Maestro in the Morning - Keith Lockhart

And and vegetables and a rescue block her out there and a minor I don't feel at the end that all emotion well an you know if it is for is as the maestro. Is NYC are out there let's get the maestro and he's out there. Oh he's not ready okay they're just people milling about and other areas yes yes let's. Oliveira is facilitate has got Danielle is very I am so excited. A Colin mr. myself he says look at the in Ellis so excited. Let's get them right over. Ladies and gentlemen Keith Lockhart I don't. I don't believe in the 26 years I've posted this program that we have ever had you on you have not. What's wrong with the U well. Nothing personal. I will say that like the late Arthur Fiedler I also have one of those ceremonial. 18. A firefighter helmets from the professional firefighters you always have the scanner into its pars I don't do it I don't do but that was his that was Arthur feelers and how that Arthur Fiedler conducts. The tigers fiftieth year on the podium. And started in 1930 and died in 1979 and Steelers conductor of the Boston Pops it's not a that's not a record right I wanna emulate. That's that's like me eminent died during the shelves as the might be this morning did how long. Is it a job that you do quit or do you do you have to like me you retire or do you have the kind of like when he get a job like that these. Keep our efforts kind of hard to tell because this I mean this job has only been opened on on the third conductors is 1930. Yeah on this. Fiedler and then John Williams as their for fourteen years. A minute 23 years now and it's that you know I came at 35 and it was definitely long term commitment it's one of those things the you know the institution and that's something you invest a lot. Because it's where your career is gonna go. And you think well this is long term commitment but nobody at 35 thinks long term commitment is 23 years but. It's a great job why would why would I wanna go anywhere else yeah I mean what how many months a year when he worked like three months a year early hours of coverage on the golf course. Yeah that's pretty good gig of ups is is it pretty intensely concentrated in May June through the fourth of July and then again in the holidays you know after Thanksgiving and before New Year's but. But I you know we do things through the rest the year had two tours this spring one in the midwest are we where we had the pops in Sioux Falls in Iowa City and one down in Florida which was rough of that for us in February. Yeah a did have a lot of does and there are a lot of worried about that will hit it really in two. The heartland. He's a million dollars of Massachusetts you're just in general I think didn't we that we got a lot of there was a lot of reflected patriots hate the idea of course I guess you can say yeah they hate us because they now because yeah. And I love the toughest pars got to be kids. Upfront clothes I'd be I just have to army huge fan started out not. Apparent there's no way my sire a mirrored my life. Are her mother that's gonna meticulous has been taking they've seen every show you put on Christmas since you started okay no joke. And so when I first started dating my wife. That's my mother in laws being it is Christmas when you couldn't actually get into the family issue. Went to these guys off and after initially did you graduate I finally gave in. And I'd be in their tenth straight years I mean huge fan they decrease response Christmas show is just an amazing deal. But I I I do feel your frustration with the the the toddlers. Two off the frustrated. -- Vic and I probably loves it I have probably have a couple of those myself I don't of their little of their of their seven and five now but they make this is much noise as anybody I know I think that you know be an apparent changes your perspective about the kids quite a bit and but the holiday concerts are perfect for that because you know so many people it's. It's become kind of one of the centers of their of their spiritual celebration of the holidays in the you know it's amazing and I've just been opened so gratified with the way that these conscious of become central to so many people's experience the families agree it's in my. And 87 he's been seven years by the way that's quelled these stories longer than Beethoven's fifth there I'm excited I. Have now. Do you find yourself and when you're driving. Do you find yourself conducting. Along with the whatever you're listening to the owner you know for one thing that's dangerous you know as a cellphone actually got you know hands free hands free conducting. What. I know I mean that this. I find myself honestly not listening to music when I'm driving are gonna ask you what you listen to what's what's here mostly nothing or or or talk or you know. You know and PR reform act because. You know you'd need to clear your brain because all the news listen to music for a living and I think when do for recreation is is listened to music. By go to or my favorite restaurants are the ones that do not play music now Miata whatsoever they thought yeah of what. Stop stop. Who's paying your favorite asked and I guess over the years the conducted DO while mr. That's an interesting I mean Spencer told wide wide variety I mean you know we've had Neil Diamond Barry Manilow. Nick Jonas and I should matter. Miller tore me in my first year yeah Cyndi Lauper who was very cool. I operates very talent she is she's really now she really is she's amazingly talented and amazing amount of energy and you know the funny thing is she actually talks. The way she talks all the time that she's still sounds like Cyndi Lauper on Mellencamp was cool to really and I bet John Mellencamp was great I would value that the soundtrack of my grad school years is check and I hand so it. You're you're working where is the Queen Latifah grill you visible and as a guest on. On Wednesday Thursday. You know it's people a lot of so many people know her idol I think a lot of those people don't know that she's got incredibly good widget voice jazz singer of standards that sort of thing. And we've been trying to actually get a for years and this is finally worked out this year the dates never matched up huge crash she is our guest is Keith Lockhart and several techsters I don't know what this question refers to but they want me to ask you about Mozart in the jungle. Oh boy Europe if such a well read our constituents and there. Mozart in the jungle is well people probably know the TV show which is loosely based very loosely based the only big plot points. On day. A tell all book from the classical music profession in in which I. I have a small but undistinguished role. And it's and it's a book I've never read nor nor do I care to. So I guess what I would say it's lies lies all alive. Thanks so therefore I won't I will watch the TV show because I don't want I don't want to allow that the person who wrote the book to make any more money. Now. You mentioned John Williams and and you guys are also. I think throughout this whole entire season doing attribute we are well yeah John turned. 