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 A Chorus Line. The music was composed by Marvin Frederick Hamlisch. The recording is from a concert by the BSO in February 2019 and is on YouTube: BSO plays A Chorus Line. About the music, Maestro Fred Devyatkin writes, “Marvin Hamlisch is one of only two people to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony and a Pulitzer Prize (the other being Richard Rodgers, who we featured a few weeks ago). In a performance from February, 2019, the BSO gives a rousing rendition (encore included) of music from “A Chorus...

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...