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71st SEASON The BMS presents the world's finest chamber music, played by artists of national and international reputation, for under £4.00 per concert. Our concerts are held in a modern, comfortable concert hall well-suited to the intimate atmosphere needed for this music. The hall has 330 fixed seats, but more are provided as needed. The bar area has space for socialising and is open from 7.30 p.m. Coffee and drinks are available during the interval. The BMS is not just an organisation promoting concerts, but a society with a large and friendly membership. For a £22.00 season ticket, subscribers are offered not only six concerts for less than the price of four, but a place in the society and an opportunity to participate in its decisions and social gatherings. Subscribe NOW and join us for the first concert on Thurs- day, 10th October. MUSIC DEPARTMENT CONCERTS AT THE SIR JACK LYONS CONCERT HALL "A year of suberb music making by the University..." Yorkshire Post The Department of Music of the University promotes a series of public concerts, every Wednesday at 8 p.m., during term time. Top international names feature along- side accomplished University ensembles which include the Choir and Chamber Choir, two Orchestras, the Big Band - 30 strong, the Gamelan orchestra and a New Music Group. Amongst this season's highlights are visits from The King's Singers, the pianist Fou Ts'ong and the early music special- ists Purcell Simfony, as well as performances of Kindertotenlieder by Mahler, Symphony No.5 by Nielsen and Brahms' German Requiem. For a free brochure giving full details of these concerts and the Central Hall Orchestral Series, contact the Box Office, Department of Music, University of York, York, YO1 5DD, Tel. 0904 432439/432447. BMS 3/1/491) BMS CONCERT SEASON 1991/92 B'S YORK THURSDAYS AT THE LYONS THE SIR JACK LYONS CONCERT HALL UNIVERSITY OF YORK Presented by the British Music Society of York in association with the Department of Music, University of York.

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⚫ Thursday, 10 October 1991 at 8 p.m. ENGLISH SERENATA Guy Woolfenden (conductor) Sextet for piano and wind Thuille Sextet for piano and wind Serenade for 13 wind instruments Martinu Mozart Thursday, 12 December 1991 at 8 p.m. PAUL CASSIDY (viola) SUSAN KESSLER (mezzo-soprano) JULIAN JACOBSEN (piano) Lachrymae 4 Pieces The English Serenata was formed in 1983, originally as a wind ensemble. It has strong links with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and often works with actors in programmes that are a fast-moving blend of words and music. Their concert for us, in this bicentenary year, is based around Mozart's much-loved Ser- enade, in B flat for 13 wind instruments. Tuesday, 19 November 1991 at 8 p.m. ARTUR PIZARRO (piano) Haydn F minor Variations Sonata in D, Op.28 (Pastoral) Beethoven Pour le piano Sonata No.6 in A, Op.82 Debussy Prokofiev Variations Sonata movement Zigeunerlieder Songs with viola and piano 3 Songs with viola and piano 2 Songs with viola and piano Britten Bridge Hugh Wood Brahms Brahms The Rubbra its Bridge Brahms The return of Paul Cassidy, viola player of the Brodsky Quartet, allows us to hear Brahms' sumptuous and rare Op.91 Songs with viola obbligato. Brahms, the viola and songs - these form, with major 20th-century English composers, the themes of this many-layered programme. Thursday, 9 January 1992 at 8 p.m. SARAH BRIGGS (piano) Sonata in C minor, Op.13 (Pathétique) self G Please note this concert is on a TUESDAY The Portuguese pianist Artur Pizarro, a pupil of Sequeira Costa, has been in great demand since he won the 1990 Leeds International Piano Competi- tion. His programme gives us ample scope to savour the combination of remarkable technique and great interpretative sensitivity which won him the judges' unanimous vote. 3 Character Pieces Beethoven Sonata in E, Op.14 No.1 Beethoven Sonata in E minor, Op.90 Beethoven Britten Th Debussy of Barcarolle Ballade No.4 in F minor Chopin ins Chopin of M ch 2 Arabesques Concert supported by Yorkshire Arts Sarah Briggs needs no introduction to York audi- ences. Though still not 20, she has had a remarkable series of European successes, including the joint first prize at the International Mozart Competition in Salzburg in 1988. W G Q re

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• Thursday, 6 February 1992 at 8 p.m. KREUTZER STRING QUARTET Peter Sheppard & Clio Gould (violins) Philip Dukes (viola) Philip Sheppard (cello) BOOKING DETAILS Single Tickets Season Tickets (six concerts) Adults £6.00 £22.00 Students & under 18s £3.00 £11.00 Youth & Music Stage Pass £2.00 £8.00 d e d Quartet in G, Op.64 No.4 Quartet No.14, Op.142 Quartet in F minor, Op.95 Haydn Shostakovich Beethoven The Kreutzer Quartet was formed in 1987 and made its London debut in 1989 to ecstatic reviews. Their programme includes a dark-hued late masterpiece by Shostakovich as well as the work Beethoven him- self named Serious Quartet. Thursday, 12 March 1992 at 8 p.m. GAINSBOROUGH STRING QUARTET Elizabeth Wilcock & Margaret Faultless (violins) Nicola Logic (viola) Timothy Mason ('cello) Special rates for groups of 10 or more. For more details, please write to Mr J. Briggs (address on Booking Form below). Season and single tickets may be purchased NOW by using the Booking Form below, or before each concert at the hall. Single tickets are also available from Ticket World, 6 Patrick Pool, York, YO1 2BB (Tel. York 644194). For more information about Youth & Music's Stage Pass scheme, available to those aged between 14 and 30, write to Claire Wilson, Youth & Music, Dean Clough Industrial Park Ltd., Halifax, HX3 5AX or phone 0422 345631. BOOKING FORM Cheques payable to "B.M.S." Post with payment and S.A.E. to Mr. J. BRIGGS, 24 ELMLANDS GROVE, YORK, YO3 0EE. PLEASE SEND ME: Season Tickets Quantity Price Total i- -le -st in Quartet in D, Op.71 No.2 Quartet in G, Op.64 No.4 Quartet in C, K.465 (Dissonance) Haydn Haydn Mozart Date Quantity Price Total Single Tickets Concert supported by Yorkshire Arts The Gainsborough Quartet, founded in 1983, is one of this country's leading groups using authentic instruments and playing techniques to perform works of the classical repertory. Their recording of the Mozart piano quartets with Malcolm Bilson was chosen by Hi-Fi News as record of the month. Name Address We have prevailed on both the Kreutzer and Gainsborough Quartets to include the same Haydn Quartet in their programmes, to compare more di- rectly the "modern" and "period" approaches. Postcode Tel. No. If applying for more than one season ticket, please give name of each person, and address if different from above.

