible work performed at the Founders Theatre. Look up No No Nanette, Nicholle McNiece and Andy McCalman.
Hey Joey, As a Senior guy who once lived in Boston for many years I attended many many Pops events. Any other events you may have from your VCR days (especially any very beginning Kennedy Center Honors or Pops concerts with Fielder, please see if you have the time to upload them to You Tube for us older folks who appreciate real talent and real music. Thanks! Dave B
Well, thanks for your note, but I'm sorry to report that this is the only one I made. I had thought there must be a warehouse somewhere where the recordings were stored, but many years have gone by and if anyone wanted to exploit them, they would have done so by now. I hate to think they may have been pitched, but after spending a considerable amount of time casing the web, I've found nothing. This presentation may be the only full recording left and I'm glad I saved it and have no intention of ever taking it down.
There is nothing like a good ole fashen Broadway Musical..to go to or to watch on PBS..What we need is a Broadway Musical APP..So those who can't afford it can watch any show on Broadway and Off Broadway can watch them for Free..also Broadway Musical CH Too..This is not a Bad idea. Any Ideas?
I didn't know they were doing that (and I can't control it anyhow). If you use the adblocker+ or uBlock Origin extensions on your browser, it will remove them.
Joey Jamison I live in the Greater Boston area, so watched some "Evening at Pops" when The Boston Pops' most well-known maestro, the late Arthur Fiedler, was still conducting. I think the best program of that series I ever saw was in the 1970s, with Ethel Merman that week's guest, performing a medley of all her Broadway hits. Miss Merman required no microphone in her inimitable but highly beltable style. I also recall an "Evening at Pops" program wherein the late, renowned chef Julia Child bounded down the aisle of Boston's Symphony Hall wearing a chef's hat and waving a huge cooking spoon or spatula as a huge birthday cake was wheeled onstage; must have been either an anniversary of the Pops or of host station WGBH, where Child's owns series, "The French Chef," was produced. There was also a "Best of Evening at Pops" special I saw in the 1990s or early '00s which had a segment with Sarah Jessica Parker singing with, I think, a mens' glee club from Harvard University. I am unsure of the song's title, but recall at least part of the lyrics to this humorous number (which Parker sang with this group of guys) were in French. That was part of the beauty of the "Evening at Pops," that the program featured celebrity guest artists (from all music genres, and even some non-musicians) from all over the world, whether it was Kitty Carlisle Hart, Ethel Merman, Ella Fitzgerald, James Taylor, Sammy Davis, Jr., Buddy Rich, Dave Brubeck, Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, or Joan Kennedy (the first wife of the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy) narrating "Peter & the Wolf." The Pops still has guest artists at its seasonal concerts, including popular musicians Kristin Chenoweth, Elvis Costello, Josh Groban,Sting, and Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, among others. Sadly, The Boston Pops and PBS discontinued the "Evening at Pops" television series in 2005, after 35 years, due to the increased expenses of production costs, at the time exceeding $1 million per episode. Too bad some wealthy patron(s) such as Bill Gates, Donald Trump, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and/or CBS/Viacom owner Sumner Redstone (the latter two Boston area multimillionaires) couldn't see fit to underwrite the series so it could return to the airwaves. What many may not know is The Boston Pops is actually a side gig for the musicians whose primary jobs are as members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. One could even call the Boston Pops "BSO Light." Although the BSO and Boston Pops each maintain their own separate conductors, Keith Lockhart at the Boston Pops and Andris Nelsons at the BSO. As a lifelong resident of the Greater Boston area, I find it a shame so many around the U.S.A. now seem to regard Boston as a place of brutish Irish-American thugs who chug away their lives in sports pubs when not attending games of Boston's championship sporting teams, that image enhanced by the likes of so-called actor Mark Wahlberg and his ilk and the Hollywood films portraying Boston as a habitat of such lowlifes. But there was a time when Boston, besides its reputation as the birthplace of the American Revolution, was also regarded as a locale of academia and fine culture, of highbrow Boston Brahmins with family names of Cabot, Lodge, Peabody and Saltonstall, the city's citizenry mostly even Protestant Republican, not the bastion of Kennedy Democrats it has become. Films and TV shows used to depict characters who would "go back east" to attend college or prep school, or to visit an old maid blue-blood aunt living in Boston And Boston, along with New Haven, Connecticut, was also a "tryout town" for Broadway-bound stage productions. Of course society in general has deteriorated on many levels, so Boston's current image may just be a reflection of that wider downswing.
