POPS, Inc.
(Faves of Anderson, Hayman & Mancini)
7:30 p.m. Saturday, August 31, 2024
Devou Park Band Shell, Covington, KY
7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024
Tower Park Amphitheatre, Ft. Thomas, KY
In the late 1930s through the 1970s, the Boston Pops under Arthur Fielder began playing and recording light classics and novelty numbers which fostered a universal popularity for symphonic gatherings called “Pops” concerts (Erich Kunzel soon followed and took this format to its zenith locally with the Cincinnati Pops.). The short, peppy standards, sometimes zany sounding pieces all had something in common — the fine composers / arrangers that wrote them. The lead “pops” writers of this era were Leroy Anderson, Richard Hayman and Henry Mancini.
The KSO taps into a treasure trove of these 3-4 minute selections that have entertained American audiences in parks and on stages for nearly 80 years. Anderson’s “Waltzing Cat,” “Typewritter,” “Syncopated Clock” and “Bugler’s Holiday” allow the orchestra to musically animate everyday items with wit and charm. Hayman’s “Pops Hoe-Down” and arrangements of “Little Brown Jug” and “When the Saints go Marching In” succeed in getting everyone’s toes tapping. Mancini’s film scores have allowed snippets like “Moon River,” Theme to “The Pink Panther” and others to become beloved standards. In addition, Mancini also teamed-up with tenor Lucianno Pavarotti to arrange Neopolitan songs for his recordings. Pedro Barboso, will sing “Chitarra Romana” and “Rondine al Nido” So, pack up the family for a old-fashioned “pops” concert on the lawn in Devou and Tower Parks.
Join the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra 7:30 p.m. Saturday, August 31 in Devou Park in Covington, and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, September 1 at Tower Park in Fort Thomas. The TANK park & ride shuttle from Covington Catholic departs on the half hour starting at 6 p.m. (1$ each way). Concessions are available in Devou Park. Food trucks will be on-site in Tower Park. Bring blankets, picnics or lawn chairs. For more information, registration (for weather updates) and directions, visit the KSO at http://www.kyso.org or call (859) 431-6216. The concert and parking are free, though a $5 (per person) donation to the KSO is suggested.
POPS, Inc.
(Faves of Anderson, Hayman & Mancini)
7:30 p.m. Saturday, August 31, 2024
Devou Park Band Shell, Covington, KY
7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024
Tower Park Amphitheatre, Ft. Thomas, KY
Free family-friendly culture & entertainment in the neighborhood.
Leroy Anderson – Belle of the Ball
Anderson – Chicken Reel
Anderson – Syncopated Clock
Anderson – The Typewriter
Richard Hayman – Pops Hoe-Down
Anderson Bugler’s Holiday (ft. trumpet section)
Mancini – Peter Gunn Theme
di Lazzaro / Mancini – “Chitarra Romana” (Pedro Barbosa, tenor)
Mancini – Pie in the Face Polka
Anderson – The Irish Washerwoman
Intermission
Mancini – The Great Waldo Pepper March
Anderson – The Waltzing Cat
Anderson – Classical Jukebox
De Crescenzo/Mancini – “Rondine al Nido” (Pedro Barbosa, tenor)
Anderson – Fiddle-Faddle (ft.violin section)
Hayman – Little Brown Jug
Mancini / Labolt – The Pink Panther
Mancini – Moon River
Willson / Anderson – 76 Trombones
Hayman – When the Saints Go Marching In
Coming Next at the KSO:
Sinister Sonorities (All Hallows Eve meets El Dia de los Muertos)
7:30 November 2 Greaves Concert Hal
Pedro Barbosa, (Tenor)
For over a decade, Brazilian-American tenor Pedro Barbosa has run the gamut of the performing arts: from performing Children’s Theatre in Chicago, to appearing as a featured dancer in the Dance Chicago Festival with the Frasz-Peskov Dance Company, to working with various musical theatre companies across the Midwest. Ultimately, Pedro found his artistic voice in opera. Pedro has performed with the Cincinnati Opera, Tulsa Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, St. Petersburg Opera, Winter Opera St. Louis, Cincinnati Chamber Opera, Queen City Chamber Opera, Opera Louisiane, Cedar Rapids Opera, and Concert: Nova in Cincinnati. Most recently, Pedro reprised the role of Alfred in Opera Project Columbus’ production of Die Fledermaus, and Don Ramiro in Salt Marsh Opera’s La Cenerentola. Pedro resides in Cincinnati, OH, and is the proud father of two girls with his wife, soprano, Dana Pundt
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