Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, On Sunday, May 15, 2022, at 4:00 pm, the Beaufort Symphony Orchestra will perform its 2022 May concert “Romantic Blockbusters” at the Sea Island Presbyterian Church, 81 Lady’s Island Drive, Lady’s Island, SC 29907. The program will include the Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26, composed by Max Bruch in 1866 as well as the Symphony No. 5 in D major/D minor, Op. 107, known as the “Reformation Symphony,” composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1830. The violin soloist for the Bruch Violin Concerto will be Francis Tsai. Tsai won the First Prize...

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, 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...