gymnastix My grandfather was from Boston, making me ½ Irish. And at least your NFL team is good enough to win the Superbowl! Somewhere out there is a repository of past "Evening At Pops" shows, perhaps a big warehouse loaded with video tapes. I wish someone would pick up the ball and transcribe them to DVDs. It would be a tragedy to have these great performances lost forever and I can't believe that the only remaining copies are from home viewers who made them with their personal VCRs. I'd be more than glad to pay to own some of them and I don't know why this hasn't been done already. They belong to the public to a great degree, a significant amount of the financial support was provided by the National Endowment for the Arts which is funded with tax dollars.
gymnastix Hey, don't dis the Kennedy Democrats! I, for one, think of Boston as the home of great music, not only from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Pops; I remember reading so much, way back when, about Sarah Caldwell and her opera company (only to find out a few years ago, that one of her lead singers was one of my favorite Hollywood dancers, Tommy Rall, of KISS ME KATE, SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS, FUNNY GIRL, and PENNIES FROM HEAVEN; also featured on Broadway in MILK AND HONEY and more -- a great talent). The Boston Ballet has a very high profile in the dance world, along with its academy and, in addition to all the great (and not so great) shows that have tried out in Boston before hitting Broadway, there's a lot of reportedly good local theater. And all those schools. Actually, I think you're needlessly worrying; I don't think that view of Boston you worry about is as prevalent as you fear.
The names of the performers are listed at the introduction and at the end of the performance. Los nombres de los artistas intérpretes o ejecutantes se enumeran en la introducción y al final de la actuación.
Regrettably, no. This presentation originally aired late in 1991 and I was so overwhelmed by it, I waited 1½ years for it to be rerun, checking the newspaper TV listing every Sunday. In June of 1993, I finally got my wish and made sure to catch it on tape. The entire presentation is very tastefully done and the finale, Jerome Kern's "All The Things You Are" sends goosebumps down the back of my neck every time I watch it.
One of the starring names from this presentation, Rebecca Luker passed away on December 23rd, 2020 following a battle with ALS, she was 59. We thank you for leaving us with this wonderful performance. Rest In Peace.
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I agree. I feel as if Rebecca Luker was one of God's Gifts! Sort of like "the cherry on top" of a Musical sundae! She was here for a brief moment; but long enough to give the ones that needed it that "taste of perfection" to aspire to. May she forever Rest In Peace, surrounded by LOVE. SING, bright Angel!!
My Dad really loved the "Tea for Two" duet that Rebecca Luker did with Jason Graw
Yes!!. It's terrible news!!. I'm desolate.!. Rest in Peace. Dame Rebecca Luker. 💚
Hugs and Blessings from Spain.
Great...... Loved it. It all takes me back to a time 70 yrs ago and then forwards. All the years of musicals I enjoyed as a kid and until this very day..... 2023. Hard to believe that even this show is from 30 yrs ago.
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
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@@antoniocarlosdesouzamattos1268 I am glad that you enjoyed it.
Thank you for an extraordinary honor. This is to cherish. So rare.
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@joeyjamison5772 enjoy? There are no words to express my gratitude. I’m 75 and adore all of this and I might add music from the 20 on. Give me Eleanor Powell, etc.
@@AuntieMamie I'm also 75 and get great satisfaction knowing there are people in the world who still appreciate this kind of entertainment.
This production brought together some of the best voices in the industry. Congratulations! This is indeed a gem. ❤
Well, you're certainly welcome and I'm glad you enjoyed it!
WOW - Kitty Carlisle, John McGlinn, Rebecca Luker, Paige O'Hara, Judy Kaye, Kim Criswell, and American standards I love from Gershwin, Kern, Porter, and Rodgers - thank you PBS, thank you Mr. Jamison. Bravo!
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Such a blessing to hear these beautiful songs again. So honest in their message without being vulgar as in today's music. May God bless the performers as they rest in peace looking down on us as
Musical Angels.
