Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, This week’s musical is Evita. The music was composed by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. The recording is from a concert by the BSO in May 2012 and is on YouTube: BSO plays Evita. About the music, Maestro Fred Devyatkin writes, “Going back in the archives, here are selections from the Andrew Lloyd Webber classic Evita! The orchestra is smokin’!" We appreciate all who can donate to the Beaufort Symphony Orchestra. Sincerely, BSO Board and Musicians
BSO performs the 2nd, or Vivace non troppo, Movement of Mendelssohn's 3rd, or Scottish, Symphony
Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, This week’s musical offering is the 2nd Movement, or Vivace non troppo, of Symphony No. 3 composed by Felix Mendelssohn (1842). The symphony is popularly known as the Scottish Symphony inspired by a visit to the ruins of Holyrood Chapel at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, Scotland. The recording is from a concert by the BSO in March 2016 and is on YouTube: BSO plays the Mendelssohn Scottish Symphony, 2nd Movement. About the music, Maestro Fred Devyatkin writes, “Felix Mendelssohn was inspired by his travels to Scotland to write this masterpiece. A classicist in romantic...
BSO performs the 3rd, or Minuet, Movement of Haydn's Symphony No. 101 -- The Clock
Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, This week’s musical offering is the 3rd Movement, or Menuetto-Allegretto, of the Symphony No. 101, composed by Franz Joseph Haydn (1793 or 1794). The symphony is popularly known as The Clock because of the "ticking" rhythm throughout the second movement. The recording is from a concert by the BSO in November 2018 and is on YouTube: BSO plays the Haydn Symphony No. 101 "Clock", Minuet. About the music, Maestro Fred Devyatkin writes, “Franz Josef Haydn, the father ( AKA Papa Haydn) of the classical string quartet and symphony, established the Minuet as the 3rd...