85 years old believe it or not in February. Still composing strong he's he's writing the eighth Star Wars filming us as we speak. And will be joining us this year but we figured he'd throw a little bit of birthday party from so we recorded an album that spans basically six decades of his film score it's his credits go back into the 1950s. And he's writing the current Star Wars movie. And you know so we recorded an album that includes things that you would know the force awakens the first recording the music from that. But also things that people don't know John wrote for instance the overture to the towering inferno. Great film which is in which is a credible score here's the master disaster in the seventies that he wrote side adventure earthquake. I'll really he did Paulus really have you ever injured yourself doing at an especially aggressive and conducting moved. I have yet somewhat embarrassing that I suppose. I mean usually pull muscles in your back and they like that in that that actually happen more when I was young and it does now I think because you learn. How to not like. Over over extend stuff as as as it as it goes on. And I've also run into things I mean you know you you hit something new and bleeding on the stage but you know the general Trainor blanket like you know like I got a series of massage therapists and I go into effect and I kept to keep my shoulders down front and below my ears and. Well there are tickets available when you go to Boston Pops dot org and of course tickets are available. For opening night at the pops tomorrow and and on Thursday. And I always I don't know I don't know how serious you take your art but I was wondering if you might. Just real quickly before you go teach me how to conduct a little a little bit. I pedaled is that was gonna be really hard to do on radio well I know but it is weaken boards where FaceBook alive although I think people might enjoy they might enjoy a making fun of me the only thing I could find to conduct which is what do what do you call that is there there's what does it it's called a time the only batons like if I don't. Time means balloon now the French word for stick but it sounds a lot cooler review say yeah tonic that keep. So the only thing when I was leaving the house this morning I grabbed an extra demand that house hoping Boeing might be able to conduct with a demand problem and that it's close enough time bananas out all right we you have to bit at a I got now what is the key what is if this were at a time what would be the that if the really hard to take this seriously how toughness and at the point I thought oh yeah so if I am a five where how would I. What's the key to well the key to this at that in there are a lot of elements to conducted about one the basic one of the people see is into the traffic cop role okay that's giving. Eighty people we got a big course could be two or 300 people. All in stage one consistent idea of where the beat this fall because they can't hear each other 7580 feet apart from somebody else to say. This is where we play and get all those people and just imagine Europe as try to get you know 25 people aren't all go like that at the same time almost popping. That's why the market yes exactly that's that's what we do that in there are many other elements to it so basically if you were standing up there and you're gonna start to conduct the Boston Pops and the stars and stripes forever I have to music action you would what do we do what we have Shula. 1812 overture as the other will work so what you do is you would put your hands in the ready position which we have everybody goes something's gonna happen to be it's rated players on their laps that sort of thing but he did you would think the temple and on assuming we have liked him but it up up up up up up on the followers that they like yeah you would think that tempo and then you would give the upbeat. And the upbeat as the one that goes. Up all right well that's exactly bucket then and the different the time it takes between the upbeat and coming back down which is called the I'm in geysers Mars expert. Yes it another perk it. Allows them to predict. How much of that how what how fast what is gonna come after all. So if you give a very slow up you like that you're gonna get a very slow response of but if you gave a slow upbeat and then. Open up up up up this would not do any good to them whatsoever ranked big of an upbeat and temple the upbeat can also show. The character I mean if it's if it's very soft it's very loud all those things can be communicated to the basically take your banana. Yeah I haven't felt that you try to suggest. I like deep obviously at. You should use could have gone either way we should just shoot you should use food to Todd from this point forward when that like a bread stick oil and like you need what I know I listened presented throw them into the crowd. Kept them into the that the that through the tomatoes that all right here we are here are the music OK yeah I think that it's at for don't know when this girl actually will get from the Q you're ready okay. What you want to put the best of my regular. Okay about it. To get the hospital worried about you know it's not enough. Let's wait to my yeah. And now. I'm assuming that I'm very soon you'll laugh it's that there is no like liquefied can yeah. Well. Listen I'd bet you didn't expect you probably didn't expect that you did and ending in a problem you know you're probably thinking to yourself why lie a lie the but apparently I waited all these illusions what does this. They show you doesn't know why they're all that's awesome. The one thing before you go that we you have to do you talk to the Mike you I am out and let me look at the you have to teach me the aid is it then it just about is over the collar about how bloated yes and yes I mean it is Phnom. That is after it thank you much you mean my Dow yes that you're Cowell well you know you do this close to the das yeah. Why it ought to basically I mean it's it's hands out because you're acknowledging the orchestra behind you not meaning that as if this on these guys behind you because it always gets awkward if we open about the same time now though is that stands out. It all weighed on one. Down this way to go ahead and ability yet. So now Americans but humility you know. And and then you had offstage it's the greatest we America it and it's not like the consummate but the. I. Hey isn't that it has been an honor. To have you here in this loses again yeah I would love to have you back again maple choose a different type a different route right or food any kind of an amendment that helped cost the probably wouldn't work yeah ankle of drug policy that's fresh possible at all well whatever food one next time wool conduct with the little food the time and I'm just check out the pops the spring season begins tomorrow does that particular Boston Pops start OR GRIs and a great season and and Keith Lockhart it has been an honor to meet you libelous will be right back. If you win a thousand dollars on WA AF what would you do it tomorrow. I'm gonna help orphaned strippers. Or for strippers. So I'd buy eggs for all my friends. I'm gonna buy those chicken cut let things to put on my bad of us because we don't really care what you do with the cats we just did the outfits. Because thousand dollar hot where. These days it's 7 AM 11 PM 2 PM at 5 PM for your chance to win that thousand box bud.