THE BRITISH 1937-38 OF YORK (Formerly the York Centre of the British Music Society). SEVENTEENTH SEASON, 1937-1938. 0 THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK. LADY DAWSON. MR. R. ROSE, A.R.C.O. MUSIC SOCIETY BAS YORK DOC BORTHWICK President: THE DEAN OF YORK. Vice-Presidents : OF BMS 3/1/4 HISTORICAL MRS. J. S. SYME. SIR EDWARD BAIRSTOW, MUS. Doc. ALDERMAN W. H. BIRCH, J.P. MR. ALFRED GRAY. THE REV. HORACE SPENCE, M.A., Mus. BAC. SIR BENJAMIN DAWSON, BART. Committee: Chairman MR. WALTER G. BIRCH. Vice-Chairman: MR. GEOFFREY H. SWIFT. MR. H. H. DRYLAND. MRS. DRYLAND. MISS M. H. JALLAND. MISS M. T. KROUS. A.R.C.M. MRS. ALLEN. MISS IRENE ANTHONY, L.R.A.M. MRS. W. G. BIRCH. MRS. H. E. BLOOR. MRS. BRUFF. MR. DENNIS LAUGHTON. MISS. O. CASS, A.R.C.M., L.R.A.M. MRS. GOODMAN PLATTS. MISS G. COBB, L.R.A.M. MISS H. PARKINSON. Miss M. B. COVERDALE. THE REV. P. J. SHAW, M.A. INSTITUTE Hon Treasurer: MR. R. WILSON SHARP, M.C., Barclays Bank Limited, Mansion House Branch, York. Assistant Hon. Treasurer: MR. M. E. HORNBY. Hon. Secretary: MR. R. A. GRAY, B.Sc., 6 Bootham Terrace, York. Assistant Hon. Secretary: Miss H. PARKINSON. Hon. Auditor: MR. C. J. SHIELDS. RESEARCH

SYLLABUS, 1937-1938. 1. WEDNESDAY, 27TH OCTOBER, 1937 At 8 p.m. in the TEMPEST ANDERSON HALL (Museum Gardens) RECITAL by MARK RAPHAEL accompanied by ROGER QUILTER Baritone The programme is varied and includes songs by Gluck, Durante, Schubert, Schumann, Campion, Dowland and Quilter. MARK RAPHAEL was born in London and commenced his studies there with a famous "lieder" singer, Raimund von zier Mieklen. He then studied abroad for three years, in Paris, Milan and Berlin, and is known principally as an exponent of "lieder," classical and modern songs of England, France and Italy. His gramophone records of the songs of Roger Quilter and Hugo Wolf are well-known. ROGER QUILTER studied with Ivan Knorr in Frankfort, and amongst his fellow students were Cyril Scott, Percy Grainger, Norman O'Neill and Balfour Gardiner. He is known chiefly for his songs, particularly his settings of Shakespearean and other Elizabethan lyrics. Among his orchestral compositions are the incidental music to "Where the Rainbow Ends" and "As you like it"; also the well-known "Children's Overture." Those who have had the pleasure of hearing these two artists on previous occasions will have happy recollections of a delightful evening of song, concluding with a captivating rendering of Neapolitan Folk Songs. 2. WEDNESDAY, 17TH NOVEMBER, 1937 At 8 p.m. in the TEMPEST ANDERSON HALL (Museum Gardens) PIANOFORTE RECITAL by EILEEN JOYCE The programme will include Schumann's "Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Beethoven's Sonata in F sharp major, Op. 78; a Bach-Busoni Organ Prelude and Fugue in D major, and items by John Field, Arnold Bax and Liszt. EILEEN JOYCE comes from far away Western Australia, where her musical genius was first discovered at the age of eleven, and confirmation of her talent was forthcoming when Backhaus heard her play when she was fifteen. Her first London appearance was made at the Queen's Hall, in 1930, at one of the Promenade Concerts. Since then, wherever she has been heard, she has made a great impression by the masterly beauty of her playing.

We again have pleasure in announcing that :- A COURSE OF 24 CLASSES IN MUSICAL APPRECIATION will be given THE SETTLEMENT, HOLGATE HILL, YORK under the direction of Mr. OWEN LE P. FRANKLIN, B.Mus., A.R.A.M., F.R.C.O. (Assistant Organist at York Minster). WEEKLY ON MONDAYS at 8 p.m. COMMENCING ON 27th SEPTEMBER, 1937. INCLUSIVE FEE FOR THE WHOLE COURSE, 6/-. The Syllabus will include Aural Training, and the practical study of Part Songs in conjunction with great works of Art, the end in view being the fullest possible understanding of great Music.