I remarked in response to a user comment here that the biggest gratification I've received in putting up this video is that there are still people in the world who enjoy this kind of entertainment. I'm glad you're one of them!
Vulgarity has no place in the world.
OK, no doubt about, I've become an old man. I worked with John McGlinn on many projects and he is now gone. Brent Barrett and Rebecca Luker looking so young, OMG. Paige O'Hara mostly retired from the biz (what a lose of great talent. All a distant memory. Thank God that its preserved for younger people to see and study. John pretty much spearheaded the original orchestrations movement. Now others have taken up the baton. Oh and yes, Kitty Carlisle as hostess. I remember being at a production of Lady in the Dark in Boston, circa 1989. I was wandering around at one of the intermissions and Kitty came in behind me, saying "so, aren't you going to say hello to me?' I knew her a little and she was Moss Hart's widow, author of the book of Lady in the Dark. Such fantastic people I've known.
I am so delighted that you have uploaded this treasure. Such brilliance from the American stage.
R.I.P. Rebecca Luker. She will live forever in the hearts of music lovers the world over.
I could never thank you enough for uploading this.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you so much for this wonderful gift.
He listened to this and also worked at Steinway piano in NY. Parents please introduce your children to the Arts at an early age it’s the best thing !!
America's Got Talent ? This is true talent! Amazing production and voices! Thank you.
Thanks for stopping by and glad you enjoyed the show!
A stunning program. And All the Things You Are here is the greatest thing I have every seen on television EVER!
Glad you enjoyed it!
🥰❤💙😘amazing how much I love these tunes, that's awesome. Thanks again for sharing and
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I'm glad you enjoyed the presentation!
Thanks for the memory. What a glorious night it was. I envy those who were there. Thanks for showing it for us now. Thanks for all.
I never comment on TH-cam videos, but I'm making an exception for this one.
We just happened to tape this, too, when it aired in my early teens. I have it memorized because we replayed it so many times back then. I just loved it. My parents didn't hold onto this kind of thing and I'm sure it got lost with technology transfers, probably sometimes in the early 2000s, before I would have thought to swoop in and salvage it.
I love it so much, and I was beyond delighted to find it Now that it's here on TH-cam I play it at least once or twice a month and my 3 year old loves to dance to it. (He's leaping around right now, in fact, to "Who Could Ask For Anything More".) Thank you so much for putting it up! I'm so afraid you'll take it down and I won't have access to it anymore! I'd gladly purchase it for an impractical amount if it was somehow released by whoever is currently not doing anything with the Boston Pops catalog.
I like this version of "I Get A Kick Out of You" so much more than the Sinatra version that gets so much radio play. The torment of "Night and Day" gives me chills. Brent Barrett being so fed up about having to propose makes me smile. Rebecca Luker is perfect in everything she appears in. "Johnny One-Note" is phenomenal. John McGlinn is so pleased and happy in every shot--it's clear this was a huge triumph for him. As a teen I wasn't interested in Kitty Carlisle Hart's stories, but as an adult I am intrigued--it sounds like she must have had a fascinating life.
Thank you so much for putting this up.
Well, I'm glad you enjoy it so much, so do I. The finale of Jerome Kern's "All The Thing You Are" is overwhelming. And somewhere out there is a warehouse filled with tapes of the Evening At Pops videos. I don't know why someone hasn't turned them into DVDs and offered them for sale to the public (who subsidized them with tax money via The National Endowment For The Arts), they should. I would certainly be a buyer myself. If you Google up "download youtube videos", there may be a way to save this presentation to your computer.
Such a bright light went out much too soon with the death of Rebecca Luker. She was the epitome of Broadway past and present. What a perfect program. Thank you for sharing.
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Thank yu so much Judy for listing this treasure.
Wonderful! Kitty Carlisle Hart was a true treasure and a prized link to an dazzling earlier era.
I'm glad you enjoyed the presentation!
Fantastic show, fantastic performers, musicians and choral ensemble. With special mention to the opening and closing sequels that made me feel so romantic. The latter got my eyes misty. If only magic and fantasy are true, I could plunge myself inside the HALL and join in with the thunderous standing ovations.....BRAVO!!!
