Boston Pops Orchestra

About the artist

The Boston Pops Orchestra was founded in 1885 as a subsection of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO), founded four years earlier. Careful examination of the rosters of “Pops" or “Festival" orchestras, which are associated with a co-resident symphony orchestra in the same community, shows that the principal players of a “Pops" ensemble usually hold the post of assistant or associate principal of the “parent" ensemble. In general parlance, the Boston Pops is described as: “The Boston Symphony minus the first-chair players.

Top songs

  1. Sleigh Ride
  2. 12 Days of Christmas
  3. Pomp and Circumstance, March No. 1
  4. Pomp and Circumstance, March N
  5. William Tell Overture
  6. Sleigh Ride - Instrumental
  7. Winter Wonderland
  8. The Nutcracker: Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy
  9. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
  10. White Christmas
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  1. Theme (from "The Patriot")
  2. "Chim-Chim-Cheree" (From "Mary Poppins")
  3. Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy
  4. Liebestraum (3), notturnos for piano (after songs LW N18), S. 541, LW A103 - No. 3
  5. Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
  6. Incidental Music to "Hamlet"/Funeral March
  7. Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers
  8. Liebestraum
  9. E.T.: Flying Theme
  10. A Christmas Festival
  11. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
  12. Riverdance
  13. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Live
  14. Star Wars: Princess Leia
  15. Carol Of The Bells
  16. The Imperial March
  17. Superman: Superman: Love Theme
  18. Song Of India
  19. Suite (From "Star Wars - The Force Awakens"): March of the Resistance
  20. Take Me Out to the Ballgame
  21. The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a: III. Waltz of the Flowers
  22. Devil's Dance (from "The Witches of Eastwick")
  23. Star Wars (Main Theme)
  24. E.T.: Adventures on Earth
  25. The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a: II.d. Arabian Dance
  26. Moonlight Serenade
  27. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind - Suite
  28. The Stars And Stripes Forever
  29. The Empire Strikes Back: Yoda's Theme
  30. Immolation (With Our Lives, We Give Life)
  31. The Typewriter
  32. Hallelujah Chorus From "The Messiah"
  33. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - Johnny Marks, Arr. Richard Hayman
  34. Olympic Fanfare and Theme
  35. Colonel Bogey March
  36. I'm Shipping Up to Boston
  37. Bugler's Dream/Olympic Fanfare and Theme
  38. Good Swing Wenceslas
  39. America, The Beautiful
  40. Sleigh Ride: Sleigh Ride
  41. Joy to the World - A Fanfare for Christmas Day
  42. Les Patineurs Valse ("Skater's Waltz"), Op. 183
  43. Moon River
  44. City of New Orleans
  45. Sleigh Ride - Live
  46. Interplay: Gavotte
  47. 2001: A Space Odyssey: Thus Spake Zarathustra
  48. Main Theme (From "New York, New York")
  49. "All That Jazz" (From "Chicago")
  50. A Christmas Scherzo - Live
  51. In the Mood
  52. Chariots Of Fire: Main Theme
  53. Suite (from "Star Wars - The Force Awakens"): The Jedi Steps
  54. Tara's Theme (From "Gone With The Wind")
  55. Return of The Jedi: Luke & Leia Theme
  56. Suite (from "Star Wars - The Force Awakens"): Finale
  57. 1812 Overture
  58. Theme (from "Sabrina")
  59. Waltz of the Flowers
  60. The Christmas Song - Live
  61. Christmas Time Is Here
  62. How the Grinch Stole Christmas - Live
  63. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71~Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy
  64. Grand Canyon Suite: I. Sunrise
  65. Mission Theme: Theme from N.B.C. News
  66. Stars And Stripes Forever
  67. Return of the Jedi: The Forest Battle
  68. Return of the Jedi: Jabba the Hutt
  69. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Live
  70. Sleigh Ride (Instrumental)
  71. Jalousie, tango for orchestra
  72. America the Beautiful
  73. Gloria
  74. March of the Toys
  75. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71~Trepak (Russian Dance)
  76. strike up the band
  77. The First Noel
  78. The Little Drummer Boy
  79. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra~O Fortuna
  80. Rhapsody In Blue
  81. This Is My Country
  82. Tomorrow Is My Dancing Day
  83. Mary's Little Boy Child
  84. Jurassic Park Theme
  85. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
  86. The Twelve Days of Christmas - Live
  87. Viktor's Tale (from "The Terminal")
  88. The Gettysburg Address
  89. Liebesträume, notturno for piano No. 3 in A flat major ("O Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst"), S. 54
  90. Satin Doll

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