July, 2012

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Summertime Pops
Wednesday, July 4th at 8:00 pm
New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, NY
Matthew Kraemer, guest conductor
and the Syracuse Pops Chorus
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Fireworks display follows the concert

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Summertime Pops
Thursday, July 5th at 8:00 pm
Watertown High School, Watertown, NY
Matthew Kraemer, guest conductor
and the Syracuse Pops Chorus
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This is the rain date for the July 3rd concert which was canceled because of inclement weather.

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Symphony Syracuse Brass Quintet Concert
Saturday, July 7th at 8:00 pm
Armory Square, corner of W Jefferson and Franklin Streets

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Summertime Pops
Thursday, July 12th at 8:00 pm
Village Green, Hamilton, NY
Matthew Kraemer, guest conductor
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Summertime Pops
Saturday, July 14th at 8:00 pm
Beard Park, Fayetteville, NY
Matthew Kraemer, guest conductor
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Summertime Pops
Thursday, July 26th at 7:00 pm
Allyn Arena, Skaneateles, NY
Matthew Kraemer, guest conductor
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Summertime Pops
Sunday, July 29th at 8:00 pm (Rain Date)
Fort Stanwix, Rome, NY
Matthew Kraemer, guest conductor
and the Syracuse Pops Chorus
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Fireworks display follows the concert

Notes

It has become somewhat of a tradition at outdoor Independence Day/Patriotic Pops concerts to include the firing of cannons in the final bars of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. In fact, there are 16 cannon shots written into the score.

In the first modern recording of the 1812 Overture in 1954, Antal Dorati conducted the Minneapolis Symphony on a Mercury recording. Dorati used a single french muzzle loading cannon of the period. He then dubbed the cannon's retort sixteen time and synchronized the sound into the recording. The pealing bells in the final moments were recordings of the carillon at Yale University.

The two conflicting natonal anthems featured at the end of the 1812 Overture (God Save the Tsar! and La Marseillaise) were, however, not the official anthems of Russia and France in 1812.

Tchaikovsky, himself, conducted the piece at the dedication of Carnegie Hall in New York City in 1891.