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THE BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY OF YORK The BMS is one of many similar voluntary organisations throughout the country - 14 in Yorkshire alone whose prime purpose is to promote chamber music recitals by musicians of the highest calibre. The concerts have been described as "amongst the most exciting contributions to the musical life of the city". Our forthcoming concert season will be the 71st in unbroken succession. The quotations below are from reviews given in the York- shire Post and Yorkshire Evening Press during our 70th season. Brodsky String Quartet "The mellowness, the drama and the bleakness of the music found their way into this committed performance. The British Music Society . . . has clearly a large and discerning band of supporters." (Donald Webster, YP) "...a sympathetic performance, handling the challenging sonorities with delicacy and poise and deservedly gaining considerable applause." (Ralph Bateman, YEP) Debussy Piano Trio ...precise sharply-etched rhythms, fierce drama, power- fully uplifting melodies and ravishing tone from violin and cello." (Donald Webster, YP) Britten String Quartet "But in Bartók's Fourth, the same approach was turned to masterful advantage. There was an immediate electricity here.... This was an exceptional performance, whose sheer conviction will live in the memory." Allegri String Quartet (Martin Dreyer, YEP) "...teasing spontaneity that spoke of an ensemble totally at ease with itself. Love shone from every semiquaver of the leader's roulades. And that is a quality decidedly rare in the concert hall." (Martin Dreyer, YEP) Capricorn "Capricorn's playing was dynamically contrasted, and exquisite in its purity of tone and tuning" (Donald Webster, YP) BUS SERVICES York City Bus No.9 provides a convenient service from Clifton and the city centre, while No.21 provides a service from the railway station. CAR PARKS Use Conference Car Parks Pc, Pd, Pe, as shown on the map below. HULL ROAD ° 50 100 yards N ° 100 metres University Road BUS STOP ENTRANCE Sir Jack Lyons, Concert Hall, Biology Vanbrugh PC Central Hall FACILITIES FOR THE DISABLED AND FURTHER INFORMATION Please contact: Mr NJ Dick, Hon. Secretary,BMS of York, Clement House, 6 Bishopgate Street, York, YO2 1JH. Tel. York 637984. THE SOCIETY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO VARY THE ARTISTS OR PROGRAMMES AS IT MAY FIND NECESSARY. City of York Leisure Services YORKSHIRE ARTS NATIONAL FEDERATION OF MUSIC SOCIETIES NEMS

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BUS SERVICES York City Bus No.9 provides a convenient service from Clifton and the city centre, while No.21 provides a service from the railway station. CAR PARKS Use Conference Car Parks Pc, Pd, Pe, as shown on the map below. BMS 3/1/49(2) THE ENGLISH SERENATA HULL ROAD 0 50 100 yards N 0 100 metres BUS STOP University Road Pd ENTRANCE Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall Vanbrugh Biology Central Hall B'S YORK FACILITIES FOR THE DISABLED AND FURTHER INFORMATION Please contact: Mr NJ Dick, Hon. Secretary, BMS of York, Clement House, 6 Bishopgate Street, York, YO2 1JH. Tel. York 637984. THE SOCIETY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO VARY THE ARTISTS OR PROGRAMMES AS IT MAY FIND NECESSARY. City of York Leisure Services YORKSHIRE ARTS NATIONAL FEDERATION OF MUSIC SOCIETIES NEMS THURSDAY 10th OCTOBER 8.00 p.m. THE SIR JACK LYONS CONCERT HALL UNIVERSITY OF YORK Presented by the British Music Society of York in association with the Department of Music, University of York.

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Thursday, 10 October 1991 at 8 p.m. ENGLISH SERENATA Guy Woolfenden (conductor) BOOKING DETAILS Adults Students & under 18s Youth & Music Stage Pass Single Season Tickets Tickets (six concerts) £6.00 £22.00 £3.00 £11.00 £2.00 £8.00 Sextet for piano and wind Thuille Sextet for piano and wind Martinů Serenade for 13 wind instruments Mozart The English Serenata was formed in 1983, originally as a wind ensemble. It has strong links with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and often works with actors in programmes that are a fast-moving blend of words and music. Their concert for us is based, in this bicentenary year, around Mozart's much-loved Ser- enade in B flat for 13 wind instruments in a new edition published by June Emerson. Special rates for groups of 10 or more. For more details, please write to Mr J. Briggs (address on Booking Form below). Season and single tickets may be purchased NOW by using the Booking Form below, or before each concert at the hall. Single tickets are also available from Ticket World, 6 Patrick Pool, York, YO1 2BB (Tel. York 644194). For more information about Youth & Music's Stage Pass scheme, available to those aged between 14 and 30, write to Claire Wilson, Youth & Music, Dean Clough Industrial Park Ltd., Halifax, HX3 5AX or phone 0422 345631. BOOKING FORM Cheques payable to "B.M.S." Post with payment and S.A.E. to Mr. J. BRIGGS, 24 ELMLANDS GROVE, YORK, YO3 0EE. PLEASE SEND ME: FUTURE CONCERTS Tuesday, 19 November 1991 at 8 p.m. ARTUR PIZARRO (piano) Please note this concert is on a TUESDAY Thursday, 12 December 1991 at 8 p.m. PAUL CASSIDY (viola) SUSAN KESSLER (mezzo-soprano) JULIAN JACOBSEN (piano) Thursday, 9 January 1992 at 8 p.m. SARAH BRIGGS (piano) Thursday, 6 February 1992 at 8 p.m. KREUTZER STRING QUARTET Thursday, 12 March 1992 at 8 p.m. GAINSBOROUGH STRING QUARTET Season Tickets Quantity Price Total Date Quantity Price Total Single Tickets Name Address Postcode Tel. No. If applying for more than one season ticket, please give name of each person, and address if different from above.

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BUS SERVICES York City Bus No.9 provides a convenient service from Clifton and the city centre, while No.21 provides a service from the railway station. CAR PARKS Use Conference Car Parks Pc, Pd, Pe, as shown on the map below. BMS 3/1/49(3) ARTUR PIZARRO (piano) HULL ROAD 50 100 yards N 0 50 100 metres BUS STOP + University Road Pd ENTRANCE Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall Vanbrugh Biology Central Hall B'S YORK FACILITIES FOR THE DISABLED AND FURTHER INFORMATION Please contact: Mr NJ Dick, Hon. Secretary,BMS of York, Clement House, 6 Bishopgate Street, York, YO2 1JH. Tel. York 637984. THE SOCIETY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO VARY THE ARTISTS OR PROGRAMMES AS IT MAY FIND NECESSARY. City of York Leisure Services YORKSHIRE ARTS NATIONAL FEDERATION OF MUSIC SOCIETIES NEMS TUESDAY, 19th NOVEMBER 8.00 p.m. THE SIR JACK LYONS CONCERT HALL UNIVERSITY OF YORK Presented by the British Music Society of York in association with the Department of Music, University of York.

