The Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular on the July Fourth vacation this yr will function visitor artist and 10-time Grammy winner Chaka Khan in addition to a efficiency of the Ukrainian nationwide anthem, the Boston Symphony Orchestra introduced Wednesday.
The present on the Hatch Memorial Shell on the Charles River Esplanade — the primary full vacation live performance since 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic — may even function “The Voice” winner Javier Colon, Tony and Grammy winner Heather Headley, the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, the Middlesex County Volunteers Fifes & Drums, and the Honor Guard of the Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Regiment.
A portion of this system will likely be devoted to the individuals of Ukraine, embroiled in a warfare with Russia, together with a efficiency of the nationwide anthem, “Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy i slava, i volia,” which interprets as “The glory and freedom of Ukraine has not yet perished.”
This yr’s free present may even embody a tribute to David Mugar, whose assist of the occasion beginning in 1974 reworked it from a neighborhood occasion right into a nationwide celebration. Mugar died in January.
The Ukrainian nationwide anthem efficiency “will be dedicated to the people of Ukraine and the courage and perseverance they have consistently shown in their struggle for their country’s continuing independence,” Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart mentioned in an announcement.
The 2020 reside present was canceled. Last yr featured a pared-down occasion.
The occasion dates to 1929, however was revitalized by Mugar within the Nineteen Seventies.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”