To Reach the Unreachable Stars

Thrilling music inspired by our journey to outer space featuring actual footage in space provided at no charge by NASA Cleveland.

Carl Topilow has performed this program with the Toledo Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony, Cleveland Pops and National Repertory Orchestra.

This program includes extraordinary videos supplied free of charge by the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. * Indicates selections with video.

• “Also Sprach Zarathustra: Introduction” — Richard Strauss*

• “O Fortuna” from Carmina Burana — Carl Orff*

• “The Mission” — John Williams*

• “The Flintstones meet the Jetsons” — arr. Robert Wendel

• “Into the Fire” from The Scarlet Pimpernel — Frank Wildhorn

  • Connor Bogart, vocalist

• “Rocket Man” — Elton John

  • Connor Bogart, vocalist

• “Mars” from The Planets — Gustav Holst*

• “Blast Off” — Daniel Dorff

• “Stars” from Les Miserables — Claude-Michel Schonberg

  • Connor Bogart, vocalist

INTERMISSION

• “ET: Adventure on Earth” — John Williams

• Selections from Apollo 13 — James Horner, arr. John Moss

• “Across the Stars” from Attack of the Clones — John Williams*

• Stardust — Hoagy Carmichael, arr. Paul Ferguson

  • Carl Topilow, clarinet

• “The Impossible Dream” from Man of La Mancha — Mitch Leigh

  • Connor Bogart, vocalist

• “The Blue Danube Waltz” — Johann Strauss, Jr.*

• “Bring Him Home” from Les Miserables — Claude-Michel Schonberg

  • Connor Bogart, vocalist

• Star Trek through the Ages — arr. Calvin Custer

• “Imperial March” from The Empire Strikes Back — John Williams

• Theme from Superman — John Williams

ENCORE

• “Cantina Band” from Star Wars — John Williams

  • Carl Topilow, clarinet

For more information and to book this exceptionally entertaining show, contact Shirley Morgenstern at ShirleyMorgenstern@ClevelandPops.com / 216-965-1619.