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Tuesday, 19 November 1991 at 8 p.m. ARTUR PIZARRO (piano) BOOKING DETAILS Single Tickets Season Tickets (six concerts) Adults Students & under 18s £6.00 £22.00 £3.00 £11.00 Youth & Music Stage Pass £2.00 £8.00 Variations in F minor Haydn Sonata in D, Op.28 (Pastoral) Beethoven Pour le piano Sonata No.6 in A, Op.82 Debussy Prokofiev Please note this concert, unusually for the BMS, takes place on a TUESDAY The Portuguese pianist Artur Pizarro, a pupil of Sequeira Costa, has been in great demand since he won the 1990 Leeds International Piano Competi- tion. His programme gives us ample scope to savour the combination of remarkable technique and great interpretative sensitivity which won him the judges' unanimous vote. His programme for us contains one of Haydn's finest keyboard works, together with the most forthright of a set of three sonatas which date from 1939/44 and unquestionably form Prokofiev's greatest achieve- ment in the field of solo piano music. Special rates for groups of 10 or more. For more details, please write to Mr J. Briggs (address on Booking Form below). Season and single tickets may be purchased NOW by using the Booking Form below, or before each concert at the hall. Single tickets are also available from Ticket World, 6 Patrick Pool, York, YO1 2BB (Tel. York 644194). For more information about Youth & Music's Stage Pass scheme, available to those aged between 14 and 30, write to Claire Wilson, Youth & Music, Dean Clough Industrial Park Ltd., Halifax, HX3 5AX or phone 0422 345631. BOOKING FORM Cheques payable to "B.M.S." Post with payment and S.A.E. to Mr. J. BRIGGS, 24 ELMLANDS GROVE, YORK, YO3 0EE. PLEASE SEND ME: Season Tickets Quantity Price Total FUTURE CONCERTS Thursday, 12 December 1991 at 8 p.m. PAUL CASSIDY (viola) SUSAN KESSLER (mezzo-soprano) JULIAN JACOBSON (piano) Thursday, 9 January 1992 at 8 p.m. SARAH BRIGGS (piano) Thursday, 6 February 1992 at 8 p.m. KREUTZER STRING QUARTET Thursday, 12 March 1992 at 8 p.m. GAINSBOROUGH STRING QUARTET Date Quantity Price Total Single Tickets Name Address Postcode. Tel. No. If applying for more than one season ticket, please give name of each person, and address if different from above.

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SMS 3/1/49 (4) BUS SERVICES York City Bus No.9 provides a convenient service from Clifton and the city centre, while No.21 provides a service from the railway station. CAR PARKS Use Conference Car Parks Pc, Pd, Pe, as shown on the map below. PAUL CASSIDY SUSAN KESSLER JULIAN JACOBSON HULL ROAD University Road BUS STOP ↓ Pd ENTRANCE Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall Biology 50 100 yards N 50 100 metres Vanbrugh Central Hall B'S YORK FACILITIES FOR THE DISABLED AND FURTHER INFORMATION Please contact: Mr NJ Dick, Hon. Secretary,BMS of York, Clement House, 6 Bishopgate Street, York, YO2 1JH. Tel. York 637984. THE SOCIETY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO VARY THE ARTISTS OR PROGRAMMES AS IT MAY FIND NECESSARY. City of York Leisure Services YORKSHIRE ARTS NATIONAL FEDERATION OF MUSIC SOCIETIES NEMS THURSDAY, 12th DECEMBER 8.00 p.m. THE SIR JACK LYONS CONCERT HALL UNIVERSITY OF YORK Presented by the British Music Society of York in association with the Department of Music, University of York.

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Thursday, 12 December 1991 at 8 p.m. PAUL CASSIDY (viola) SUSAN KESSLER (mezzo-soprano) JULIAN JACOBSON (piano) FUTURE CONCERTS Thursday, 9 January 1992 at 8 p.m. SARAH BRIGGS (piano) Sonata in C minor, Op.13 Lachrymae Britten 4 Pieces Bridge (Pathétique) Beethoven Variations Sonata movement Hugh Wood Brahms/Cassidy Sonata in E, Op.14 No.1 Beethoven Sonata in E minor, Op.90 Beethoven Zigeunerlieder Songs with viola and piano Brahms Rubbra 3 Character Pieces Britten Debussy Chopin Chopin 3 Songs with viola and piano 2 Songs with viola and piano Bridge Brahms Paul Cassidy, born in Derry, is the viola-player of the Brodsky Quartet, whose memorable performance of Schubert's Death and the Maiden Quartet opened our 1990/91 season. Susan Kessler, from Australia, has given concerts and recitals throughout Europe, but is a particular favourite in Holland, where she has this year appeared in Prokofiev's War and Peace and Handel's Theodora. The English pianist Julian Jacobson made his London debut in 1974, since when his unusual versatility as a player has kept him in demand both nationally and internationally. Together, they perform Brahms' sumptuous Songs Op.91, alongside music by Rubbra and Bridge for the same rare combination. The programme also includes works for viola and piano, amongst them one of Benjamin Britten's finest chamber pieces, as well as Brahms' ever-alluring Gipsy Songs, Op.103. 2 Arabesques Barcarolle Ballade No.4 in F minor Concert supported by Yorkshire Arts Thursday, 6 February 1992 at 8 p.m. KREUTZER STRING QUARTET Peter Sheppard & Clio Gould (Violins) Philip Dukes (viola) Philip Sheppard ('cello) Quartet in G, Op.64 No.4 Quartet No.14, Op.142 Quartet in F minor, Op.95 Haydn Shostakovich Beethoven Thursday, 12 March 1991 at 8 p.m. GAINSBOROUGH STRING QUARTET Elizabeth Wilcock & Margaret Faultless (violins) Nicola Logie (viola) Timothy Mason ('cello) Quartet in D, Op.71 No.2 Quartet in G, Op.64 No.4 Quartet in C, K.465 (Dissonance) Haydn Haydn Mozart Concert supported by Yorkshire Arts

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BUS SERVICES York City Bus No.9 provides a convenient service from Clifton and the city centre, while No.21 provides a service from the railway station. CAR PARKS Use Conference Car Parks Pc, Pd, Pe, as shown on the map below. BMS 3/1/49(5) SARAH BRIGGS (piano) HULL ROAD 50 100 yards N 0 50 100 metres University Road BUS STOP ENTRANCE Pc Sir Jack Lyons 4 Concert Hall Vanbrugh B'S YORK Biology Central Hall FACILITIES FOR THE DISABLED AND FURTHER INFORMATION Please contact: Mr NJ Dick, Hon. Secretary,BMS of York, Clement House, 6 Bishopgate Street, York, YO2 1JH. Tel. York 637984. THE SOCIETY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO VARY THE ARTISTS OR PROGRAMMES AS IT MAY FIND NECESSARY. City of York Leisure Services YORKSHIRE ARTS NATIONAL FEDERATION OF MUSIC SOCIETIES NEMS THURSDAY, 9th JANUARY 8.00 p.m. THE SIR JACK LYONS CONCERT HALL UNIVERSITY OF YORK Presented by the British Music Society of York in association with the Department of Music, University of York.