Fantastic wonderful period. Thank you
Great! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
GOD BLESS TH-cam and it's contributors. The universe at one's finger tips.
Koon Mung Well said.. YT is wonderful....
so many wonderful memories of these performances. Life was so very different then.
I emailed PBS, WGBH, and the Boston Pops some years ago, trying to get information on this program I remembered, and urging them to re-air it, or make it available to buy. Never got any responses, so I really appreciate this being posted here.
To all who enjoy this, I'd recommend all of John McGlinn's recordings. The one entitled BROADWAY SHOWSTOPPERS has many of the pieces seen here, and many others. One I especially enjoy, by Kern and in a similar vein as "All The Things You Are," is :Some Girl Is On Your Mind" -- pretty brilliant.
McGlinn was a stickler for authenticity - original orchetrations, fast tempi, no over-embellishment in the vocals. You can see how much he enjoyed conducting in this concert. A few years later, I went to a performance in Toronto with McGlinn and Kim Criswell of an all Rodgers and Hart programme. I got to meet them backstage and both signed my CD booklet. His Sitting Pretty is a wonderful recording of a forgotten musical; but I wish he had also recorded Very Warm For May and Sweet Adeline in their entirety.
The original arrangement of “All the Things You Are” is American musical theater at its finest. Rebecca Luker was absolutely divine.
It's one of my favorites too. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks for posting! I taped this original broadcast on VHS from TV many years ago and am glad to hear it again in a more modern format that can easily be converted to MP3.
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That arrangement of All The Things You Are with those voices is so moving it brought tears to my eyes.
It's one of my all-time favorites too. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
As far as I know, this is the original arrangement from the show. The show was "Too Warm For May" and was a flop. - with this amazing song.
Thank you so much for sharing this! I loved every second of it and the finale did make me tear up!
It's one of my all-time favorites too. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
OMG! What a performance!!! I hope to keep this forever. Greatest music ever. Thank you got posting
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
@@joeyjamison5772 Saw the "All the Things You Are" stand alone video and was smitten. Then saw another post referring me to the entire show. Wow - thank you again for posting. Performances like that need to be preserved. If you haven't seen it, check out Olga Kern, Rachmaninoff piano concerto No. 3, Van Cliburn 2001 competition. Another performance for the ages.
So refreshing to hear this pure music, singers performing with all the “production” that, admittedly, we enjoy today. No vocal gymnastics, no rap, no artificially difficult vocal lines, just Broadway at its nostalgic best.
amen brother
Absolutely wonderful.
I saw this concert when it first aired, and have watched it countless times since. The three pianos still thrill, and the goosebumps still come, especially during Brent Barrett's high notes in Our Love Is Here To Stay, and the whole production of All The Things You Are. This concert had a big effect on me, reminding me of the genius of those Broadway composers, and the wonders of original orchestrations. I've bought many CD's of these artists (including conductor McGlinn) and followed their careers through the years. Sadly, John McGlinn and Rebecca Luker are no longer with us - taken too soon, but leaving a recorded legacy of superb music. Kim Criswell is in England and can be seen in many concerts by the John Wilson Orchestra at Albert Hall. It would be wonderful to have a proper DVD of this concert . . . fingers crossed!
I would buy it too if it could be found, but don't believe it exists. If it did, it would have shown up on DVD by now, it's been more than 30 years. The original tapes may be lost and this might be the only full copy left. In any event, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Fantastic show with fantastic performers. Banners LOVE at the highest peak!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a great production! Thank goodness for UTube. Thank you for the Download! 🥰👍
I wish PBS would go back to broadcasting the Boston Pops - I miss their concerts
'Evening At Pops' ran until 2004 when it ended due to what was reported as high production costs. It was a great show.
I believe this program was first broadcast in 1970 when Kitty Carlisle Hart was 60 years old. In 1993 she would have been 83.
The official Boston Pops program from that night says that the presentation was originally performed on Monday evening, May 28th, 1990. I believe it was late in 1991 until it was finally aired on PBS. Kitty Carlisle Hart was in pretty good shape for someone who was 83 years old at the time!
@@joeyjamison5772 I mis-read the page and read the start of the series s the broadcast date. She does not look 83!
RIP Rebecca Luker.
