Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, This week’s musical offering is My Fair Lady (1956). The music was composed by Frederick Loewe. The recording is from a concert by the BSO in February 2019 and is on YouTube: BSO plays My Fair Lady. About the music, Maestro Fred Devyatkin writes, “Based on the George Bernard Shaw play, Pygmalion, My Fair Lady was one huge success among several for composer Frederick Loewe and lyricist, Jay Lerner. Premiering on Broadway and in London in 1956, they won a Tony for the year’s best musical. The film adaptation was released in 1964, winning...

Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, This week’s musical offering is from The Sound of Music. The recording is from a concert by the BSO in March 2017, and is on YouTube: BSO plays The Sound of Music. The music from the 1959 musical The Sound of Music was composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. About the music, Maestro Fred Devyatkin writes, “The Sound of Music. Richard Rodgers, winner of an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony (known as an EGOT), is one of only two composers so honored (along with Marvin Hamlisch). In addition,...

Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, This week’s musical offering is an orchestral medley entitled A Tribute to Henry Mancini. The recording is from a concert by the BSO in March 2017, and is on YouTube: BSO plays A Tribute to Henry Mancini. The medley is an arrangement by Calvin Custer incorporating music by American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flautist Henry Nicola Mancini from “Baby Elephant Walk,” “Charade,” “The Pink Panther,” “Days of Wine and Roses” and “Peter Gunn.” About the music, Maestro Fred Devyatkin writes, “A Tribute to Henry Mancini. A winner of four Academy Awards and twenty Grammy...