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 eight Academy Awards. Rex Harrison starred in the Broadway and film version but Julie Andrews, who starred in the Broadway version, was passed over for Audrey Hepburn, whose vocals were dubbed by Marni Nixon. Enjoy this terrific instrumental arrangement of hits from the musical, as performed by the BSO in February, 2019. Enjoy!!”

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