THE MUSIC SOCIETY OF YORK (Formerly the York Centre of the British Music Society) TWENTY-NINTH SEASON, 1949-1950 BRITISH MR. R. ROSE, A.R.C.O. B'S YORK President: LADY DAWSON Vice-Presidents: MR. ALFRED GRAY MRS. ALLEN MISS IRENE ANTHONY, L.R.A.M. MRS. H. E. BLOOR SIR BENJAMIN DAWSON, BART. Committee: Chairman: Mr. WALTER G. BIRCH Vice-Chairman: MR. H. H. DRYLAND, M.B.E. MRS. G. BoWMER MISS O. CASS, A.R.C.M., L.R.A.M. MISS GLADYS COBB, L.R.A.M. MR. W. H. C. COBB MRS. DRYLAND, J.P. DR. H. ROYLE THE REV. P. J. SHAW, M.A. MRS. J. S. SYME MR. F. WAINE, M.A., B.Mus. (Oxon.) Hon. Treasurer: MR. R. WILSON SHARP, M.C., 7 Grosvenor Terrace, York. Assistant Hon. Treasurer: MR. H. B. CRABTREE. 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 Assistant Hon. Treasurer, Barclays Bank Limited, Mansion ise Branch, York, and from Mr. Frederic Veal, 5в Stonegate, York.

SYLLABUS, 1949-1950 1. THURSDAY EVENING, 6th OCTOBER, 1949, at 7-30 p.m. In the TEMPEST ANDERSON HALL (Museum Gardens). PIANOFORTE RECITAL by CLIFFORD CURZON CLIFFORD CURZON was born in London in 1907. He displayed exceptional talent for the piano when he was about six, and in 1919, at the age of twelve, he entered the Royal Academy of Music where he won not only scholarships but all the prizes open to pianists, including the McFarren Gold Medal. When he was sixteen he made his debut as a soloist at a Promenade Concert directed by Sir Henry Wood, playing the first London performance of Germaine Tailleferre's Ballade for piano and orchestra. For five years thereafter he gave concerts and recitals in England and elsewhere, and then retired for further study. At the Royal Academy of Music he had been a pupil of Tobias Matthay. Others with whom he studied at various times and in various parts of the Continent, were Katherine Goodson (who was a pupil of the famous Leschetizka); Alfred Cortot; Wanda Landowska, the harpsichordist; Nadia Boulanger; and he went to Berlin for two years' work under Artur Schnabel. He said, "I went to everyone I thought might be able to teach me what I wanted to know". 2. He has made many tours, including appearances with all the leading orchestras in England, America, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Austria, Greece, Czechoslovakia, Roumania, Bulgaria, Holland, etc. His first appearance in America was in February, 1939. His career there was interrupted by the second World War. He reappeared in New York in 1947 as soloist with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and in Recitals. He was immediately and unanimously acclaimed as one of the greatest pianists of the day, ranking with Busoni and Rachmaninoff, and he was booked for a nation-wide tour in 1948-49. In 1931 he married Lucille Wallace, the American Harpsichordist. He has his summer home in the Cumberland Lake District. THURSDAY EVENING, 27th OCTOBER, 1949, at 7-30 p.m. In the TEMPEST ANDERSON HALL (Museum Gardens). VIOLA RECITAL by BERNARD SHORE FREDERIC WAINE at the Piano BERNARD SHORE, the English Viola player, was born in London and educated at St. Paul's School and the Royal College of Music, London. He entered the latter in 1922 to study the Organ with Sir Walter Alcock, Viola with Arthur Bent and Composition with Thomas Dunhill. He was awarded an Exhibition for Organ playing in 1914. After World War No. 1, BERNARD SHORE rejoined the Royal College of Music, but had to give up the Organ owing to a serious wound in the right hand. He then took the Viola as principal study under Arthur Bent, also studying Horn under Borsdorf and Conducting under Sir Adrian Boult. In 1921 he joined the Queen's Hall Orchestra, becoming principal Viola player in 1929. Since 1930 his engagements as soloist include appearances at the Promenade Concerts, B.B.C., Royal Philharmonic, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Hastings, Oxford, etc. He has given recitals in Amsterdam and Brussels. His compositions include three Albums of Violin Pieces, two Violin Concert Pieces, Summer Evening and Scherzo, and Songs. He has written a book on Conductors: The Orchestra Speaks, 1938.

