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...

Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, Our 13th offering is an orchestral medley from the musical West Side Story. Leonard Bernstein composed the music. The recording is from a concert by the BSO in March 2017 and is on YouTube: BSO plays West Side Story. The medley incorporates music from the songs “I Feel Pretty,” “Maria,” “Something's Coming,” “Tonight,” “One Hand, One Heart,” “Cool” and “America.” About the musical, Maestro Fred Devyatkin writes, “Music from West Side Story. Leonard Bernstein shows he is as much a master of the popular medium as he is at conducting Beethoven or Mahler. Enjoy!”...