1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,600 Speaker 1: Here in the WBZ newsroom, I am joined with the maestro. 2 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 1: It's that time of year, the Holiday Pops. Keith Lockhart 3 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: in the house. 4 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:07,080 Speaker 2: Oh and how are you? 5 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 1: I'm doing great? How are you doing cool? 6 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 2: I'm doing really well so far. But then we've really 7 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 2: just started. So it's I know, in a couple of weeks. 8 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:17,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly right. It is busy season. How we get 9 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: right up here? 10 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:21,919 Speaker 2: It is. We've been rehearsing and we're ready. Today we 11 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 2: start with a special preview of our Holiday Pops show, 12 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 2: this great Boston classic for members of the military community, veterans, 13 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:35,240 Speaker 2: active service people, their families. It's a tradition we started 14 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:38,200 Speaker 2: with the help of the Highland Street Foundation a couple 15 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 2: of years ago, and it's it's really caught on. It's 16 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:43,199 Speaker 2: a great way to help some people celebrate who you know, 17 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:46,959 Speaker 2: maybe challenge, may have loved ones far from home. And 18 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:50,880 Speaker 2: then we open to the public on Tomorrow night, Thursday, 19 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 2: and then we proceed to rack up about fifty concerts 20 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 2: or so. But who's counting between then and New Year's Eve? 21 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: I think you are counting only you. 22 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 2: Know, It's it's not good to count at the beginning. 23 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:07,680 Speaker 2: It's better to count when you get past the midpoint. 24 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:10,320 Speaker 1: That's great. So I mean, we've had what a run 25 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: for you. I know, we talked about this every single year, 26 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 1: but holidays come around. I know sometimes it feels like 27 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:18,120 Speaker 1: they hit earlier. But do you get that same excitement. 28 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 1: I feel like I ask it out every year, but 29 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 1: I mean I can feel it coming off you. 30 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 2: I love this doing this show. I mean, it is 31 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:25,119 Speaker 2: a chance for us to connect with so many people. 32 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 2: We see, you know, virtually one hundred thousand people live 33 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:31,960 Speaker 2: in Symphony Hall and elsewhere over that period of time. 34 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 2: It's an amazing opportunity and I'm just grateful that it's 35 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:37,680 Speaker 2: grown into such a Boston tradition. 36 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 1: You know, one thing I noticed last year a lot 37 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:42,320 Speaker 1: of people coming just visiting the city of Boston, maybe 38 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:44,040 Speaker 1: checking it out for the first time. You must hear 39 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 1: a lot of stories like that. You know, I'm here 40 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: from Germany, I'm here from you know, all over the world, 41 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 1: right coming to see you. 42 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 2: It is really cool that so many people the Boston 43 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 2: Pops brand goes back for so many years, and so 44 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 2: many people think of it as one of those things 45 00:01:56,240 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 2: that really defines Boston. And we're happy to contribute to that. 46 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 1: How about the keeping it fresh this year? You'll always 47 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: have tricks up your sleeve. I know that anything you 48 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 1: want to share, do well. 49 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 2: We are. It's a great program. It features, among other things, 50 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 2: our amazing version for narrator, course and orchestra of Charles 51 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:20,920 Speaker 2: Dickens's classic Christmas Carol, a piece that I think speaks 52 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:25,080 Speaker 2: with as much resonance this year as it ever has 53 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 2: its story of redemption and meanness. And we go through 54 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 2: the holidays with that program up until the twenty fourth. 55 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 2: We also include some kids matinees that are shorter and 56 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:44,920 Speaker 2: a little bit even more kid friendly. And after Christmas 57 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:47,640 Speaker 2: we come back and we are screening the movie Elf 58 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:51,079 Speaker 2: on our high def giant screen with the Boston Pops 59 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:55,360 Speaker 2: playing John Debutey score live. Then we're doing Charlie Brown 60 00:02:55,400 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 2: Christmas Live in concert, and then Seth MacFarlane is ringing 61 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 2: in the new year. 62 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 1: Awesome for Here's one Keith Lockhart question that I've never 63 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 1: asked you. Okay, I try to give you one funky 64 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 1: one each year. You ever been so busy at that 65 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 1: place where you've actually crashed, slept, spent the night in 66 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 1: symphony hall. 67 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 2: I have spent the night in Symphony Hall. I don't 68 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 2: know if that's actually public knowledge, and not only once 69 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:19,359 Speaker 2: and that was a long time ago, but generally speaking 70 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 2: I pretty much am there except for sleeping for the 71 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 2: next three weeks. It was of a limo service that 72 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:28,960 Speaker 2: did not show up, and so I could have taken 73 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:30,919 Speaker 2: the tea at midnight. 74 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: Very comfortable. Coach is always good for people that are 75 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 1: coming up with the first time, just one last pitch. 76 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 1: If you want to come see the Pops, what would 77 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 1: you say to them? 78 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 2: I would say, I think it is for so many people. 79 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 2: It's something that means something spiritually. It's a great family event. 80 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 2: It's a joyous event in a time that I think 81 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 2: we really need some joy, and it is a great 82 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 2: way to get yourself into the holiday spirit, even during 83 00:03:58,000 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 2: a time that you might think, well, I'm never going 84 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 2: to get in to the Christmas spirit. So come if 85 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 2: you don't believe me, come check it out. 86 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: The Maestro Keith Lockhart the Holiday Pops. Here we go, 87 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 1: Drew moholland here in the WBZ Newsroom, Boston,