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Thursday, 9 January 1992 at 8 p.m. SARAH BRIGGS (piano) Sonata in C minor, Op.13 Beethoven Beethoven (Pathetique) Sonata in E, Op.14 No.1 Sonata in E minor, Op.90 Beethoven 3 Character Pieces Britten 2 Arabesques Barcarolle Ballade No.4 in F minor Debussy Chopin Chopin Concert supported by Yorkshire Arts Sarah Briggs needs no introduction to York audi- ences. Though still not 20, she has had a remarkable series of European successes, including the joint first prize at the International Mozart Competition in Salzburg in 1988. Her recital for us contains a wide mixture of music, from the gentle to the stormy, from the wrily humor- ous to the intense, all of them suited to her musical temperament. FUTURE CONCERTS Thursday, 6 February 1992 at 8 p.m. KREUTZER STRING QUARTET Peter Sheppard & Clio Gould (Violins) Philip Dukes (viola) Philip Sheppard (cello) Quartet in G, Op.64 No.4 Quartet No.14, Op.142 Quartet in F minor, Op.95 Haydn Shostakovich Beethoven The Kreutzer Quartet was formed in 1987 and made its London debut in 1989 to ecstatic reviews. Their programme includes a dark-hued late masterpiece by Shostakovich as well as the work Beethoven him- self named Serious Quartet. Tickets £6.00 (Students £3.00; Youth & Music Stage Pass £2.00) from Ticket World, 6 Patrick Pool, York (Tel. York 644194) or at the hall before the concert. A single ticket for any concert may be exchanged for a subscription ticket for the remainder of the season at a considerable discount. This may be done at the Members Desk in the lobby, either during the interval or immedi- ately after the concert. For more information about Youth & Music's Stage Pass scheme, available to those aged between 14 and 30, write to Claire Wilson, Youth & Music, Dean Clough Industrial Park Ltd., Halifax, HX3 5AX or phone 0422 345631. Thursday, 12 March 1991 at 8 p.m. GAINSBOROUGH STRING QUARTET Elizabeth Wilcock & Margaret Faultless (violins) Nicola Logie (viola) Timothy Mason ('cello) Quartet in D, Op.71 No.2 Quartet in G, Op.64 No.4 Quartet in C, K.465 (Dissonance) Haydn Haydn Mozart Concert supported by Yorkshire Arts The Gainsborough Quartet, founded in 1983, is one of this country's leading groups using authentic instruments and playing techniques to perform works of the classical repertory. Their recording of the Mozart piano quartets with Malcolm Bilson was chosen by Hi-Fi News as record of the month.

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BUS SERVICES York City Bus No.9 provides a convenient service from Clifton and the city centre, while No.21 provides a service from the railway station. CAR PARKS Use Conference Car Parks Pc, Pd, Pe, as shown on the map below. BMS 3/1/49 (6) THE KREUTZER STRING QUARTET HULL ROAD 0 50 100 yards N 100 metres BUS STOP University Road Pd ENTRANCE Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall Vanbrugh Biology Central Hall YORK FACILITIES FOR THE DISABLED AND FURTHER INFORMATION Please contact: Mr NJ Dick, Hon. Secretary,BMS of York, Clement House, 6 Bishopgate Street, York, YO2 1JH. Tel. York 637984. THE SOCIETY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO VARY THE ARTISTS OR PROGRAMMES AS IT MAY FIND NECESSARY. City of York Leisure Services YORKSHIRE ARTS NATIONAL FEDERATION OF MUSIC SOCIETIES NEMS THURSDAY, 6th FEBRUARY 8.00 p.m. THE SIR JACK LYONS CONCERT HALL UNIVERSITY OF YORK Presented by the British Music Society of York in association with the Department of Music, University of York.

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Thursday, 6 February 1992 at 8 p.m. KREUTZER STRING QUARTET Peter Sheppard & Clio Gould (violins) Philip Dukes (viola) Philip Sheppard ('cello) LAST CONCERT OF THE 71st SEASON • Thursday, 12 March 1992 at 8 p.m. GAINSBOROUGH STRING QUARTET Elizabeth Wilcock & Margaret Faultless (violins) Nicola Logie (viola) Timothy Mason ('cello) Quartet in G, Op.64 No.4 Quartet No.14, Op.142 Quartet in F minor, Op.95 Haydn Shostakovich Beethoven Quartet in D, Op.71 No. 2 Quartet in G, Op.64 No. 4 Haydn Haydn Mozart The Kreutzer Quartet was founded in 1987 and made its London debut in 1989 to ecstatic reviews. The Quartet was invited by Yehudi Menuhin to perform at the 1988 conference of the Portsmouth String Quartet competition, and they are closely involved with his Live Music Now! scheme, as well as with the Italian Festival of Tuscany and the Kings' Lynn Festival. Already Hans Werner Henze and the British composer Roger Steptoe have written works for them. Their programme includes one of the brightest and most open of Haydn's 12 Tost Quartets, a dark-hued, ambivalent late masterpiece by Shostakovich and the work Beethoven himself named Serious Quartet. Quartet in C, K.465 (Dissonance) Concert supported by Yorkshire Arts The Gainsborough Quartet, founded in 1983, is one of this country's leading groups using authentic instruments and playing techniques to perform works from the classical repertory. Their recording of the Mozart piano quartets with Malcolm Bilson was chosen by Hi-Fi News as record of the month. We have prevailed on both the Kreutzer and Gainsborough Quartets to include the same Haydn Quartet in their programmes, to compare more directly the "modern" and "period" approaches. The Gainsborough also plays Mozart's delightful and entertaining C major Quartet, K.465, misleadingly nicknamed the Dissonance because of the daring harmonies of its introductory bars. Tickets £6.00 (Students £3.00; Youth & Music Stage Pass £2.00) from Ticket World, 6 Patrick Pool, York (Tel. York 644194) or at the hall before the concert. For more information about Youth & Music's Stage Pass scheme, available to those aged between 14 and 30, write to Claire Wilson, Youth & Music, Dean Clough Industrial Park Ltd., Halifax, HX3 5AX or phone 0422 345631. MAILING LIST If you are not already on our mailing list, but would like to receive details of our concerts, please send your name and address to our Treasurer, Mr Jim Briggs, 24, Elmlands Grove, Stockton Lane, York, YO3 0EE.

