Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, This week’s music offering is a medley from the musical Chicago performed by the BSO String Orchestra at its second livestream concert on May 16, 2021, that was broadcast from the Carolina Ballroom at the Dataw Island Club. The recording is on YouTube: BSO Strings perform Chicago. The words are by Fred Ebb, the music by John Kander and the arrangement by Ted Ricketts. The medley includes “And All That Jazz,” “Cell Block Tango,” “Roxie” and “We Both Reached for the Gun.” About the music, Maestro Fred Devyatkin writes, “Chicago opened on Broadway in...

Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, This week’s musical offering is Music from Apollo 13. The recording is from a concert by the BSO in February 2020 and is on YouTube: BSO plays Music from Apollo 13. The music from the 1995 American space docudrama film, Apollo 13, directed by Ron Howard. The music was composed by James Horner and arranged by John Moss. About the music, Maestro Fred Devyatkin writes, “James Horner’s magnificent score to the Ron Howard docudrama, Apollo 13. Poignant and heroic, the music depicts a scrupulously accurate rendering of what NASA called a “successful failure.” From...

June 12, 2020 Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, As an alternative to the regular schedule of Beaufort Symphony Orchestra concerts during this COVID-19 pandemic time, we are working with Maestro Fred Devyatkin to prepare weekly messages to the BSO audience. These messages could offer up recordings from past BSO concerts, interviews with BSO musicians, discoveries of new music that we may perform and other information. Our first offering is a medley of songs from the musical “Chicago” from a concert by the BSO in May 2015 at the Sea Island Presbyterian Church. The music is by John Kander...