BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY OF YORK 50th SEASON 1970-1971 BS YORK President: LADY WORSLEY Vice-Presidents : Miss I. ANTHONY Mrs. N. Gilderdale Mr. K. R. Pemberton Dr. F. Jackson BORTAWID OF Committee: Chairman Mrs. Grace Stevens Vice-Chairman: Mr. F. H. Legg Mrs. P. D. R. Gardiner Mr. R. Easey Rev. D. Hill Mr. A. Ainsworth Mr. P. LOVELL BMS 3/1/28 HISTORICAL Hon. Treasurer: MR. J. BRIGGS, 24 Elmlands Grove, Stockton Lane, York. Miss J. Pearson Miss L. J. Whitworth Mr. M. Foad Hon. Assistant Treasurer: MR. J. PETRIE, 17 Bramley Garth, Appletree Village, York. INSTITUTE Hon. Secretary: MR. F. R. Fox, 9 Parliament Street, York. Tel. 24661. Hon. Auditor : D. E. WINTERBOTTOM, J.P., F.C.A., 7 Moorlands Road, Skelton, York. RESEARCH The Society receives support towards the cost of these concerts from York Corporation and The Yorkshire Arts Association.

Full Members, 40/- SUBSCRIPTIONS Junior Members (under 18) and Students, 20/- All Concerts will be held at the Tempest Anderson Hall. Concerts are open to non-members on payment of 10/- per seat per Concert. 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. Doors will open at 7.0 for 7.30 p.m. Cars should not be brought into the Museum Gardens except in special cases by arrangement with the Secretary. Adequate parking facilities are, however, available in the Corporation Car Park at the corner of Lendal and Museum Street and in Marygate. Subscriptions are now due and should be sent to the Hon. Treasurer, Mr. J. Briggs, in the enclosed envelope which does not require a stamp. The Society reserves the right to vary the programmes without notice. PATRONS OF THE SOCIETY Mr. G. Stevens Miss B. I. Anthony Mrs. Ison Mrs. D. M. Petty Mrs. G. Stevens Miss A. H. Norfor Mr. F. R. Fox Mrs. N. E. Gilderdale Mrs. U. M. Kipling Miss N. A. Macfarlane Mr. J. Briggs Major A. W. Ison Dr. L. J. Letty Dr. J. C. M. Yuill Miss M. H. Charles Miss A. W. Knight Mrs. D. Sykes Miss L. J. Whitworth Mr. G. R. Drake

Thursday, 22nd October, 1970 LINDSAY STRING QUARTET PETER CROPPER (Violin) MICHAEL ADAMSON (Violin) ROGER BIGLEY (Viola) BERNARD GREGOR-SMITH ('Cello) The members of the Lindsay Quartet met while studying together at the Royal Academy of Music. They studied under Sidney Griller and have since the Autumn of 1967 been resident at Keele University. In October, 1969, the Quartet was one of the finalists in the International Quartet Competition at Liege, Belgium. PROGRAMME I Quartet in D major K 575 Allegretto Andante Minuetto Allegretto Finale: Allegro Quartet in A minor Allegro assai Presto Lento Tratab Allegro molto II INTERVAL III Quartet in A minor Op. 51 No. 2 Allegro non troppo Andante moderato 20w Quasi Minuetto moderato - Allegro vivace Finale Allegro non assai MOZART WALTON BRAHMS

Thursday, 26th November, 1970 SOO-BEE LEE (Soprano) JOAN HUGHES (Piano) Soo-Bee Lee came to England from Singapore in 1955. She studied at the Royal Academy of Music and has appeared at Wexford, Glyndebourne, Bath and Chichester with Opera Piccola, Phoenix Opera and Sadlers Wells and on one of the visits of the Phoenix Opera she came to York as Susanna in 'The Marriage of Figaro'. She has made a number of broad- casts and television appearances. Joan Hughes also studied at the Royal Academy where she won many awards including a prize for accompaniment awarded by Gerald Moore, and has also worked with Pierre Bernac. PROGRAMME Se Florindo e fedele Tu lo Sai LE Violette Tell Me Lovely Shepherd She Never Told Her Love Sympathy The Sailor's Song La promessa L'invito La pastorella delle Alpi INTERVAL Heiden Röslein Frühlingsglaube Liebe Schwärmt auf allen Wegen Marienlied All mein gedanken Schlagende Herzen Chanson d'amour Adieu Pouquoi rester seulette ? Blue Flower When will the Lotus tree bloom? ›} By the river bank SCARLATTI G. TORELLI SCARLATTI BOYCE HAYDN ROSSINI SCHUBERT MARX STRAUSS FAURE SAINT-SAENS CHINESE FOLK SONGS

