THE BRITISH OF (Formerly the York Centre of the British Music Society) TWENTY-EIGHTH SEASON, 1948-1949 MUSIC SOCIETY YORK SIR BENJAMIN DAWSON, BART. MR. R. ROSE, A.R.C.O. BAS YORK President: LADY DAWSON Vice-Presidents: MRS. ALLEN MISS IRENE ANTHONY, L.R.A.M. MRS. H. E. BLOOR MISS O. CASS, A.R.C.M., L.R.A.M. MISS GLADYS COBB, L.R.A.M. MRS. DRYLAND, J.P. ALDERMAN W. H. BIRCH, J.P. MR. ALFRED GRAY Committee: Chairman: Mr. WALTER G. BIRCH Vice-Chairman: MR. H. H. DRYLAND, M.B.E. DR. H. ROYLE THE REV. P. J. SHAW, M.A. MRS. J. S. SYME MR. F. WAINE, M.A., B.Mus. (Oxon.) MR. J. R. WHITING Hon. Treasurer: MR. R. WILSON SHARP, M.C., Barclays Bank Limited, Mansion House Branch, York Assistant Hon. Treasurer: MR. J. P. M. HOLLYWOOD Hon. Secretary: MR. R. A. GRAY, B.Sc., 27 St. Mary's, York, Tel. 3084. Assistant Hon. Secretary: MISS H. PARKINSON Hon. Auditor: MR. WM. GREEN KINDLY BRING THIS SYLLABUS TO THE NOTICE OF YOUR FRIENDS Further copies may be obtained from the Hon. Treasurer, Barclays Bank Limited. Mansion House Branch, York, and from Mr. Frederic Veal, 5в Stonegate, York. MS 3/1/7

SYLLABUS, 1948-1949 THURSDAY EVENING, 7th OCTOBER, 1948, at 7-30 p.m. In the TEMPEST ANDERSON HALL (Museum Gardens). As an introduction to our usual series of Musical Events this additional concert. has been arranged :- PIANOFORTE RECITAL by CORNELIUS FISHER Admission Free. Silver Collection. CORNELIUS FISHER, who is a Yorkshireman, studied at the Paris Conservatoire and at the Royal College of Music, where he was awarded the Chappell Gold Medal. He has for many years held the position of Professor and Examiner at the Guildhall School of Music, and he is well known as a recitalist in both London and the provinces. In recent years he has been specialising in the lecture recital, and his activities have included adjudicating at several Music Festivals in this country and in Canada. 1. THURSDAY EVENING, 28th OCTOBER, 1948, at 7-30 p.m. In the TEMPEST ANDERSON HALL (Museum Gardens). VIOLIN RECITAL by JEAN POUGNET WILFRID PARRY at the Piano JEAN POUGNET was born in Mauritius in 1907. His father, a British civil servant. Jean Pougnet came to London to study at the Royal Academy of Music, and in 1918 won the Ada Lewis scholarship. He gained two more scholarships, and gave his first recital at the Wigmore Hall, London, in 1923, followed by his first appearance at a Promenade Concert during the same year. He was one of the first violinists to broadcast from the old studios in Marconi House as winner of a Festival held in Central Hall, Westminster. His work abroad has included tours of Italy, Switzerland and the U.S.A. He has broadcast from Copenhagen, Stockholm and Oslo, including a performance of the Elgar Violin Concerto with the Stockholm Symphony Orchestra. For a time he was leader of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and has taken part in a great deal of solo work throughout the British Isles. He is equally active in the field of Chamber Music, performing in the Pougnet- Morrison-Pini Trio with the same distinctive tone and immaculate technique which characterise everything he does. 2. THURSDAY EVENING, 18th NOVEMBER, 1948, at 7-30 p.m. In the TEMPEST ANDERSON HALL (Museum Gardens). RECITAL by GERARD SOUZAY Baritone Accompanied by NORMAN FRANKLIN GERARD SOUZAY was born at Angers in December, 1918. He studied singing under Claire Croiza and Vanni Marcoux at the Conservatoire, also under Pierre Bernac, the well-known French Baritone. GERARD SOUZAY specialises in Lieder, French Songs and Oratorio, and sings in French, English, German, Italian and Spanish. S t b 0 a

NOTES It is proposed to continue the Social Evenings at No. 17 Stonegate or elsewhere. An announcement will be made later concerning dates. The British Music Society was founded by Dr. Eaglefield Hull in 1918 to stimulate appreciation of music by lectures, concerts, etc. The charges of admission for non-members to each of the seven Concerts in the Syllabus, if accommodation is available, are 6/ for front seats and 5/ for back seats, reserved. Seats may be booked and detailed programmes obtained in advance by applying to the Box Office at 5b Stonegate, York. The booking plan will be open as follows:- FOR MEMBERS, two weeks before the advertised date for each concert. The booking plan to be open at 8-45 a.m. on the day appointed. FOR NON-MEMBERS, one week before the advertised date for each concert. Telephone and Postal bookings will be dealt with in rotation after 10-30 a.m. on the opening day. No member or other person may book more than six seats at one time. Block booking of seats is not allowed. Full Members (£1 1s.) and a limited number of Junior Members (under 18, 10/6) are entitled, without further payment, to the best reserved seats at the seven Concerts in the Syllabus. Members may now book one seat 6/ or 5/ for a friend when booking their own. 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.

