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, 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...

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!”...