FROM RUSSIA WITH POPS 

The Russians are coming! Tchaikovsky (and Other Russians) (Kaye) are coming! Playing on Themes from 007 (Custer), this concert will find the American Orchestra swept into the middle of an international conflict fraught with dissonance, deception, and perhaps a Hoedown (Copland) or two. 

When Agent James Williams is sent on an Imperial March (Williams) into Soviet territory to destroy a doomsday device, the mission seems simple enough — at first. But his mission and his very life are soon jeopardized by the Soviet Orchestra's special forces, the hotheaded General Secretary Rachmaninoff and his Piano Concerto No. 2-playing minion, and even a flying balloon house! 

Is the gig finally Up (Giacchino) for Agent Williams? Is he The Trooper (Iron Maiden) who can lead the charge no matter what kind of crazy percussion instruments are in his way? Or will his whole venture end in a sad Rhapsody in Blue (Gershwin)? See what danger awaits when the Pops travel Back in the USSR (Lennon/McCartney)! 

Friday, October 21 | 8 pm | Lowell Lecture Hall 

$10 general | $8 student | $6 freshmen 

Tickets may be obtained from the Harvard Box Office, from any Pops member, or by emailing harvardpops@gmail.com.