NOTES If it is proposed to continue the Social Evenings at No. 17 Stonegate or else- where, 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 eight 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 of 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 eight Concerts in the Syllabus. Members may now book one seat at 6/- or 5/- for a friend when booking their own. Subscriptions are now due, and should be paid by post to the Honorary Mr. R. WILSON SHARP, M.C., 7 Grosvenor Terrace, York, or Barclays Bank Limited, Mansion House Branch, York, who, on receipt, will forward the Membership Cards which admit to Concerts. Treasurer,

3. THURSDAY EVENING, 17th NOVEMBER, 1949, at 7-30 p.m. In the TEMPEST ANDERSON HALL (Museum Gardens). RECITAL by KATHLEEN FERRIER Accompanied by PHYLLIS SPURR KATHLEEN FERRIER commenced her musical career as a pianist. At the age of sixteen she became an A.R.C.M. and at eighteen an L.R.A.M. She entered for the "Daily Express" National Competition for pianoforte playing at sixteen, and was awarded as a prize a Cramer piano. She also became a member of Dr. Brierley's Contest Choir, and later, of the Lytham Choral Society. By way of a wager, she entered as a competitor at the Carlisle Festival, gaining the first prize in the open pianoforte class, the contralto solo class, and in addition was awarded the Rose Bowl for the best singer of the year. Contralto KATHLEEN FERRIER first studied singing with Dr. Hutchinson, of Newcastle- on-Tyne, and was heard by Sir Malcolm Sargent, who brought her to the notice of the London Agents. Later she was able to move to London, where she continued her studies with the well-known singer, Roy Henderson, and in a very short time had risen to the topmost rank of her profession. Within the space of two years, she had sung for all the leading choral and orchestral societies in the United Kingdom. 4. THURSDAY EVENING, 8th DECEMBER, 1949, at 7-30 p.m. In the TEMPEST ANDERSON HALL (Museum Gardens). PIANOFORTE RECITAL by JEAN MACKIE This talented young musician commenced her musical career at the age of five. When she was thirteen years old she won a Junior Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Music. Three years later her brilliance was recognised by Sir Edward Bairstow, who awarded her a Sir James Caird Travelling Scholarship tenable at the Royal Academy of Music. Her public performances include several concertos under the direction of Sir Henry Wood, and also the rarely played work- Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini by Rachmaninoff. JEAN MACKIE has also played at Bach concerts at the Queen's Hall, London, under the Conductorship of Dr. Reginald Jacques, the distinguished interpreter of Bach. 5. THURSDAY EVENING, 19th JANUARY, 1950, at 7-30 p.m. In the TEMPEST ANDERSON HALL (Museum Gardens). RECITAL by GERARD SOUZAY Baritone Accompanied by JACQUELINE BONNEAU 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. 6. 7. CH ST TH Ch tra to Un 8. Jo of an On an rec

6. THURSDAY EVENING, 9th FEBRUARY, 1950, at 7-30 p.m. In the TEMPEST ANDERSON HALL (Museum Gardens). 7. RECITAL by ENA MITCHELL - - Soprano THURSDAY EVENING, 2nd MARCH, 1950, at 7-30 p.m. In the TEMPEST ANDERSON HALL (Museum Gardens). CHAMBER CONCERT by THE TAYLOR STRING QUARTET with PIANOFORTE PAUL CROPPER (Viola) CHARLES MEERT (Violoncello) MAURICE AITCHISON (Pianoforte) This The programme will include the spirited and now justly famous Dvorak Quintet for Piano, two violins, Viola and Cello, Op. 81, which has been described by a well-known authority as one of the most perfect Chamber music works in existence, perfect as a whole and in all its parts. The melodies are of the greatest beauty and freshness, and a joyous springtime happiness flows through the music. great Piano Quintet is considered to be the third panel in the triptych of which the two first were represented by the Piano Quintets of Schumann and Brahms. THE TAYLOR QUARTET was founded in 1935, while its members were all students at the Royal Manchester College of Music. They were all holders of Brodsky Memorial Scholarships and they continued professionally after leaving College, doing many Broadcasts and Concerts for the North of England Music Clubs. CHARLES TAYLOR (Violin) SYDNEY PARTINGTON (2nd Violin) They volunteered as a body in the Royal Corps of Signals in February, 1940, and trained as Teleprinter Operators. While stationed in York during the early part of the war, the Quartet played for our Society on three occasions, to our mutual advantage, and while stationed in Brussels with 21st Army Group H.Q. during the winter of 1944-45 they gave two public recitals at the Brussels Conservatoire, also six Quartet Broadcasts from the Brussels Radio Station. 8. MAURICE AITCHISON, the pianist, studied in Newcastle and then went on to Cambridge. At present he is on the Music Teaching Staff of the Manchester University and holds the position of Assistant Music Lecturer to the University. THURSDAY EVENING, 23rd MARCH, 1950, at 7-30 p.m. In the TEMPEST ANDERSON HALL (Museum Gardens). PIANOFORTE RECITAL by JOSEPH COOPER JOSEPH COOPER had his first piano lessons at six, and when seven years old played in public some pieces by Chopin and some preludes he had composed himself. At thirteen he won a music scholarship to Clifton College, and later an organ scholarship to Keble College, Oxford. After Oxford Joseph Cooper decided to specialise in the piano and studied under the famous Egon Petri. Just before the war he was beginning to make his name, one London critic writing of him "He is a budding Horowitz, as certain of reaching the top of the tree as any young pianist I have heard in recent years". But when war broke out he at once joined up. He took part in the invasion of Normandy as a gunner officer, and during all these years had little time for music. JOSEPH COOPER has now resumed in earnest his career as a pianist, and three recent London recitals have been very well received.

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