Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, On Sunday, December 12, 2021, at 4:00 pm, the Beaufort Symphony Orchestra will perform its 2021 Holiday concert “Homegrown Holiday.” The program will include the Concerto No. 8 in A minor for two violins and strings, RV 522, by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi. The violin soloists will be Beaufort Symphony Youth Orchestra members Eden Engel and Elyse Stromer. In addition to the Vivaldi concerto, the orchestra will perform a variety of Holiday Pops music. The in-person tickets to the concert are sold out. However, you can still experience the concert via live streaming through...

Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, On December 12, 2021, the Beaufort Symphony Orchestra will perform its 2021 Holiday concert “Homegrown Holiday.” The program will include the Concerto No. 8 in A minor for two violins and strings, RV 522, by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi. The concerto is the eighth of 12 concertos that are collectively titled L'estro armonico (The Harmonic Inspiration), Op. 3. The violin soloists will be Beaufort Symphony Youth Orchestra members Eden Engel and Elyse Stromer. In addition to the Vivaldi concerto, the orchestra will perform a variety of Holidays Pops music. In preparation for our Holiday concert,...

Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, This week’s musical offering is More. The music was composed by Riz Ortolani and Nino Oliviero for the 1962 Italian film Mondo Cane. The recording is from a concert by the BSO in March 2017 and is on YouTube: BSO plays More. This arrangement by Richard Hayman was for Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra. About the music, Maestro Fred Devyatkin writes, “Originally written by Riz Ortalani and Nino Oliviero as an instrumental for the Italian documentary, Mondo Cane, “More” won a Grammy in 1964 for best instrumental theme. Enjoy!” Thank you to...