Arthur Fiedler Conducting The Boston Pops Orchestra Tenderly [1965]

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Arthur and the Boston Pops brought music lovers from all over the country and the world to Symphony Hall for a remarkable 50 years. Mr. Fiedler conducted the Pops for five seasons longer than all of his seventeen predecessors combined, and through his originality, his warm and sometimes mysterious stage presence, and his inimitable style, the distinguished white-haired gentleman on the podium became one of Boston's best-known, best-loved citizens.

Among memorable events of the Fiedler era were the Fiftieth Anniversary Esplanade concert of July 4, 1978; the building of the Hatch Shell in time for the Esplanade season of 1940; the occasion of the Maestro's seventy-fifth birthday, when his son Peter presented him a surprise gift on behalf of the whole family: an honest-to-goodness, full-size fire engine(!); and the Esplanade concert of July 4, 1976, which was heard by over 400,000 people, declared by the Guinness Book of World Records the largest single audience for a classical music concert. [Courtesy PBS Website]

Tracklist:
01 Tenderly
02 I Left My Heart In San Francisco
03 Vienna, City of My Dreams
04 And This Is My Beloved
05 September Song
06 Wonderful One
07 Someday I'll Find You
08 Through The Years
09 Yours Is My Heart Alone
10 Scarlet Ribbons
11 Stella By Starlight
12 Cradle Song