THE MUSIC SOCIETY OF YORK (Formerly the York Centre of the British Music Society) THIRTIETH SEASON, 1950-1951 BRITISH MR. R. ROSE, A.R.C.O. BAS 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 K. GRZY 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 House Branch, York, and from Mr. Frederic Veal, 5в Stonegate, York.

SYLLABUS, 1950-1951 1. THURSDAY EVENING, 12th OCTOBER, 1950, at 7-30 p.m. In the TEMPEST ANDERSON HALL (Museum Gardens). PIANOFORTE RECITAL by LOUIS KENTNER LOUIS KENTNER was born at Karwin (now Czechoslovakia) in 1905, but was brought up and educated in Budapest, Hungary, where he received his musical education, studying under various distinguished musicians, including Kodaly. Among the many important prizes he has won are the Chopin Prize in Warsaw and the Liszt Prize in Budapest, both for Piano. LOUIS KENTNER is known throughout Europe as one of the leading Pianists of today, and first appeared in England in 1935. He has played under many of the great International Conductors, including Bruno Walter, Sir Thomas Beecham, Otto Klemperer, etc. Recent appearances include performances of all the 48 Preludes and Fugues by Bach in London, Cambridge and Budapest; the complete Cycle of Beethoven's 32 Pianoforte Sonatas in London, Budapest and Venice; and all the Violin and Pianoforte Sonatas with Yehudi Menuhin at the 1948 Edinburgh Festival, with whom he also gave the world première of the Walton Violin and Pianoforte Sonata in London, with subsequent performances in Zurich, Montreux and Paris. 2. THURSDAY EVENING, 26th OCTOBER, 1950, at 7-30 p.m. In the TEMPEST ANDERSON HALL (Museum Gardens). RECITAL by Tenor Accompanied by BERNARD NAYLOR ERIC GREENE was born in London of Scottish descent. He was solo boy at Winchester Cathedral and later obtained a Scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music, ending an outstanding studentship in 1927 with a performance of Bach's St. Matthew Passion at the Queen's Hall, London, under the direction of the late Sir Henry Wood, with whom he continued his musical studies. ERIC GREENE ERIC GREENE is well-known to radio listeners all over England and is regarded as the finest exponent of Bach and Handel in this country. He has toured the United States of America and Canada, and sung in Prague, Brno, Vienna, Budapest, Cracow, Brussels and Paris. This singer has broadcast from London, New York, Dublin and Belfast. During the last twelve years he has sung the Evangelist's part in Bach's St. Matthew Passion over 300 times. In 1942 Eric Greene was commanded to sing before H.M. Queen Mary at the opening of the Theatre Royal, Bristol. His accompanist, Bernard Naylor, is the grandson of John Naylor, who was Organist at York Minster, 1883-1897.

8. THURSDAY EVENING, 15th MARCH, 1951, at 7-30 p.m. In the TEMPEST ANDERSON HALL (Museum Gardens). PIANOFORTE RECITAL by JOSEPH COOPER JOSEPH COOPER had his first music lessons at the age of 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. For a period he composed music for the films, as well as teaching the Piano and Organ, but in 1938 he decided to concentrate his abilities on the Piano, and studied with Egon Petri. Just before the last war, when he was beginning to make his name, one London Critic, writing of him, said, "He is a budding Horowitz, as certain of reaching the top of the tree as any young Pianist I have heard in recent years." Everything was arranged for a Recital at the Wigmore Hall in October, 1939, but this had unfortunately to be cancelled because of the outbreak of war, and JOSEPH COOPER at once enlisted in the Army, where he served for seven years. When JOSEPH COOPER appeared at our last Concert of the season on 23rd March, 1950, our audience was thrilled by his brilliant performance and equally charming personality. For a comparatively unknown artist to receive such an en- thusiastic welcome seemed unique, but the reception accorded to him in York was actually just confirmation of an equally favourable opinion which had been formed of his ability only six days before, when, under the auspices of the British Council and L'Atelier, he gave a Recital on 17th March, 1950, in Brussels at the Palais des Beaux Arts. Four Belgian Critics all seemed equally impressed with his brilliant virtuosity, one, in these words "Joseph Cooper is in the first rank of Pianists. To an absolutely perfect and sure technique he adds a delicate touch, musicianship and power." As a result of the success of this Recital, JOSEPH COOPER has been invited by the British Council to return to Belgium next January and play in the principal towns. The revival in September, 1945, of the SOCIAL CENTRE BRANCH of the Society, and its continuation during the past SEASON having been a great success in a room loaned to us by the York Medical Society at No. 17 Stonegate, it is proposed to renew this further privilege to our members without any increase in the amount of the annual subscription. Five social evenings of a varied character will be arranged for the following dates, all on Thursday evenings :-- 2nd November, 1950. 23rd November, 1950. 18th January, 1951. 8th February, 1951. 1st March, 1951. It is hoped that members who are interested will help to ensure the success of this branch of our activities by giving it their enthusiastic support. Further details will be circulated at the commencement of the season.

