Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, This week’s music offering is the 2nd Movement Andante con moto and 3rd Movement Rondo (Vivace) from Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4. The recording is from a concert by the BSO in October 2017 and is on YouTube: BSO plays Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4, 2nd & 3rd Movements. The pianist is Reed Tetzloff. About the music, Maestro Fred Devyatkin writes, “The slow movement of Beethoven's 4th Piano Concerto is achingly beautiful, leading seamlessly into the joyous, frolic of the 3rd movement Rondo. Played masterfully by guest soloist Reed Tetzloff, with the...

Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, This week’s musical offering is the 2nd Movement, or Vivace non troppo, of Symphony No. 3 composed by Felix Mendelssohn (1842). The symphony is popularly known as the Scottish Symphony inspired by a visit to the ruins of Holyrood Chapel at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, Scotland. The recording is from a concert by the BSO in March 2016 and is on YouTube: BSO plays the Mendelssohn Scottish Symphony, 2nd Movement. About the music, Maestro Fred Devyatkin writes, “Felix Mendelssohn was inspired by his travels to Scotland to write this masterpiece. A classicist in romantic...

Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, This week’s musical offering is the 3rd Movement, or Menuetto-Allegretto, of the Symphony No. 101, composed by Franz Joseph Haydn (1793 or 1794). The symphony is popularly known as The Clock because of the "ticking" rhythm throughout the second movement. The recording is from a concert by the BSO in November 2018 and is on YouTube: BSO plays the Haydn Symphony No. 101 "Clock", Minuet. About the music, Maestro Fred Devyatkin writes, “Franz Josef Haydn, the father ( AKA Papa Haydn) of the classical string quartet and symphony, established the Minuet as the 3rd...