Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, This week’s music offering is the 2nd Movement Canzonetta: Andante from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. The recording is from a concert by the BSO in May 2018 and is on YouTube: BSO plays Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Canzonetta. The violinist is Tamás Kocsis. About the music, Maestro Fred Devyatkin writes, “The gorgeous lyrical middle movement of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, the juicy reward for mastering the two outer movements. In a concert from 2018, Tamás Kocsis performs it masterfully, with lush tone, impeccable intonation, sensitive phrasing, with subtle accompaniment from the BSO.” We appreciate all...

Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, Happy New Year! This week’s musical offering is the 3rd and final Movement, or Allegro, of the Concerto for Two Violins, composed by Johann Sebastian Bach in about 1730. The recording is from a concert by the BSO in December 2018 and is on YouTube: BSO plays the Bach Concerto for Two Violins: Allegro. The violinists are Frederick and Katie Devyatkin. About the music, Maestro Fred Devyatkin writes, “Happy New Year with the Finale of the Bach D Minor Concerto for Two Violins.” We appreciate all who can donate to the Beaufort Symphony...

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...