Thursday, 10th December, 1970 yeberT JOHN ARRAN (Guitar) John Arran studied the guitar with Terry Usher and Gordon Crosskey at the Royal Manchester College for Music, and Hector Quine, of the Royal Academy. He was the first student to obtain a diploma for guitar from the Royal Manchester College of Music. His London solo debut was at St. Martin_ in-the-Fields in April, 1967, and since that date he has recorded and broadcast for B.B.C. radio and television. PROGRAMME Pavana Canarios Differencias sobre guardame las vacas Siciliana Two Catalan Folk Songs Caprichio Arabe Alborada Recuerdos de la Alhambra INTERVAL Two Valses Venezolanos Tombeau sur le mort de M. Comte de Logy } Granada - Asturias Homenaje Spanish Dance No. 5 Two Preludes, Study, Choros G. SANZ LUIS DE NARVAEZ C. P. E. BACH LLOBET TARREGA LAURO S. L. WEISS ALBENIZ M. DE FALLA GRANADOS VILLALOBOS

Thursday, 14th January, 1971 ANNE QUEFFELEC (Piano) Born in Paris in 1948, Anne Queffelec went to the Paris Conservatoire at the age of 16, where she obtained a number of prizes, and while still at the Conservatoire studied in master-classes with Paul Badura-Skoda, Joerg Demus and Alfred Brendel. She has toured extensively in Europe and will be remembered here for her success at the Leeds Piano Festival. Her London debut was in March, 1970. Partita No. 2 in C minor Sinfonie Allemande Courante Sarabande Rondeau Caprice Four Impromptus Opus 90 F minor A flat major B flat major F minor Two Sonatas PROGRAMME Miroirs Noctuelles Oiseaux tristes Masques Two Etudes INTERVAL Une barque sur l'océan Alborada del Gracioso La vallée des cloches } BACH SCHUBERT SCARLATTI RAVEL DEBUSSY

Thursday, 25th February, 1971 RICHARD MARKSON ('Cello) ROGER GREEN (Piano) Richard Markson is 20 years old. He began studying the 'Cello with Joan Dickson, and at the age of 12 went to Paris where he spent six years studying under Paul Tortelier. Since leaving Paris has had lessons with Leonard Rose, and Pierre Fournier. He has given numerous successful recitals in this country and has also visited Israel and Switzerland. Roger Green, born in 1945, has studied with Peter Katin and Paul Badura-Skoda amongst others and obtained first- class honours at Queens College, Oxford, where he read Music from 1963 to 1966. He has given a number of successful concerts as soloist in this country. PROGRAMME Sonata in C major Opus 102 No. 1 Andante - Allegro vivace Adagio - Tempo d'andante - Allegro vivace Sonata in C major Opus 119 Andante grave Moderato Allegro, ma non troppo INTERVAL Sonata No. 2 in F major Opus 99 Allegro vivace Adagio affettuoso Allegro passionato Allegro molto BEETHOVEN PROKOFIEV BRAHMS

Thursday, 18th March, 1971 SEBESTYEN STRING QUARTET ERNO SEBESTYEN (Violin) TAMAS SZABO (Violin) GABOR FIAS (Viola) JANOS DEVICH ('Cello) The Sebestyen String Quartet was founded in Budapest in 1966, and in that year won a special diploma at the Geneva International Competition. They have made a number of appearances in their own country on the concert platform and on radio and television and have also toured extensively throughout Europe. In September, 1969, members of the Quartet competed successfully in the Munich International Music Contest for string trio where they won the first prize. This tour will mark their debut in Great Britain. PROGRAMME String Quartet in F major von Allegro moderato Assez vif Très lent Vif et agité String Quartet No. II Opus 10 Allegro Andante quasi recitativo - Andante con moto INTERVAL String Quartet in C major, Opus 59 No. 3 (Rasoumovsky) RAVEL EMMAX Andante con moto quasi Allegretto Menuetto Grazioso Allegro molto KODALY BEETHOVEN Introduzione Andante con moto - Allegro vivace H. MORLEY AND SONS (YORK) LTD., PETERGATE, YORK