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BUS SERVICES York City Bus No.9 provides a convenient service from Clifton and the city centre, while No.21 provides a service from the railway station. CAR PARKS Use Conference Car Parks Pc, Pd, Pe, as shown on the map below. THE BMS 3/1/49 (7) GAINSBOROUGH STRING QUARTET t HULL ROAD 100 yards N 50 100 metres University Road BUS STOP Pd ENTRANCE Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall Vanbrugh Biology Central Hall B'S YORK FACILITIES FOR THE DISABLED AND FURTHER INFORMATION Please contact: Mr NJ Dick, Hon. Secretary,BMS of York, Clement House, 6 Bishopgate Street, York, YO2 1JH. Tel. York 637984. THE SOCIETY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO VARY THE ARTISTS OR PROGRAMMES AS IT MAY FIND NECESSARY. City of York YORKSHIRE ARTS Leisure Services NATIONAL FEDERATION OF MUSIC SOCIETIES NEMS THURSDAY, 12th MARCH 8.00 p.m. THE SIR JACK LYONS CONCERT HALL UNIVERSITY OF YORK Presented by the British Music Society of York in association with the Department of Music, University of York.

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Thursday, 12 March 1992 at 8 p.m. GAINSBOROUGH STRING QUARTET Elizabeth Wilcock & Margaret Faultless (violins) Nicola Logie (viola) Timothy Mason ('cello) THE BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY OF YORK The BMS is one of many similar voluntary organisations throughout the country-14 in Yorkshire alone - whose prime purpose is to promote chamber music recitals by musicians of the highest calibre. Quartet in D, Op.71 No.2 Quartet in G, Op.64 No.4 Haydn Haydn Mozart Quartet in C, K.465 (Dissonance) Concert supported by Yorkshire Arts The Gainsborough Quartet, founded in 1983, is one of this country's leading groups using authentic instruments and playing techniques to perform works from the classical repertory. Their recording of the Mozart piano quartets with Malcolm Bilson was chosen by Hi-Fi News as record of the month. Their programme begins with two quartets by Haydn. The D major Quartet, Op.71 No.2, was one of a set written for Haydn's second visit to London and is remarkable for its impressive scale and orchestral sonorities. The G major Quartet, Op.64 No.4, is one of the brightest and most open of Haydn's 12 so-called "Tost" Quartets. The Gainsborough also plays Mozart's delightful and entertaining Cmajor Quartet, K.465, misleadingly nicknamed the Dissonance because of the daring harmonies of its introductory bars. The concerts have been described as "amongst the most exciting contributions to the musical life of the city". Our present concert season is the 71st in unbroken succession. Our concerts are held in a modern, comfortable concert hall well-suited to the intimate atmosphere needed for this music. The hall has 330 fixed seats, but more are provided as needed. The bar area has space for socialising and is open from 7.30 p.m. Coffee and drinks are available during the interval. The BMS is not just an organisation promoting concerts, but a society with a large and friendly membership. With their season tickets subscribers are offered not only six concerts for less than the price of four, but a place in the society and an opportunity to participate in its decisions and social gatherings. Tickets £6.00 (Students £3.00; Youth & Music Stage Pass £2.00) from Ticket World, 6 Patrick Pool, York (Tel. York 644194) or at the hall before the concert. For more information about Youth & Music's Stage Pass scheme, available to those aged between 14 and 30, write to Claire Wilson, Youth & Music, Dean Clough Industrial Park Ltd., Halifax, HX3 5AX or phone 0422 345631. If you are not already on our mailing list, but would like to receive details of our concerts, please send your name and address to our Treasurer, Mr Jim Briggs, 24, Elmlands Grove, Stockton Lane, York, YO3 0EE.

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B'S! YORK Paul Cassidy (viola) Susan Kessler (mezzo-soprano) Julian Jacobson (piano) Thursday, 12 December 1991 Programme: 30p Presented by the British Music Society of York in association with the Department of Music

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It was in 1918 that the colourful Dr Arthur Eaglefield Hull, organist of Huddersfield Parish Church, writer and modern music enthusiast, founded the British Music Society. The new society was a national body whose aims were: to bring together professional and amateur musicians, to promote British music and music- ians, to develop the appreciation of music by means of lectures and concerts, and to campaign for the recognition of the place of music in education. The Society expanded quickly, with about forty regional centres being established. So unwieldy an organisation, though, was in constant financial difficulty and, despite the generosity of patrons, went into liquidation in 1933. Yet many of the regional centres remained viable and continued to function as concert-giving societies. The York centre of the original Society was opened in 1921, with an inaugural concert given by the soprano Isobel Baillie, then in her debut year. In 1933, when the parent society went into liquidation, the centre reconstituted itself as an autonomous organisation under the name British Music Society of York. Since then the Society has continued to give an annual season of chamber music concerts. The present season is the 71st in succession to be given in York under the title British Music Society. The BMS concert season takes the form of a subscription series. A full subscription ticket entitles its holder to membership of the Society and to attend six concerts for less than the price of four. Members of tonight's audience with single tickets may convert these into subscription tickets for the remainder of the season by applying at the Members Desk in the Foyer, either during the interval or at the end of the concert. Savings almost as good as for the complete season are available. Floral decorations by Sue Bedford.

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BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY of YORK 71st Season Thursday, 12 December 1991 Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall PAUL CASSIDY (viola) SUSAN KESSLER (mezzo-soprano) JULIAN JACOBSON (piano) Lachrymae for viola and piano, Op.48 Britten 4 Pieces for viola and piano 3 Songs (voice and piano) 3 Songs (voice, viola and piano) Bridge Bridge Bridge INTERVAL Variations for viola and piano, Op.1 Sonata movement for viola and piano Hugh Wood Brahms arr. Cassidy Zigeunerlieder 2 Songs, Op.91 (voice, viola and piano) Brahms Brahms For the sake of others in the audience, please turn off all alarms on watches, calculators etc. before the concert starts.

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THE ARTISTS Paul Cassidy, born in Derry, is the viola-player of the Brodsky Quartet, whose memorable performance of Schubert's Death and the Maiden Quartet opened our 1990/91 Season. Susan Kessler, from Australia, has given concerts and recitals throughout Europe, but is a particular favourite in Holland, where she has this year appeared in Prokofiev's War and Peace and Handel's Theodora. The English pianist Julian Jacobson made his London debut in 1974, since when his unusual versatility as a player has kept him in demand both nationally and internationally. PROGRAMME NOTES Lachrymae: reflections on a song of Dowland for viola and piano, Op.48 Benjamin Britten (1913 1976) Benjamin Britten's first musical studies were with his mother (piano) and Audrey Alston (viola). The latter introduced him, at the 1928 Norwich Festival, to her friend Frank Bridge, who gave the promising schoolboy most of his grounding in composition: - In every thing he did for me there were perhaps above all two cardinal principles. One was that you should try to find yourself and be true to what you found. The other obviously connected with it was his scrupulous attention to good technique, the business of saying clearly what was in one's mind. He gave me a sense of technical ambition. Britten wrote Lachrymae in April 1950 for one of the great figures among viola-players, William Primrose. Together they gave the first performance that June at the third Aldeburgh Festival. Lachrymae unites many threads in Britten's life: it is written for his own two instruments, viola and piano, and meant for a colleague and for A V