How wonderful! I learned most of those songs in the fifties highschool where our music teachers were performers at night in the Catskill hotels. What I appreciated in this rendition was that the performers were announced before each song.
It’s wonderful. My dad listened to music like this every and I learned to love it from him. Thank you for the post !!
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Have seen the Pops twice in concert. What a privilege to hear this great orchestra live. Have to admit though went both times because Sutton Foster was appearing with them.
I was blessed with the ecstasy of the most wonderful and awesome wife for me for 53 years. Outside of her great love, I have found great ecstasy in musicals such as this great treasure. My most humble thanks to you for digitizing and posting it. The pleasure you wanted to pass on is so greatly appreciated by myself. Be Blessed!
I'm glad you enjoyed it and I'm equally glad that there's still people around who appreciate this sort of entertainment.
Just found this and I'm so very glad. Beautiful concert.
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Fascinating how Rebecca Luger's voice is such a perfect fit for the original arrangements of these classic songs.
Yes, she's a great talent as they all are. Glad you enjoyed it.
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@@joeyjamison5772 Rebecca Luker appears on Kennedy Center honors Barbara Cook, along with Kelli O'Hara, Laura Osnes, Glenn Close, Patti Lupone, Sutton Foster, and Audra McDonald. If you have not seen it, check it out. Patti Lupone on Come Rain or Come Shine is awesome.
Sad that sad that she's gone so soon. She and Judy Kaye we're in our production of Sweeny Todd with Michigan Opera Theatre.
@@williampelto6095 And Brent Barrett gone too soon as well.
Jason Graae was my neighbor just a couple of years after this. He was starring in Forbidden Hollywood at the time. He was a super-friendly guy and I remember he and his "roommate" gave me a pair of Jumanji salt and pepper shakers as a housewarming gift...it was obviously a promo item that he re-gifted, but it's the thought that counts?
I would have loved to have met some of those people in person.
Joey Jamison, what a thrill to see this. It just popped up below something that was playing, as different as night and day... (Sorry, just couldn't help myself!). I always know when music moves me. I get goosebumps. I just sat through an entire program with goosebumps. Magic is the only word that comes to mind that describes the performances. So, thank you for saving the program and sharing it to TH-cam for everyone to enjoy wonderful music! I subscribed to your channel, and looking forward to whatever comes my way!
Thanks for stopping by. Well, I'm quite pleased in knowing that there are still people around who enjoy this kind of entertainment. It so overwhelmed me the first time I saw it late in 1991, that I patiently waited 1½ years for it to be rerun by PBS. (I get goosebumps from it too!) Just a few days ago was the 25th anniversary of me capturing it on VHS tape when they finally did so. "Evening At Pops" has unfortunately since disappeared. 5 years ago, after I noticed the tape getting sticky, I decided to turn it into a digital copy to preserve it and share it here on TH-cam for everyone's viewing enjoyment.
Thank you so much! "All The Things You Are" is amazing!
+Broadway Classics Yes, the finale certainly is overwhelming.
Soberbio!!!. Maravilloso!!!.
Para repetir una y otra vez.
Gracias.
Y me alegro mucho de que lo hayas disfrutado. Gracias.
@@joeyjamison5772 Gracias a usted por tan maravilloso espectáculo.
Extraordinariamente maravilloso.
Gracias., por hacerme soñar.
De nada. ¡Me alegra que lo hayas disfrutado!
"Anytime" - Patsy Cline.
Absolutely devine; the singing, the dancing and the orchestra accompanying the performers.
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you so much for sharing this treasure with us!
Well, you're certainly welcome and I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for sharing. What a beautiful concert.
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
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I am glad that you enjoyed it!
How wonderful - singers without microphones
I love virtually everything Cole Porter ever composed and I want to dance!
Para repetir un millón de veces.
Magistral!!!.
Estoy encantado de que estés contento con eso.
00:02 - Jerome Kern Swing Time: The Waltz in Swing Time
02:37 - Vincent Youmans Tea for Two
08:35 - Jerome Kern Cat and the Fiddle: Entr'acte
13:49 - Jerome Kern Girl from Utah, The: They Didn't Believe Me
18:44 - Jerome Kern Sunny: Who?
