Were you hip to the fact that “The 1812 Overture” is actually Russian? And about Napoleon? But, for some reason, played at the Boston Pops Concert every Fourth of July? Because before this week, I was not.
In yesterday’s column (read it online here), I wrote about everything aforementioned plus Craig Ferguson. Tonight he’s hosting the Boston Pops Concert, which will feature my new favorite overture, a piece American in neither subject matter nor origin (though perhaps in spirit, because it features a lot of cannon fire).
Anyway, I was thrilled to see that my column had gotten reposted on the Craig Ferguson livejournal community. If you ask me, celebrating a Scottish guy is a pretty sweet way to celebrate America.
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Mary Lou Fall // July 4, 2008 at 9:08 pm |
I definitely agree. Break me off a piece of that!