Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, This week’s music offering is the 2nd Movement, Adagio, ma non troppo, of the Cello Concerto by Antonín Dvořák. The recording is from a concert by the BSO in May 2017 and is on YouTube: BSO plays Dvořák Cello Concerto, 2nd Movement. The cello soloist is Irena Josifoska. About the music, Maestro Fred Devyatkin writes, “The heartwarming 2nd movement of the Dvořák Cello Concerto is a melodic masterwork! Entertaining and substantive, great fun for performers and listeners alike.” We appreciate all who can donate to the Beaufort Symphony Orchestra. Sincerely, BSO Board and...

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 His compositions have had such lasting appeal that now his reputation as a musical genius has superseded his medical fame.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...

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...