21:09 - George Gershwin Girl Crazy: I Got Rhythm
24:35 - George Gershwin Man I Love, The
29:19 - George Gershwin Our Love Is Here to Stay
32:37 - Cole Porter Anything Goes: I Get a Kick Out of You
36:36 - Cole Porter Gay Divorcee, The: Night and Day
42:02 - Richard Rodgers Boys from Syracuse, The: Falling in Love with Love
46:27 - Richard Rodgers Babes in Arms: Johnny One-Note
48:48 - Jerome Kern All the Things You Are
Well thank you very much for providing this update. The opening selection "The Waltz in Swing Time" I believe was used by the Boston Pops as it's theme for the "Evening At Pops" series which ran from 1970-2004. I had once read that it was a local creation, the musicians from the Boston Symphony Orchestra had put it together themselves, but can now see that it came from somewhere else, namely the 1936 Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers film presentation of "Swing Time". You really know your music!
Joey Jamison Hah!! I just know how to read a program. I found the information online at the Boston Pops archives - archives.bso.org/Search.aspx?searchType=Performance&Soloist=Rebecca%20Luker
One of the best archives is BBC Proms. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3SsklRvCSPvfHr13wgz6HCJ/proms-performance-archive
@@MusicMan-dv7jg Thank you for posting this, I didn't even know it existed.
Thank you @MusicMan 78414
for posting a play list.
@@joeyjamison5772 Yes, Joey! Your comment was so marvelous.
Divino!!. Estoy en una nube.
Gracias
De nada señor. ¡Me alegro de que seas feliz!
a wonderful program. marvelous melodies
Incomparable songs
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Maravilloso!
No me canso de escucharlos.
Qué voces y qué musica!
Estoy encantado de que estés contento con eso.
@@joeyjamison5772 I Believe in You, Joey!
Thank you, Joey
God Bless Rebecca Luker. R.I.P.
Timelessly beautiful music
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
The world was beautiful in their day. But when they left, the world became ugly. I guess Jesus Christ and beautiful music is the answer.
Love them all!!! Such a fan! Soooo pure excellence all the way from all the performers! Love the orchestra! I wish to know each singer's name in order with titles of their songs...i hope.
The opening song, Tea For Two, was from a great Broadway musical that opened as far back as 1925. The title of the musical was No, No, Nanette.
From Wikipedia: In October 1927, the conductor Nikolai Malko challenged Dmitri Shostakovich to do an arrangement of a piece in 45 minutes. His "Tea for Two" arrangement, Opus 16, was first performed on 25 November 1928. It was incorporated into 'Tahiti Trot' from his ballet 'The Golden Age' first performed in 1929. The arrangement is still played to this day!
Joey Jamison
Oops, my research on this also suggests that this Evening at Pops - Broadway Originals was performed at Symphony Hall on August 23, 1990, and shown after that more than once on PBS. It is also the dance, however brief, by Rebecca Luker for Tea for Two that makes me wish there was a Boris Lermontov who could have persuaded her to dance as often as she sings, but also have a happy home life as well, as the song suggests!
Dimitri Diamant
Your original date research may very well be correct Dimitri, at the very end of the presentation is a 1990 copyright notice. As I mentioned below, I first saw it I think in November or December of 1991 and liked it so much, I patiently waited for 1½ years for it to be rerun and made sure to capture it on tape then. After all of this time, the tape cassette was beginning to get sticky, indicating that it may be approaching the end of it's useful life, so before losing it, I bought a VCR digitizer from Wal-Mart last fall and preserved it, along with other tape-based videos. I had also scoured the web to see if anyone might be marketing it on DVD (along with other Evening at Pops shows), but found nothing. In a Post-Script, it was just a few months ago when I discovered that the conductor, John McGlinn died around this time 5 years ago.
Your date is correct Dimitri. I was in the audience that night. My father and mother took my fiance (now wife) and I to this performance as an engagement present. What a concert! BTW, we have always liked Rebecca Luker and saw her in Fun Home on Broadway a few months ago.
What a treat
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wonderful renditions both from the singer and two dancers to this fantastic song “Night and Day”. Who was that beautiful lady in the lavender dress watching the performance?
Fantastic sound.
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Great performances!
