John Williams with Boston Pops: Pops à la Russe

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John Williams
The bust of Borodin at his tomb in Tikhvin Cem...
The bust of Borodin at his tomb in Tikhvin Cemetery. (The visible musical notation on the tile monument in the background shows themes from (1) "Gliding Dance of the Maidens" from Polovetsian Dances; (2) "Song of the Dark Forest"; and (3) the "Scherzo" theme from Symphony No. 3.) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The Boston Pops Orchestra
Boston Symphony Hall

Rimsky-Korsakov: Mlada
0:00 Procession of the nobles

Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor, Polovtsian Dances
4:25 Presto (Dance of the maidens)
6:50 Andantino (Dances with chorus)
10:37 Allegro
12:54 Presto

P. I. Tchaikovsky
18:41 None but the lonely heart

Rismky-Korsakov, the Snow Maiden
22:34 Dance of the buffons

M. Moussorgsky
26:21 Night on the bare mountain

Sergei Prokoviev: Lieutenant Kije
38:02 Troika

Aram Khatchaturian: Gayaneh
41:08 Dance of the young maidens
43:20 Lullaby
48:38 Sabre dance


English: The Boston Pops setting up to play
English: The Boston Pops setting up to play "Film Night at Tanglewood" under the direction of John Williams at Tanglewood in Lenox, Massachusetts, United States (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Alexander Borodin
51:14 Nocturne (from String Quartet No. 2 in D)

Dmitri Shostakovich: the Golden Age
59:02 Polka

Reinhold Glière: the Red Poppy
1:01:37 Russian sailor's dance