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artet, artet Out ar Aldeburgh. It also reflects Britten's interest in English music of the 16th and 17th centuries. - John Dowland (1563 1626) was an English composer, lutenist and singer famous for his melancholy streak. His most substantial instrumental work is his 1604 Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares, a collection of 21 pieces for five viols and lute. The "seven tears" are seven pavans taking the form of variations on his famous song Flow my Teares. Britten's Lachrymae is based not on the Flow my Teares music, but on another piece from the collection, Dowland's own instrumental version of his song If my complaints could passions move. Britten does not quote the melody of the song in full: the first half of it is heard in the bass of the piano part a few bars into the atmospheric introduction. There follow ten variations on this, the last leading into a coda where all the phrases of the Dowland melody occur, though in the wrong order, followed by the song's second half. The words "introduction", "variation" and "coda" do not actually appear in the score, but the structure of the piece can be tabulated as follows: Introduction: Lento Variations: 1 Allegretto molto comodo 2 Animato 3 Tranquillo 4 Allegro con moto 5 Largamente Coda: Insensibilmente con più moto 4 Pieces for viola and piano Allegretto 6 Appassionato 7 Alla valse moderato 8 Allegro marcia 9 Lento 10 L'istesso tempo There is a willow grows aslant a brook Pensiero Allegro appassionato Frank Bridge (1879 1941) Frank Bridge studied violin and composition at the Royal College of Music around the turn of the century. When he left, he became a professional violinist, but soon switched to the viola. The sensitivity of his musician- ship quickly marked him out from other players of that cinderella of

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stringed instruments, and he worked in many chamber groups, most notably the English String Quartet. Although the viola was his principal instrument, he wrote little for it. He completed only two pieces for viola and piano, compared to over a dozen similar pieces for violin or cello. These were Pensiero [= thought] and Allegro appassionato, which were published by Stainer & Bell in 1908 in the series Viola Library, edited by Lionel Tertis. Paul Hindmarsh, who has worked extensively on Bridge and produced a fine thematic catalogue, describes Pensiero as "restrained, almost elegiac in mood", while the B minor Allegro appassionato "is, in contrast, exuberant and expansive". The Allegretto with which Paul Cassidy opens his Bridge group was left incomplete and only published in 1980 with a completion by Paul Hind- marsh. There is a willow grows aslant a brook is related to Bridge's more famous orchestral "Impressions" with the same name. The title is taken from Hamlet: it opens the famous passage at the close of Act IV where Gertrude, Hamlet's mother, describes how Ophelia, hanging garlands of weeds on a willow tree, "fell in the weeping brook", and lay there awhile singing snatches of song: Till that her garments, heavy with their drink, Pull'd the poor wretch from her melodious lay To muddy death. 3 Songs (voice and piano) Go not happy day Come to me in my Love went a-riding dreams Bridge Bridge wrote over 50 songs, some of which must rank with the best English songs of his generation. All the six Bridge songs being heard tonight date from before the First World War. Go not, happy day is the earliest, dating from 1903. It sets words from Tennyson's Maud likening the rose on the cheeks and mouth of the girl being pursued to the colour of sunset. The song is interesting for the cross-rhythms of its shimmering semiquaver accompaniment.

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Come to me in my dreams was composed in November 1906 to words by Matthew Arnold. The poem's hopeless longing is heard most clearly in the agitated middle section. Love went a-riding, dated 5 May 1914, is one of Bridge's most popular songs. Its fiery impetuosity matches Mary Coleridge's vision of Love riding on the winged horse Pegasus. 3 Songs (voice, viola and piano) Far, far from each other Where is it that our soul doth go Music when soft voices die Bridge These three songs seem to have been intended as a set: at any rate they were composed and given their first performance together. Bridge wrote them between November 1906 and January 1907, though Music when soft voices die is based on an earlier version dated 11 November 1903 for high voice, cello and piano. The songs were first performed in public on 9 December 1908 at the Broadwood Concert Rooms: they were sung by Bridge's sister-in-law, the contralto Ivy Sinclair, with Audrey Alston (Britten's teacher) on viola and Bridge himself making a rare public appearance at the piano. Far, far from each other is the most ambitious of the group and sets words by Matthew Arnold. It is a song of parting beginning "Far, far from each other our spirits have flown,/And what heart knows another? Ah! who knows his own?". Where is it that our soul doth go? is one of several settings by Bridge of an English translation of Heine, in this case by K.F. Kroeker. As the title suggests, the poem poses the question what happens to the soul after death. Music when soft voices die sets a popular lyric by Shelley describing how thoughts of the beloved will linger in the mind like remembered music, fragrances, roses.

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INTERVAL Coffee and drinks are available in the foyer. it, go past the bar onto the landing and em rem fom Coffee is 30p a cup: to find turn to the left. fom ra If you would like to convert your single ticket into a season ticket, are interested in becoming a Patron or Benefactor of the BMS, or have any queries about the Society, come and see us at the Members Desk. We can be found in the foyer at the opposite end to the bar, to your left as you leave the auditorium. ra SC V Variations for viola and piano, Op.1 Introduction Theme Variations: I Giocoso => II III IV - Inquieto Furioso Appassionato Capriccioso VI Meditazione m F Hugh Wood (b.1932) Finale This must really be called a student work since it was mainly written in the Autumn of 1957 while I was still studying with lain Hamilton, to whom it is dedicated. Later I was to have lessons with Mátyás Seiber: and he made a crucial suggestion about re-writing the Finale, before I finally finished the piece in July 1958. It was first performed in an SPNM concert at Cheltenham in July 1959, by Cecil Aronowitz and Margaret Kitchen, who together gave it its first broadcast performance in February 1961. Since then it has been broadcast and publicly performed by many artists both in this country and in America. In 1957 I had newly discovered the music of Schoenberg and his pupils and 0 a F O R

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to f have an We c Wood I knew at once that they were to show me the way forward for my music; as, indeed, they have ever since. The revelation was primarily an emotional experience for me, and however imperfectly their influence was received, it is obviously enough reflected in the all-out chromaticism (new for me then), in the many chains of twelve notes, or lesser chromatic formations (which do not here amount to serial working, and have only rarely done so since), in the characteristic harmonic and rhythmic formations, the wide and sometimes angular intervals of the melodies and in the general intensity and seriousness of what I suppose one could call a rather introverted romanticism. Anyway, I knew then that this was the sort of music that I henceforth would want to write, and so I called these Variations my Opus One. The declamatory Introduction leads into the Theme, heard on the viola. Six Variations follow, of which No.3 is the most violent, and No.4 the most sustainedly lyrical. The recitative-like sixth variation leads into the Finale, a more extended movement. The Theme, returning on the piano, leads to a climax at which there is a citation from Beethoven's C minor Variations for piano (WoO 80). Then their characteristic sequence of chords is heard on the piano as an accompaniment to the final statement of my own theme on the viola in the closing bars of the work. HW ) Sonata Movement, arranged for viola and piano by Paul Cassidy Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) In 1853 the 20-year-old Brahms was staying in Düsseldorf with the Schumanns and had become friends with the older composer's pupil Albert Dietrich. Schumann had the idea that the three of them should write a "welcome home" sonata to mark the return of Joseph Joachim, at 22 already one of the great violinists of his day. Dietrich provided the first movement, Brahms the Scherzo and Schumann himself the Intermezzo and Finale: all were based on the notes FAE a reference to Joachim's motto "Frei aber einsam" [= free but solitary]. The Sonata was played privately on 27 October 1853 by Joachim and Brahms: Joachim had to guess who had written what, which he did without much difficulty. What Joachim really thought of the work as a whole is not known, though it is said he held on to the work and allowed only one of the movements