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I loved this. 🇿🇦❤️
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Just wonderful
Glad you enjoyed it!
At his level, McGlynn was a great maestro, and this is just further proof of that. And that's one mean I Got Rhythm that Paige O'Hara socks across....
Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it!
Super excellent with very good video
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Magnificent!
Thanks!!
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
We also didn't know that in 1990, the exact, original version of Tea For Two was also discovered in a suburb of Ballarat, Australia known as Mount Helen; both the song and dance for this incredible work performed at the Founders Theatre. Look up No No Nanette, Nicholle McNiece and Andy McCalman.
Thank you. ❤😂
Well, you're certainly welcome and I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Rebecca Luker, RIP
Who can get nervous listening to this?
Una joya
Now we got a chance to hear what the originals are>
Hey Joey, As a Senior guy who once lived in Boston for many years I attended many many Pops events. Any other events you may have from your VCR days (especially any very beginning Kennedy Center Honors or Pops concerts with Fielder, please see if you have the time to upload them to You Tube for us older folks who appreciate real talent and real music. Thanks! Dave B
Well, thanks for your note, but I'm sorry to report that this is the only one I made. I had thought there must be a warehouse somewhere where the recordings were stored, but many years have gone by and if anyone wanted to exploit them, they would have done so by now. I hate to think they may have been pitched, but after spending a considerable amount of time casing the web, I've found nothing. This presentation may be the only full recording left and I'm glad I saved it and have no intention of ever taking it down.
There is nothing like a good ole fashen Broadway Musical..to go to or to watch on PBS..What we need is a Broadway Musical APP..So those who can't afford it can watch any show on Broadway and Off Broadway can watch them for
Free..also Broadway Musical CH
Too..This is not a Bad idea.
Any Ideas?
ESO era,es y sera musical.
Muchas gracias por tus comentarios.
You know, PBS aired this program commercial-free to begin with. So why is youtube putting commercials in here?
I didn't know they were doing that (and I can't control it anyhow). If you use the adblocker+ or uBlock Origin extensions on your browser, it will remove them.
Sem vozes ,só instrumental,aí SIM!
I like the feuds
Sorry, wrong term. I meant to say fugues.
@@helenweinfeld5689 LOL! Actually funny error!
Which PBS station was this broadcast on?
The broadcast emanated from WGBH in Boston and was shown locally on PBS station WPTD, Channel 16 in Dayton, Ohio.
Joey Jamison
I live in the Greater Boston area, so watched some "Evening at Pops" when The Boston Pops' most well-known maestro, the late Arthur Fiedler, was still conducting. I think the best program of that series I ever saw was in the 1970s, with Ethel Merman that week's guest, performing a medley of all her Broadway hits. Miss Merman required no microphone in her inimitable but highly beltable style.
I also recall an "Evening at Pops" program wherein the late, renowned chef Julia Child bounded down the aisle of Boston's Symphony Hall wearing a chef's hat and waving a huge cooking spoon or spatula as a huge birthday cake was wheeled onstage; must have been either an anniversary of the Pops or of host station WGBH, where Child's owns series, "The French Chef," was produced.
There was also a "Best of Evening at Pops" special I saw in the 1990s or early '00s which had a segment with Sarah Jessica Parker singing with, I think, a mens' glee club from Harvard University. I am unsure of the song's title, but recall at least part of the lyrics to this humorous number (which Parker sang with this group of guys) were in French.
That was part of the beauty of the "Evening at Pops," that the program featured celebrity guest artists (from all music genres, and even some non-musicians) from all over the world, whether it was Kitty Carlisle Hart, Ethel Merman, Ella Fitzgerald, James Taylor, Sammy Davis, Jr., Buddy Rich, Dave Brubeck, Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, or Joan Kennedy (the first wife of the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy) narrating "Peter & the Wolf." The Pops still has guest artists at its seasonal concerts, including popular musicians Kristin Chenoweth, Elvis Costello, Josh Groban,Sting, and Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, among others.
Sadly, The Boston Pops and PBS discontinued the "Evening at Pops" television series in 2005, after 35 years, due to the increased expenses of production costs, at the time exceeding $1 million per episode. Too bad some wealthy patron(s) such as Bill Gates, Donald Trump, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and/or CBS/Viacom owner Sumner Redstone (the latter two Boston area multimillionaires) couldn't see fit to underwrite the series so it could return to the airwaves.
