Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, This week’s music offering is The Polovtsian Dances by Alexander Borodin. The Polovtsian Dances form the final scene in Act 2 of Borodin’s opera Prince Igor. The recording is from a concert by the BSO in May 2015 and is on YouTube: BSO plays Borodin: Polovtsian Dances. About the music, Maestro Fred Devyatkin writes, “Alexander Borodin was one of the world’s most famous chemists of his day. His compositions have had such lasting appeal that now his reputation as a musical genius has superseded his medical fame. As the keynote speaker at a symposium in...
BSO performs music from Evita composed by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber
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...