3. THURSDAY, EVENING, 16th NOVEMBER, 1950, at 7-30 p.m. In the TEMPEST ANDERSON HALL (Museum Gardens). RECITAL by Violin KENDALL TAYLOR Pianoforte One of the most brilliant of the younger school of Violinists, FREDERICK GRINKE was born in Winnipeg, Canada. He was awarded a Scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music, London, where he proceeded to win every prize for Solo and Chamber Music playing. Later on he studied with Adolf Busch and Carl Flesch. He formed the Grinke Trio which for some years was pre-eminent amongst Trios in this country. FREDERICK GRINKE was leader of the famous Boyd Neel Orchestra for ten years, and in 1947 toured Australia and New Zealand with them as leader and soloist. During the war he served in the R.A.F., playing with the R.A.F. Symphony Orchestra as soloist in England and America. He has also played in Portugal, Holland and Norway. FREDERICK GRINKE FREDERICK GRINKE now concentrates entirely on Solo, Concerto and Sonata playing with his colleague, KENDALL TAYLOR. He is a Professor of the Violin at the Royal Academy of Music, of which he has recently been elected a Fellow. He plays on a priceless Stradivarius violin lent to him for the whole of his career by the Royal Academy of Music. It is known as the "Maurin Strad". KENDALL TAYLOR was born in Sheffield. He is the son of Maurice Taylor, the well-known 'Cellist, and was brought up in an atmosphere of Chamber Music. Among his earliest recollections are Trio and Quartet rehearsals at home, and at the age of six he played the accompaniment for one of his father's 'Cello Recitals. When he was twelve he performed the solo part of Mozart's Piano Concerto in D minor, K.446, under the baton of the late Julian Clifford, whose pupil he was at the time. His father died shortly afterwards, which might have prevented him from following a career as a musician, had he not won a Scholarship to the Royal College of Music, London, where he studied with Herbert Fryer (Piano), Gustav Holst and R. O. Morris (Composition), and Adrian Boult, for Conducting. Among KENDALL TAYLOR'S awards as a student were the Chappell Gold Medal and the Worshipful Company of Musicians' Silver Medal. His training completed, he left the College, and two years later returned in a professional capacity. In conjunction with this appointment, his career as a Concert Pianist began to develop through the medium of broadcasting and appearances with our leading Orchestras and Societies. 4. THURSDAY EVENING, 7th DECEMBER, 1950, at 7-30 p.m. In the TEMPEST ANDERSON HALL (Museum Gardens). RECITAL by NANCY EVANS Contralto Accompanied by NORMAN FRANKLIN NANCY EVANS is a leading member of the English Opera Group, and has created leading parts with them during the last four seasons-Lucretia (1946), Nancy, in Albert Herring (1947), and Polly, in Benjamin Britten's version of "The Beggar's Opera" (1948). Benjamin Britten has dedicated a recent cycle of songs "A Charm of Lullabies" (1948)-to Nancy Evans, and she gave the first performances at the London Contemporary Music Centre, the Aldeburgh Festival, the Cheltenham Festival, Amsterdam and the Hague. NANCY EVANS sings regularly with the leading Choral and Orchestral Societies. She has sung at the "Proms" for the last five seasons and is a frequent broadcasting artist. Her Operatic experience included performances at Glyndebourne Opera and at Covent Garden in the International Season of 1939.

5. THURSDAY EVENING, 11th JANUARY, 1951, at 7-30 p.m. In the TEMPEST ANDERSON HALL (Museum Gardens). RECITAL ON TWO PIANOFORTES by JOAN and VALERIE TRIMBLE JOAN and VALERIE TRIMBLE were born in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, and received their early musical education in Dublin. They took up two-piano playing seriously after studying at the Royal College of Music with Arthur Benjamin. Since then they have appeared with the London Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra, and others, and they have given over a hundred broadcasts and played extensively throughout Great Britain and Ireland. In 1946 they took part in the first post-war International Society of Contemporary Music Festival, and other important appearances have been at the Promenade Concerts and war-time National Gallery Concerts. Last year they made a very successful visit to Holland, playing in Amsterdam and the Hague. They have recently broadcast from Hilversum Radio. 6. THURSDAY EVENING, 1st FEBRUARY, 1951, at 7-30 p.m. In the TEMPEST ANDERSON HALL (Museum Gardens). RECITAL by OWEN BRANNIGAN Bass-Baritone Accompanied by FRANK WADE OWEN BRANNIGAN was born in Annitsford, near Newcastle-on-Tyne. He studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Walter Hyde. He was a Gold Medalist and was also awarded the Worshipful Company of Musicians' Medal in 1943. Covent Garden, Sadlers Wells and the Glyndebourne Opera Company have all welcomed him as a guest artist, and he has appeared at the Edinburgh, Bath, Three Choirs, and Elgar Festivals. He has also sung at the Promenade Concerts, broadcasts regularly and records exclusively for H.M.V. OWEN BRANNIGAN'S International reputation can be identified by highly successful appearances in the Opera House, Brussels, Paris, Hamburg and Amsterdam. With his broadcasts, recordings and recitals throughout the country of our North Country Folk Songs, OWEN BRANNIGAN has been responsible for their deserved place in British music today. 7. THURSDAY EVENING, 22nd FEBRUARY, 1951, at 7-30 p.m. In the TEMPEST ANDERSON HALL (Museum Gardens). CHAMBER CONCERT by THE TURNER STRING QUARTET LAURANCE TURNER, Violin SYDNEY ERRINGTON, Viola ALEXANDER YOUNG, 'Cello CLIFFORD KNOWLES, Violin THE TURNER STRING QUARTET was formed in 1920 when all were members of the Hallé Orchestra under Sir Hamilton Harty. In 1930 Mr. Turner joined ne B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra as Sub-Principal, and reformed the Quartet which now reached a very high standard, giving concerts in London and broad- casting egularly.

BORTHWICK own. BMS 3/1/9 HISTORICAL OF INSTITUTE NOTES 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. Treasurer, 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. RESEARCH 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 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. Hevald Printing Works, York-32222