2008 Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular



The Boston Pops played in sync with the fireworks for a good whole 20 minutes. It was so spectacular in the sense that it felt like the story of America was being told.


The 2008 Concert Fireworks Score
Captain Blood / Erich Wolfgang Korngold
I Just Want to Celebrate / Rare Earth
Washington Post March / John Philip Sousa
John Adams / Rob Lane, Joseph Vitarelli
I’m Shipping Up to Boston / Dropkick Murpheys
The Summer Sea / Tim Janis
Rudy / Jerry Goldsmith
Stand / Rascal Flatts
An American Soldier / Toby Keith
Remember When It Rained / Josh Groban
Patriotic Medley / John Philip Sousa
Nessun dorma! / Puccini, Pavorotti
Symphony No.1 in D “Titan” / Gustav Mahler

No one does fireworks quite like Boston; this year's was the largest and most complex Boston Fourth of July pyrotechnic display to date. More than 20 thousand pounds of explosives were used for the display, which included the largest shells yet to be used - ten-inch diameter shells that climbed to 1500 feet - nearly one and a half times the height of the Hancock Tower.

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Published:
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
by Rachel-Marie W.