3. THURSDAY EVENING, 9th DECEMBER, 1948, at 7-30 p.m. In the TEMPEST ANDERSON HALL (Museum Gardens). PIANOFORTE RECITAL by IRENE KOHLER After her training at the Royal College of Music, IRENE KOHLER was invited by Sir Dan Godfrey to play the Rachmaninoff No. 3 Concerto at a Bournemouth concert. Her performance created a sensation. The B.B.C. immediately engaged her to broadcast the first performance in England of Wiener's Franco-American Concerto, and on 11th August, 1934, she had the signal honour of playing in the first night of Sir Henry Wood's fortieth season of Promenade Concerts. IRENE KOHLER has played in concerts with conductors as eminent as Sir Henry Wood, Sir Hamilton Harty, Sir Adrian Boult and John Barbirolli. In 1945 she was the first concert pianist to tour India under the auspices of E.N.S.A. 4. THURSDAY EVENING, 13th JANUARY, 1949, at 7-30 p.m. In the TEMPEST ANDERSON HALL (Museum Gardens). RECITAL by ISOBEL BAILLIE Soprano Accompanied by HUBERT GREENSLADE ISOBEL BAILLIE is a Scot. That is to say she was born across the Border at Hawick, but circumstances took her at an early age to Manchester, where she spent most of her life. Since the inception of broadcasting, ISOBEL BAILLIE'S singing has aroused world-wide interest. For sheer vocal beauty few singers to-day can equal her, and when, added to the charm of the voice itself, we have those qualities of musicianship and experience, every note is a delight to the ear. 5. THURSDAY EVENING, 3rd FEBRUARY, 1949, at 7-30 p.m. In the TEMPEST ANDERSON HALL (Museum Gardens). CHAMBER CONCERT by THE CROXFORD PIANOFORTE QUINTET ROSEMARY CROXFORD (Viola) EILEEN CROXFORD (Violoncello) PEGGY GRAY (Pianoforte) MARJORIE CROXFORD (Violin) PEGGY CROXFORD (2nd Violin) The CROXFORD STRING QUARTET is considered unique as being the only professional quartet composed entirely of sisters, and has already done important work throughout the country. All have studied at the Royal College of Music, under great masters, including Albert Sammons, Ivor James, Bernard Shore, and during these years the Quartet were fortunate in having the expert advice and guidance of Ivor James of the MENGES QUARTET. PEGGY GRAY, the pianist, also a scholar of the Royal College of Music for many years, studied under Kendal Taylor. She has already done a great deal of recital work, especially as an ensemble player. LAN year In. Inter 1937 in W Ysay comp piani He r musi which artist Cons listen a pla say 7. HED really privil Pales After Mari to A NAS Mila Old He Teng the he w For trium Glou exce

6. THURSDAY EVENING, 24th FEBRUARY, 1949, at 7-30 p.m. In the TEMPEST ANDERSON HALL (Museum Gardens). PIANOFORTE RECITAL by LANCE DOSSOR LANCE DOSSOR was born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. In his sixteenth year he won a scholarship open to the British Isles, at the Royal College of Music. In June, 1936, at the age of twenty, he won the Franz Liszt Prize at the International Competition for pianoforte playing held in Vienna. In March, 1937, he won the 4th prize and the Sonata prize in the Chopin Competition held in Warsaw every five years. In May, 1938, he won the 4th prize in the Eugene Ysaye Competition held in Brussels. In each case there were about one hundred competitors of various nationalities, and the juries comprised many of the leading pianists. He received the medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians in 1937. The music critics give him unstinted praise for his exceptional command of technique, which he uses so effortlessly as not to call attention to it, and controls by an artistic sense of a rare order. Constant Lambert, in the Sunday Referee, wrote of him-"One had only to listen to his playing of the Brahms' 'Paganini Variations' to realise that here was a player with an astonishing technical mastery of his instrument. . . . When I say that Mr. Dossor's performance compared very favourably with that of Horowitz you will have some idea of what his playing is like." His engagements in this country have included the Promenade Concerts. 7. THURSDAY EVENING, 17th MARCH, 1949, at 7-30 p.m. In the TEMPEST ANDERSON HALL (Museum Gardens). RECITAL by HEDDLE NASH Tenor Accompanied by FLORA KENT HEDDLE NASH is so well known to York audiences that no introduction is really necessary. At the outset of his musical career in 1914, he won a Scholar- ship, but, as was the case with many other young men, he had to forego the privilege at the time, and instead, he saw active service in France, Salonica, and Palestine. After various experiences in Concert and Oratorio, he sang in the Italian Marionette Seasons at the Scala Theatre and the Coliseum, and subsequently went to America with the Company. Upon the completion of his contract, HEDDLE NASH proceeded to Italy to finish his studies in Opera and voice production under Guiseppe Borghatti, the well-known Wagnerian tenor, and during his stay in Italy he made several operatic appearances in Genoa, Bologna, Turin and Milan. Returning to London, he made his first appearance in Opera in English at the Old Vic, with so pronounced a success that his future was absolutely assured. He then joined the British National Opera Company to sing the principal Lyric Tenor roles, and subsequently with the Covent Garden Opera Company. In 1929 the great desire of all Operatic Singers was realised. Heddle Nash was invited to sing in important roles during the Grand Italian Opera Season at Covent Garden. This he did with such success and fluent authority that critics considered he was beating the Italians at their own profession. For two seasons he sang at Glyndebourne, and in 1932 he sang opposite the late Anny Ahlers at His Majesty's Theatre in "The Dubarry", enjoying yet another triumph in a new sphere of musical activity. In 1934 HEDDLE NASH made a fine impression with his "Gerontius" at the Gloucester Festival. He is one of Britain's most versatile artists, the happy possessor of a voice that is exceptionally pure tone, spontaneous, agile, elegant and skilfully managed.

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