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to be published, Brahms' Scherzo in 1906. If Schumann seemed a natural choice for the Intermezzo and Finale, Brahms had already proved himself in the field of the scherzo, with the E flat minor Scherzo for piano (Op.4) and the scherzos from the three piano sonatas (Opp.1, 2 & 5) and the First Piano Trio (Op.8). Paul Cassidy has adapted the Scherzo for viola and piano without changing the original pitch, which is comparatively rare in transcribing violin music for viola, and usually makes life more difficult for the player. Zigeunerlieder, Op.103 (voice and piano) Brahms In the 18th and 19th centuries Hungary was part of the Austrian Empire. Haydn, let us remember, served a Hungarian princely family, the Ester- hases. Something of a vogue developed for Hungarianisms in music. They are detectable as early as Haydn and Mozart, but the real craze began in the 1820s and becomes noticeable in works by Schubert and Weber. It accounts for the Hungarian Rhapsodies of Liszt, the Hungarian Dances (and finales) of Brahms and so on. Of course, material these composers called Hungarian was really Hun- garian gipsy, and even then research by Bartók and his colleagues has shown that this 19th-century Hungarian style was neither genuine Hungarian folk-music nor authentic gipsy music, but more a gipsified rendition of art music based on Hungarian folk idioms. But, in a sense, its origin is immaterial. Brahms loved to use the style to let his hair down, just as he also relaxed by writing waltzes. Some of his most successful waltz music had been in the two sets of Liebesliederwalzer [love-song-waltzes], composed in 1869 and 1875 for a vocal quartet (or choir) and piano duet. The Zigeunerlieder [= gipsy songs] were meant as a sequel, 11 songs for vocal quartet and piano the only differences being that the songs were now in and the piano accompaniment was for one player only. The Songs were taken from Zoltán Nagy's collection of 25 "Hungarian Folksongs" with texts in German versions by Hugo Conrat. As Brahms adapted them, you would be hard pressed to find any strong flavour either of Hungarian or gipsy ancestry, so thoroughly is the musical material assimilated. CO Br Br Bra for

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Brahms wrote the Zigeunerlieder in 1888 and a year later made a version for single voice and piano, omitting Nos.8 - 10 to produce a set of eight songs. All are short and their texts may be summarised as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Hey gipsy, play the song of the faithless girl till you make me cry. River Rima, hemmed in with lofty towers, let me stand on your banks and for ever weep for my love. My little one is at her loveliest when she teases and kisses me: the good Lord made her just for me. My lover is at his best when he folds me in his arms: the good Lord made him just for me. Dear God, you know how often I have regretted the kiss I gave my beloved. Regret may be bitter, but love is sweet, and I shall ever be true. The young man in spurs leads his blue-eyed girl in a csárdás, whirling, shouting and leaping. If boys couldn't visit their girls it would be the end of the world. And the best place to go for a bride is Kecskemet! Do you remember, my love, the promises you once made me? Do not deceive or forsake me, and God's grace will shine on you. Red clouds fill the evening sky, and my heart is filled with longing for you, my love. 2 Songs, Op.91 (voice, viola and piano) Gestillte Sehnsucht [longing appeased] Geistliches Wiegenlied [= holy cradle-song] Brahms Geistliches 20 years separate the composition of these two songs. Wiegenlied was composed in 1863 or 1864 for the Joachims. Joseph Joachim, who played the viola as well as the violin, married in 1863 the concert singer Amalie Weiss. They named their first child Johannes, after Brahms, and he responded with a cradle-song setting a Spanish text. Brahms personalised the song by letting the viola begin with the tune of the medieval carol Josef, lieber Josef mein [= Joseph, my dear Joseph]: the Virgin is asking her husband to help her rock the cradle of the baby Jesus, but because of the name it could just as easily be Amalie addressing Joachim. Brahms was not really satisfied with the song, and it remained unpublished. In 1884 he returned to it, revising it and adding another song for the

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same combination of contralto, viola and piano Gestillte Sehnsucht. These two were published that same year, alongside two other sets, the 5 Songs, Op.94, and the 7 Songs, Op.95. By this time, though, the Joachim marriage was in deep difficulty. Brahms sided with Amalie, and in 1881 told Joachim he was both morally and personally wrong in leaving her. The close friendship the two men had enjoyed since the early 1850s was destroyed: there were attempts at reconciliation, but at best their relationship was marred by tensions. When the Op.91 Songs were published, Brahms insisted his publisher send Amalie a copy of Geistliches Wiegenlied as there were hopes of a reconciliation between the Joachims, but this came to nothing. Brahms made further overtures to Joachim with such tempting peace offerings as the Double Concerto (1887) and D minor Violin Sonata (1889), but the friendship was never again unconstrained. Gestillte Sehnsucht sets a text by Friedrich Rückert, which may be condensed as follows: The woods are golden in the evening sunlight; the winds are whispering and the birds are singing the world to sleep. One day, when my longing reaches out no more to the far horizon, I shall fall asleep for ever, to the sound of their singing. Geistliches Wiegenlied sets a Spanish text by Lope de Vega in a German translation by Emanuel Geibel also used by Wolf in his Spanish Songbook. In it, the Virgin Mary prays to the angels to stop the palm trees of Bethlehem rustling in the wind, for fear they should wake her child, soothed in sleep from the sorrows of the world. Notes by David Mather, except for that on Hugh Wood's Variations, which is by the composer himself.