What many may not know is The Boston Pops is actually a side gig for the musicians whose primary jobs are as members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. One could even call the Boston Pops "BSO Light." Although the BSO and Boston Pops each maintain their own separate conductors, Keith Lockhart at the Boston Pops and Andris Nelsons at the BSO.
As a lifelong resident of the Greater Boston area, I find it a shame so many around the U.S.A. now seem to regard Boston as a place of brutish Irish-American thugs who chug away their lives in sports pubs when not attending games of Boston's championship sporting teams, that image enhanced by the likes of so-called actor Mark Wahlberg and his ilk and the Hollywood films portraying Boston as a habitat of such lowlifes. But there was a time when Boston, besides its reputation as the birthplace of the American Revolution, was also regarded as a locale of academia and fine culture, of highbrow Boston Brahmins with family names of Cabot, Lodge, Peabody and Saltonstall, the city's citizenry mostly even Protestant Republican, not the bastion of Kennedy Democrats it has become. Films and TV shows used to depict characters who would "go back east" to attend college or prep school, or to visit an old maid blue-blood aunt living in Boston And Boston, along with New Haven, Connecticut, was also a "tryout town" for Broadway-bound stage productions. Of course society in general has deteriorated on many levels, so Boston's current image may just be a reflection of that wider downswing.
gymnastix
My grandfather was from Boston, making me ½ Irish. And at least your NFL team is good enough to win the Superbowl! Somewhere out there is a repository of past "Evening At Pops" shows, perhaps a big warehouse loaded with video tapes. I wish someone would pick up the ball and transcribe them to DVDs. It would be a tragedy to have these great performances lost forever and I can't believe that the only remaining copies are from home viewers who made them with their personal VCRs. I'd be more than glad to pay to own some of them and I don't know why this hasn't been done already. They belong to the public to a great degree, a significant amount of the financial support was provided by the National Endowment for the Arts which is funded with tax dollars.
gymnastix
Hey, don't dis the Kennedy Democrats! I, for one, think of Boston as the home of great music, not only from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Pops; I remember reading so much, way back when, about Sarah Caldwell and her opera company (only to find out a few years ago, that one of her lead singers was one of my favorite Hollywood dancers, Tommy Rall, of KISS ME KATE, SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS, FUNNY GIRL, and PENNIES FROM HEAVEN; also featured on Broadway in MILK AND HONEY and more -- a great talent). The Boston Ballet has a very high profile in the dance world, along with its academy and, in addition to all the great (and not so great) shows that have tried out in Boston before hitting Broadway, there's a lot of reportedly good local theater. And all those schools. Actually, I think you're needlessly worrying; I don't think that view of Boston you worry about is as prevalent as you fear.
No hay posibilidad de incorporar los nombres de las canciones y cantantes?
The names of the performers are listed at the introduction and at the end of the performance.
Los nombres de los artistas intérpretes o ejecutantes se enumeran en la introducción y al final de la actuación.
@@joeyjamison5772 Muchas gracias. No las había visto al fin de las performances
Do you have more Evening at Pops shows?
Regrettably, no. This presentation originally aired late in 1991 and I was so overwhelmed by it, I waited 1½ years for it to be rerun, checking the newspaper TV listing every Sunday. In June of 1993, I finally got my wish and made sure to catch it on tape. The entire presentation is very tastefully done and the finale, Jerome Kern's "All The Things You Are" sends goosebumps down the back of my neck every time I watch it.
HectorJW2007 and
Could you post the title of the songs, please?
See the comment by MusicMan 78414 above. All the titles and their time stamps so you can jump directly to any of them!
How do I get channel selection
I have some other videos up (although they're not "Evening At Pops"). If you click on my name or icon, it will bring you to the list.
I wonder why somebody didn’t do better research. Richard Rodgers also wrote with Stephen Sondheim Sheldon, Harnick, and Martin Charnin
jULIE aNDREWS #4??? 4 OCTAVES ABOVE HIGH c. aT LEAST #2 AND SHE'.D GIVE ETHEL A RUN FOR HER MONEY!!!