Happy 125th Birthday, Boston Pops!

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Feb 19, 2010, 12:23 ET

Keith Lockhart and Boston Pops Celebrate Orchestra's 125th Anniversary Season, May 4 - June 20, 2010

World Premiere of 'The Dream Lives On: A Portrait of the Kennedy Brothers,' By Composer Peter Boyer and Lyricist Lynn Ahrens, to Take Place May 18

Pops Announces National Contest through Twitter, Facebook, and Mobile Phone Text Messages for Family of Four to Win Trip to Boston's Fourth-of-July Celebration, Details at Bostonpops.Org/125

Boston Pops' 2010 Season and Opening Night Sponsored By Fidelity Investments

BOSTON, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Friday, February 19, Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops announce details of the orchestra's 125th anniversary season, May 4-June 20, 2010, outlining programs that celebrate the orchestra's rich tradition of performing the great music of this country's past and present, for which the Boston Pops is so well known. Season details are also available at www.bostonpops.org. TICKETS FOR THE 125TH BOSTON POPS SEASON, PRICED FROM $20-$99, GO ON SALE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, THROUGH BOSTONPOPS.ORG OR BY CALLING 888-266-1200.

SEASON OVERVIEW

The 125th season opens on May 4 with a gala concert featuring multiple Tony Award-winner Idina Menzel and the inimitable Doc Severinsen, who holds the distinction of having performed under the batons of Arthur Fiedler, John Williams, and Keith Lockhart -- a perfect addition to a program honoring the leadership legacies of the three most famous Boston Pops conductors. During the season the Pops will present the world premiere of a new work in honor of the Kennedy brothers, mark the 10th anniversary of the popular radio and TV show "From the Top," focus on esteemed artists from the fields of jazz, musical theater, and pop, including Dave Brubeck, Kelli O'Hara, and Maureen McGovern, and honor the legacies of such musical titans as Ray Charles, Duke Ellington, Cole Porter, and Rodgers and Hammerstein. Daniel Bernard Roumain, who in concert melds his classical music roots with his own Haitian-American cultural references and vibrant musical imagination, and Ozomatli, the multi-Grammy award-winning, genre-defying sensation, join the orchestra for programs that continue the Pops tradition of focusing on the best and brightest new talent on the musical scene today. Returning to the Pops schedule is the legendary film music series under the direction of John Williams, this year marking his 30th anniversary with the Pops, and one of the newest Pops traditions, Gospel Night with Charles Floyd. To bring the 125th season to a close in June, the Boston Pops will present one of this country's greatest living legends -- the incomparable Arlo Guthrie.