Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, Happy New Year! The next concert of the Beaufort Symphony Orchestra will be “Romantic Celebration” on Sunday, January 29, 2023, at the Beaufort High School Performing Arts Center. We are excited to have piano soloist and Steinway Artist Susan Merdinger perform again with the Orchestra. Ms. Merdinger will perform the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23. Beforehand, the BSO will perform the Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 "Scottish" in A minor, Op. 56. To whet your appetite for the Tchaikovsky piano concerto performance, you can listen on YouTube to Ms Merdinger...

Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, This week’s music offering is the 2nd Movement, Adagio, ma non troppo, of the Cello Concerto by Antonín Dvořák. The recording is from a concert by the BSO in May 2017 and is on YouTube: BSO plays Dvořák Cello Concerto, 2nd Movement. The cello soloist is Irena Josifoska. About the music, Maestro Fred Devyatkin writes, “The heartwarming 2nd movement of the Dvořák Cello Concerto is a melodic masterwork! Entertaining and substantive, great fun for performers and listeners alike.” We appreciate all who can donate to the Beaufort Symphony Orchestra. Sincerely, BSO Board and...

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...