BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY OF NORTHERN IRELAND 1951 1952 FIFTH RECITAL under the auspices of THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST SHEILA RANDELL The Sir William Whitla Hall Queen's University, Belfast FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29th 1952

PROGRAMME CHACONNE IN D MINOR Busoni's transcription for pianoforte of the chaconne which forms the last movement of Bach's Partita in D Minor for unaccompanied violin. A chaconne is a series of variations on a ground bass, the upper parts being freely varied; in the original violin work the ground bass could not always be present, but was always implied. SONATA IN C MAJOR (Waldstein), OP. 53 Bach-Busoni INTERVAL Beethoven Composed in 1804 and dedicated to Count Waldstein, this sonata owes its inspiration to the same countryside (and Beethoven's love of it) as the Pastoral Symphony. The vigorous and exhilarating first subject contrasts with the cool and quiet second subject which seems to suggest entering into shade after a brisk and exciting walk. The Andante Favori in F was originally intended to be the slow movement of this sonata, but Beethoven dropped it and substituted the Adagio which leads into the finale, which, for all its elaboration, is a simple rondo form.

SCENES OF CHILDHOOD, OP. 15 1. 2. 3. THE LARK 4. 5. Quite happy. 6. 7. 8. 10. 11. Of strange countries and places. A strange story. Catch me if you can. The entreating child. TWO PRELUDES An important event. Revery. At the fireside. The knight Almost too serious. Frightening. 12. Child falling asleep. 13. The poet speaks. IMPROMPTU IN A FLAT IMPROMPTU IN F SHARP, OP. 36 hobby-horse. POLONAISE IN A FLAT, OP. 53 Schumann Fauré Rachmaninoff Balakirev Chopin Chopin

Members are reminded of the lecture to be given by Dr. Havelock Nelson at 7.30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 18th, in the Board Room, Church House, on the works to be played by the Quatuor Haydn in the last recital of the season on March 21st. The works are as follows:- QUARTET IN G MAJOR, OP. 54, NO. 1 QUARTET IN C MINOR, OP. 18, NO. 4 QUARTET IN D MINOR, OP. POSTH. (Death and the Maiden) Haydn Beethoven Schubert