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FORTHCOMING CONCERTS The remaining concerts of the 71st Season of the British Music Society, presented in association with the Department of Music at the University, are as follows. All the concerts take place on Thursdays in the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, beginning at 8.00 pm. § 9 January 1992 Sarah Briggs (piano) Sonata in C minor, Op.13 (Pathétique) Beethoven Sonata in E major, Op.14 No.1 Beethoven Barcarolle, Op.60 Sonata in E minor, Op.90 3 Character Pieces 2 Arabesques Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52 Beethoven Britten Debussy Chopin Chopin § 6 February 1992 The Kreutzer String Quartet Quartet in G major, Op.64 No.4 Quartet No.14, Op.142 Quartet in F minor, Op.95 § 12 March 1992 The Gainsborough String Quartet Quartet in D major, Op.71 No.2 Quartet in G major, Op.64 No.4 Quartet in C major, K.465 (Dissonance) Haydn Shostakovich Beethoven Haydn Haydn Mozart

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BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY of YORK OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY President Dr Francis Jackson Vice-President Joan Whitworth Chairman: David Mather Hon. Treasurer: Jim Briggs Hon. Asst. Treasurer: John Petrie Hon. Secretary: Nigel Dick Hon. Programme Secretary: Brian & Rosalind Richards Hon. Publicity Officer: Peter Marsden NFMS Representative: Dr Richard Crossley Hon. Auditor: Derek Winterbottom Members of the Committee: Albert Ainsworth, Sue Bedford, Margherita Biller, Barbara Fox, Rosemary Johnson, Dick Stanley, Derek Sutton and Dr Mary Thomson. BENEFACTORS AND PATRONS The BMS manages to maintain the high standard of its concerts largely through the generosity of its Benefactors and patrons. Without their covenanted gifts to the Society, this evening's concert would not be taking place. Our Benefactors(§) and Patrons are as follows: Mr A. Ainsworth Mrs P. J. Armour aby Mr & Mrs D. A. C. Blunt Dr R. J. S. Crossley Mr N. J. Dick§ Mr G. Hutchinson§ Mrs E. S. Johnson§ Professor R. Lawton§ Mrs F. Andrews§ Dr D. M. Bearpark Mr & Mrs J. Briggs Mrs M. Danby-Smith§ Mr A. D. Hitchcock§ Dr F. A. Jackson Mr J. C. Joslin§ Mr R. P. Lorriman§

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Mr & Mrs P. Marsden Mrs A. M. Morcom§ Mr P. W. Miller§ Mr G. C. Morcom§ Mr & Mrs K. M. Nonhebel§ Miss H. C. Randall Mr B. Richards§ Mr L. W. Robinson§ Mrs D. G. Roebuck Mrs R. Sheath§ Mr J. Stringer Dr M. J. Thomson§ Mr J. I. Watson Mr & Mrs A. Wright Mr J. D. Ridge Mr M. Robson§ Mrs I. G. Sargent Mr G. W. Stevens Dr G. A. C. Summers§ Mr O. S. Tomlinson Miss L. J. Whitworth§ Mrs H. B. Wright If you would like to become a Benefactor or Patron, or have any queries, recommendations, criticisms or even praise, please come and see us at the Members Desk and make your feelings known. In addition to the generosity of our Benefactors and Patrons, the activities of the BMS are supported by grants from Yorkshire Arts Association, and City of York Leisure Services. -FUNDED BY- ARTS YORKSHIRE ! City of York Leisure Services NATIONAL FEDERATION OF MUSIC SOCIETIES NEMS Compiled by David Mather, published by the British Music Society of York and printed by WrightDesign of Easingwold.

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B'S YORK THE KREUTZER STRING QUARTET Haydn Quartet in G major, Op.64 No.4 Quartet in F sharp major, Op.142 Quartet in F minor, Op.95 Shostakovich Beethoven 8.00 p.m. THURSDAY, 6th FEBRUARY THE SIR JACK LYONS CONCERT HALL UNIVERSITY OF YORK Tickets: £6.00 (Students £3.00; Youth & Music Stage Pass £2.00) from Ticket World, 6 Patrick Pool, York (York 644194) or at the hall before the concert. PRESENTED BY THE BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY OF YORK in association with the Department of Music, University of York. YORKSHIRE ARTS City of York Leisure Services NATIONAL FEDERATION OF MUSIC SOCIETIES NEMS

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B'S YORK THE GAINSBOROUGH STRING QUARTET Quartet in D major, Op.71 No. 2 Quartet in G major, Op. 64 No. 4 Quartet in C major, K.465 (Dissonance) Concert supported by Yorkshire Arts Haydn Haydn Mozart 8.00 p.m. THURSDAY, 12th MARCH THE SIR JACK LYONS CONCERT HALL UNIVERSITY OF YORK Tickets: £6.00 (Students £3.00; Youth & Music Stage Pass £2.00) from Ticket World, 6 Patrick Pool, York (York 644194) or at the hall before the concert. PRESENTED BY THE BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY OF YORK in association with the Department of Music, University of York. YORKSHIRE ARTS NATIONAL FEDERATION OF MUSIC SOCIETIES City of York Leisure Services NEMS

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ow FRIDAY MARCH 13 1992 BMS 3/1/49 (11) The Yorkshire Evening Press Quartet comes to rescue in style DISASTER turned to triumph last night for the British Music Society of York, when the Lindsay String Quartet parachuted in to the rescue at less than a week's notice, replacing the injury- struck Gainsboroughs. The Red Devils themselves could not have done a more determined job. Indeed, the Lindsay attacked Mozart's K575 in D as if determined to prove a point. They have not, after all, been in York for some time. While they sprang upon the first movement like starving tigers, they later produced some quite extraordinary rubato in the trio as if to compensate for their tautness elsewhere. It was a style they largely maintained for Beethoven's first quartet in a minor key, the dramatic Op 18 No 4 in C minor, to which it was altogether better suited. Here there was barely suppressed anger in the reiterated downbeats of the opening and more guilt than apology in the second violin's balancing theme in the major key. Lindsay String Quartet; Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, A phantom walked through the scherzo, with surreal touches of night music of the type Bartok later made his own, while even the Hungar- ian finale was more eerie than earthy. It was an extraordinary, at times bizarre, account, yet utterly riveting. Relaxation is not a term that one easily applies to a quartet whose leader seems always about to leap out of his chair (when his mouth is not imitating a fish). But the Debussy was a calmer affair. After some wonderfully Spanish pizzicato, the third movement - on the very borders of audibility was ambrosia to the soul, one of those rare glimpses of eternity that only music can achieve. A Haydn adagio as encore underlined leader Peter Cropper's equal facility for elegant sweetness. Martin Dreyer

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B'S YORK LAST MINUTE ALTERATION The BMS much regrets the GAINSBOROUGH QUARTET has been obliged to CANCEL due to an injury but is proud to announce its replacement by THE LINDSAY QUARTET Quartet K. 575 Mozart Quartet Op. 18 No. 4 Beethoven Quartet Debussy ppuntu by Yorkshire Arts 8.00 p.m. THURSDAY, 12th MARCH THE SIR JACK LYONS CONCERT HALL UNIVERSITY OF YORK Tickets: £6.00 (Students £3.00; Youth & Music Stage Pass £2.00) from Ticket World, 6 Patrick Pool, York (York 644194) or at the hall before the concert. PRESENTED BY THE BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY OF YORK in association with the Department of Music, University of York. ARTS City of York Leisure Services NATIONAL FEDERATION OF MUSIC SOCIETIES NEMS

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* BORTHWICK INSTITUTE 6MS 3/1/49(12)) OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH