BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY OF YORK 1959/60 SEASON B'S YORK BORTHWIU OF sild of leg od bluoda bucub INSTITUTE SMS 3/1/17 * HISTORICAL RESEARCH The National Federation of Music Societies, to which this Society is affiliated, supports these concerts with funds provided by the Arts Council of Great Britain wono IIA

THIRTY-NINTH SEASON 1959-1960 President: LADY WORSLEY Vice-Presidents: MISS I. ANTHONY, MR. H. H. DRYLAND Committee: Chairman: DR. H. ROYLE (1962) Vice-Chairman: MRS. J. PROCTER (1960) MRS. H. H. DRYLAND (1962) MISS G. COBB (1962) MRS. D. SYKES (1963). MR. P. A. LOVELL (1963) MR. G. STEVENS (1963) Miss K. H. TASKER (1960) MR. B. H. HOLBECHE (1960) Miss V. G. SMITH (1961) DR. S. A. UNDERWOOD (1961) DR. G. A. SUMMERS (1961) Hon. Treasurer: MR. R. LEES Barclays Bank Ltd., Mansion House Branch, York Hon. Secretary: MR. F. R. Fox Copmanthorpe, York (Tel. No. 24661) Hon. Auditor: MR. F. M. H. GARDINER, A.S.A.A. 12 York Road, Haxby, York Asst. Hon. Treasurer: MR. R. M. STANLEY, North Villa, Fulford Road, York SUBSCRIPTIONS Full Members 25/-. Junior Members (under 18) 12/6. There is no booking of seats before Concerts. The only reservations being for Officials of the Society on duty, Press Reporters and for Members of the Society who by reason of age or infirmity require special service. The Concerts are open to non-members on payment of 6/- per seat, per Concert. Doors will open at 7-0 for 7-30 p.m. Subscriptions are now due and should be paid to the Hon. Treasurer, Mr. R. LEES, c/o Barclays Bank Ltd., Mansion House Branch, York, who, on receipt, will forward the Membership Cards which admit to Concerts. All Concerts will be held at The Tempest Anderson Hall.

KINDLY BRING THIS SYLLABUS TO THE NOTICE OF YOUR FRIENDS Further copies may be obtained from the Hon. Treasurer Thursday, 8th October, 1959 BELA SIKI Programme: I Sonata in D major Allegro con brio Largo e sostenuto Presto ma non troppo Haydn II Etudes Symphoniques, Opus 13 Schumann Interval III Manuel de Falla Four Spanish Pieces Aragonesa Cubana Montanesa (Paysage) Andaluza IV Nocturne No. 9 in B major, Op. 32, No. 1 Andante spianato and Polonaise, Op. 22 } Chopin

Friday, 30th October, 1959 DENNIS BRAIN WIND ENSEMBLE Gareth Morris (Flute) Leonard Brain (Oboe) Stephen Waters (Clarinet) Cecil James (Bassoon) Barry Tuckwell (Horn) and Wilfrid Parry (Pianoforte) Programme: I Divertimento No. 14 in B flat, K 270, for Wind Quintet Allegro molto Andantino Menuet Presto II Mozart Adagio and Allegro for Wind Quintet, K 594 III Mozart arr. Dennis Brain Quintet in E flat, K 452, for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon Largo-allegro moderato Larghetto Rondo allegretto Mozart Interval IV Kleine Kammermusik, No. 2, Op. 24, No. 2 Hindemith Lustig, massig schnell Walzer Ruhig und eisebach Schnell viertet-Sehr Lebhaft V Sextet for Piano and Wind Quintet Allegro vivace Divertissement Finale: Prestissimo Poulenc A

Thursday, 19th November, 1959 BRUCE BOYCE Pianoforte: Rex Stephens Programme: Geheimes Im Frühling Abschied I Schubert An schwager Kronos Song Cycle: II Dichterliebe, Im wunderschonen Monat Mai Aus meinen Thranen spriessen Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube Wenn ich in deine Augen seh' Ich will meine Seele tauchen Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome Ich grolle nicht Und wussten's die Blumen Das ist ein Floten und Geigen Hor'ich das Liedchen Klingen Ein Jungling liebt' ein Madchen Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen Ich hab' im Traum geweint Allnachtlich im Traume Aus alten Marchen Die alten, bosen Lieder Schumann Opus 48 The Lovely month of May Each tear I shed in sorrow The Rose, the Lily and the Dove When in your eyes I find my own I'll take my soul and give it The Rhine What care I now? If only the little flowers You hear the trumpets Sometimes I catch the echoes A boy and girl were courting On a golden summer morning I wept as I lay dreaming In dreams I see you Fairyland I've laid my heart to sleep Interval III Vier Ernste Gesänge (Four serious songs) Denn es gehet dem Menschen Ich wandte mich und Sahe O Tod, wie bitter Wenn ich mit Menschen und mitt Engelszungen IV Brahms One thing befalleth men and beasts (Ecclesiastes III) So I returned, and did consider all the oppression done beneath the sun (Ecclesiastes IV) O death, how bitter art thou (Ecclesiasticus 41) Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels (I Corinthians XIII) When I heard the learn'd Astronomer The New Ghost Watching the Wheat Deaf Woman's Courtship I bought me a Cat Bairstow Vaughan Williams Grace Williams John Powell Aaron Copland

Thursday, 10th December, 1959 EVELYN ROTHWELL (Oboe) MICHAEL HEAD (Voice and Pianoforte) Programme: I Sonata in C major for Oboe and Piano Largo cantabile Allegro Largo espressivo Allegro Group of Songs II I attempt from Love's sickness to fly If music be the food of love There's not a swain on the plain On the brow of Richmond Hill A Roundelay III S Loeillet S Purcell The Purcell Society arr. Head arr. Moffatt So } arr. Benjamin Britten Rubbra Int Rh Sonata for Oboe and Piano, Opus 100 Con moto Elegy: Lento (Lieberamente) Presto Interval IV The Group of Songs The Estuary Em On the wings of the wind When sweet Ann sings Michael Head Wa Limehouse Reach Sweethearts and Wives Oboe and Piano V Le Bavolet Flottant Les Fifres Comme une Serenade Elegiac Dance and Presto Couperin Dandrieu Robert Planel Michael Head Pia

Thursday, 14th January, 1960 ANNIE LAFFRA (Cello) MICHEL PERRET (Pianoforte) Programme: Sonata in A major Adagio Allegro Affettuoso Sonata in E minor, Op. 38 Allegro non troppo Allegretto quasi menuetto Allegro Boccherini Brahms Interval #C Sonata in A minor, Op. Posth. Schubert en Allegro moderato Adagio DA Brin ew Allegretto Intermezzo (Goyescas) Granados Rhapsodie Hongroise, Op. 68 Popper Thursday, 18th February, 1960 Emanuel Hurwitz (Violin) THE LONDON PIANOFORTE QUARTET Watson Forbes (Viola) James Gibb (Pianoforte) Vivian Joseph (Violon- cello) Programme: I Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 16 Grave: Allegro ma non troppo Andante Cantabile Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo Beethoven

II Serenade for String Trio in C major, Op. 10 Dohnanyi Alla marcia Romanza: Adagio non troppo quasi andante Scherzo vivace Tema con variazioni Rondo finale Interval III Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25 Allegro Intermezzo-Allegro ma non troppo Andante con moto Rondo alla Zingarese-Presto Thursday, roth March, 1960. Jiri Novak (Violin) THE SMETANA STRING QUARTET Brahms Milan Skampa (Viola) Lubomir Kostecky (Violin) Antonin Kohout (Violon- Programme: I Quartet in D minor, KV 421 Allegro Andante Menuetto: Allegretto Allegretto ma non troppo Quartet No. 2 II THORO Andante con moto-allegro Adagio-vivace jolis Moderato-adagio-allegro (Allegro-andante-allegro Interval III Quartet No. 1 in E minor Allegro-vivo appassionato Allegro moderato Largo sostenuto Finale: Vivace cello) Mozart Janacek Smetana Herald, York-52074