3. WEDNESDAY, 8TH DECEMBER, 1937 At 8 p.m. in the TEMPEST ANDERSON HALL (Museum Gardens) HARPSICHORD RECITAL by LUCILLE WALLACE LUCILLE WALLACE'S special Pleyel Harpsichord, with its two keyboards and seven pedals, is, in all musical essentials, an exact reproduction of that used by Bach, only the mechanical details having been improved. No longer the tinkling harpsichord of the museums, which has withstood the changing seasons of two hundred years, but a magnificent instrument ranging in tone from the deep organ-like 16-ft. stop to the silvery flute-like tones of the 4-ft., or the tender plucking of the harp stop, it embraces all the earlier plucked-string forms, virginals, spinet, etc. Writing in the Sunday Times, Ernest Newman says: "Miss Lucille Wallace's harpsichord playing is the equal of anything I have ever heard in this line, and at her recital she made me wish I could never again hear the old clavier music on any other instrument but this, or its fellows." The music critic of the Berlin Volkischer Beobachter writes :-"Lucille Wallace belongs to the finest harpsichordists of the present day. Of superior mental and musical gifts, she knows to the last detail the possibilities of her instrument and possesses, in addition, absolute perfection of technique." Her interesting programme includes groups by English, French and Italian composers; also Bach's Italian Concerto. 4. WEDNESDAY, 19TH JANUARY, 1938 At 8 p.m. in the TEMPEST ANDERSON HALL (Museum Gardens) RECITAL by DIANE VAN DOMMELEN accompanied by EDGAR KNIGHT DIANE VAN DOMMELEN was born and bred in artistic tradition. She is of French and Dutch descent, her father being Sarah Bernhardt's most distinguished leading actor, Lou Tellegen. Having started her career in this country with the Lena Ashwell Players, she was soon led to develop her vocal abilities while touring throughout America, notably with Ethel Barrymore. Her first engagement in her real capacities of a singing actress was in Comic Opera, in New York, but she has since made her debut at Covent Garden and given a number of song recitals; also having sung with orchestras, string quartets and over the radio both here and abroad. Of the performance of "Manon Lescaut," at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, "P.A.H." writes in the Yorkshire Post, of January 5th, 1937:"In an evening full of good things, nothing was better than the voice of Diane van Dommelen, who also made her Covent Garden debut to-night in the small part of a musician. Her rendering of a brief but exquisite song seemed to put all the other voices to shame by its fine quality. More will be heard of that voice before long." The programme is of much interest, and includes four Arias by Monteverde; French Negro Songs; Traditional Songs from Hungary, Russia, Italy, etc.; five English Lyrics by Armstrong Gibbs, Edward Bairstow and Feona McCleevy; and a group of de Falla, and Spanish Songs.

5. WEDNESDAY, 16TH FEBRUARY, 1938 At 8 p.m. in the TEMPEST ANDERSON HALL (Museum Gardens) RECITAL by NELLIE CARSON and CUTHBERT KELLY of Duets and Songs The fact that these artists are members of the celebrated Sextette, The New English Singers, accounts for the remarkable quality of their ensemble. CUTHBERT KELLY plays all the accompaniments of the duets, which not only adds to the unity of the performance, but gives to the whole Recital a delightful atmosphere of informality. A unique feature of the programme is the Elizabethan Lute Songs, sung by NELLIE CARSON and accompanied by herself on the Lute. The Lute Songs were always performed in this way in the days of Shakespeare, and it would seem that, owing to the peculiarly intimate and sympathetic nature of the instrument, it is the only way in which these great songs can be satisfactorily performed. 6. WEDNESDAY, 9TH MARCH, 1938 At 8 p.m. in the TEMPEST ANDERSON HALL (Museum Gardens) CHAMBER CONCERT by THE ENGLISH KATHLEEN LONG (Piano). MARJORIE HAYWARD (Violin). ENSEMBLE REBECCA CLARKE (Viola). MAY MUKLE ('Cello). The English Ensemble was formed for the purpose of devoting constant effort to attaining as perfectly finished ensemble with the piano quartet as is the custom with the more usual string quartet. Each of the artists being gifted with imagination and sensitivity to a high degree, they have achieved that perfect unanimity and flexibility of rhythm, which is the earnest desire of all chamber music players. The programme comprises the Brahms Quartet in G minor, Op. 25, which is one of the great masterpieces of chamber music; the Fauré C minor Quartet, Op. 15, and Beethoven's Serenade in D major, Op. 8, a Trio for strings. 7. In the TEMPEST ANDERSON HALL (Museum Gardens), at a date to be fixed later, a CONCERT may be given by LOCAL ARTISTS.

NOTES. Charges for admission of non-members to each of the six Concerts numbered 1 to 6 in this Syllabus : 3/6 and 2/6 (reserved), and 1/3 (unreserved). Seats may be booked and detailed programmes obtained in advance, by applying to the Box Office at Messrs. John Gray & Sons, Ltd., Coney Street, York, by whom the piano is supplied. Members would greatly assist in advertising the Concerts if they could find suitable places for the exhibition of small window posters, a supply of which will be available at the Box Office at Messrs. John Gray & Sons, Ltd., Coney Street, York, before each Concert. Full Members (£1 1s.) and Junior Members (under 21, 10s. 6d.) are entitled, without further payment, to the best reserved seats at the six Concerts numbered 1 to 6 in the Syllabus. For these six Concerts, Members-for this season-will be provided with one Complimentary Guest Ticket for each Concert, which they can give to anyone who may be interested in the work of the Society. Subscriptions are now due, and should be paid to the Honorary Treasurer, Mr. R. WILSON SHARP, M.C., Barclays Bank Limited, Mansion House Branch, York, who, on receipt, will forward the Membership Cards which admit to Concerts. INSTITUTE JORTHWICK 15MS 3/1/4 OF TOEIC L CREARCH