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Red, White & BOOM!
Patriotic favorites and a spectacular post-concert fireworks
About the Concert

Thursday, July 4, 2024, 8 pm
Riverbend Music Center

John Morris Russell, conductor
Cincinnati Pops Chorale, Matthew Swanson & Jason Alexander Holmes, Directors
SSG Esther Kang, soprano from U.S. Army Chorus
SSG Ian McEuen, tenor from U.S. Army Chorus
Joe Zerhusen, narrator

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Program

John WILLIAMS: Olympic Fanfare and Theme

John Stafford SMITH: The Star-Spangled Banner

James Reese EUROPE: Hey There! (Hi There!)

Samuel WARD / Katharine Lee BATES: America the Beautiful

Chuck BERRY: Back in the U.S.A.

Benny ANDERSSON / Björn ULVAEUS / Tim RICE: "Anthem" from Chess

John WILLIAMS: The Olympic  Spirit

Aaron COPLAND: Finale from Lincoln Portrait

William STEFFE: Battle Hymn of the Republic

INTERMISSION

John WILLIAMS: Call of the Champions

Irving BERLIN: "Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor" from Miss Liberty

Traditional: Shenandoah

John MELLENCAMP: R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.

Richard HAYMAN: Armed Forces Medley
   Coast Guard: Semper Paratus
   Space Force: Semper Supra
   Air Force: The U.S. Air Force
   Navy: Anchors Aweigh
   Marines: The Marines' Hymn
   Army: The Army Goes Rolling Along

Gustav HOLST / Cecil Spring RICE: I Vow to Thee, My Country

Traditional: America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee)

John Philip SOUSA: The Stars and Stripes Forever


The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra is grateful to Pops Season Presenter PNC.

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