Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, The next concert of the Beaufort Symphony Orchestra will be “Hello to Hollywood” on Sunday, October 8, 2023, at 5:00 pm at the USCB Center for the Arts. We are excited to bring you movie soundtrack music. At first you may wonder, will I hear any classical artists on October 8? Of course, many directors use classical pieces in their films! For example, our concert repertoire includes movie music from the classical composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Pietro Mascagni and Samuel Barber: Amadeus — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 25 in G minor,...

Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, We are happy to announce that the Beaufort Symphony Orchestra will be performing four concerts for the 2023-2024 Season. NOTE CHANGE IN START TIME. The concerts and repertoires include “Hello from Hollywood,” Sunday, October 8, 2023, 5:00 pm, at the USCB Center for the Arts Beethoven: Allegretto from Symphony No. 7 Barber: Adagio Mozart: Allegro con brio from Symphony No. 25 Mascagni: Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana Williams: Star Wars “Holiday Celebration,” Saturday, December 2, 2023, 3:00 & 7:30 pm (select one), at the St John’s Lutheran Church Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Dances Holiday Pops “Passionate Romance,” Sunday,...

Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, This week’s musical offering is the 1st Movement, or Allegro con brio, of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. The recording is from a concert by the BSO on October 13, 2019, and is on YouTube: BSO plays Beethoven Symphony No. 5, Allegro con brio. About the music, Maestro Fred Devyatkin writes, “Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 debuted along with the 6th Symphony at the same concert. The 5th is one of the most recognizable pieces in the whole repertoire. Built of a short fragment, layering and intensifying into great majesty and beauty, this masterwork earns its acclaim...