18th Name 3 4 17 Belfast Music Society Concerts in the 1988/89 Season Address followed by a Recital by NICHOLAS AUSTIN a young Belfast pianist now studying in London. Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Scriabin, Debussy and Ravel SUBSIDISED BY THE ARTS COUNCIL OF NORTHERN IRELAND IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC, QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Saturday 1 October 1988. at 7.30 p.m. in the Harty Room Postal Code Melissa Phelps is a young English cellist who studied with Tortelier and Jacqueline Du Pré. Julian Jacobson has played with leading London orchestras, and at the main British music festivals. Schumann: Fünf Stücke im Volkston Beethoven: Sonata Opus 102, No. 1, in C major Fauré: Élégie and Papillon Franck: Sonata in A major MELISSA PHELPS Cello JULIAN JACOBSON Piano Saturday 5 November 1988 at 7.30 p.m. in the Elmwood Hall THE BUDAPEST WIND ENSEMBLE Thursday 6 October 1988 at 7.30 p.m. in the Elmwood Hall Tel. No. Ulster Bank A group of virtuoso wind players from Hungary. The programme will include two masterpieces for wind instruments: Beethoven: Octet Op. 103, and Mozart: Serenade, K.375. SPONSORED BY CHANTAL DE BUCHY piano CHRISTIAN CRENNE violin MANFRED STILZ cello THE TRIO RAVEL Sunday 22 January 1989 at 4 p.m. in the Elmwood Hall "The trio has just about every asset an ensemble of its kind needs: ideal rapport between the three instruments, innate understanding of different idioms and security of execution". TEAR ALONG DOTTED LINE SEASON TICKET ORDER FORM (Alan Blyth, Daily Telegraph) Boieldieu: Trio in D major Ravel: Trio in A minor (1914) Schubert: Trio in B flat, D.898 Full Price Season Ticket. £24 Full Price Season Ticket purchased before July 31. .£22 OAP and Unemployed Season Ticket ..£20 OAP and Unemployed Season Ticket purchased before July 31..£18 Student Season Ticket... .£12 Family Season Ticket (Adult Member & Child Under 16). £27 D Please complete by ticking the appropriate box. Cheques and postal orders payable to the Belfast Music Society. Please send your remittance with SAE to the BMS Honorary Treasurer, 52 Glenhugh Park, Belfast BT8 4PQ. Enquiries and correspondence to Janet Quigg, Honorary Secretary, 48 Bawnmore Road, Belfast BT9 6LB. Tel. (0232) 660115. Programmes correct at time of going to press.

WILLIAM HOWARD piano Saturday, 11 February 1989 7.30 pm in the Elmwood Hall Leading young British pianist with a growing reputation at home and abroad. it Beethoven: Sonata in E flat, Op. 81a 'Les Adieux" Fauré: Impromptus No. 2, Op. 31 and No. 3, Op. 34 Ravel: Sonatine 3 Piers Hellawell: New Work Chopin: Barcarolle Op. 60 and Ballade No. 4, in F min. Op. 52 GRAHAM JOHNSON, the musical director, has accompanied Peter Pears, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Victoria de los Angeles, Janet Baker, Jessye Norman, Kiri Te Kanawa, John Shirley-Quirk, and Felicity Lott. He formed the Songmakers' Almanac in 1976 to explore neglected areas of vocal music and to place the staple repertoire of song into new and challenging contexts. THE SONGMAKERS' ALMANAC Saturday, 8 April 1989, at 7.30 pm in the Elmwood Hall STAMIC QUARTET OF PRAGUE Saturday 4 March 1989 at 7.30 pm in the Elmwood Hall ROBE The BMS has been particularly fortunate in being able to engage THE SONGMAKERS' ALMANAC, a much sought-after group of first-rate singers. based in London, which has performed in the USA, Australia, and New Zealand, and at music festivals from Aldeburgh and Edinburgh to Hong Kong. NANCY ARGENTA, soprano, from Canada. Studied with Pears and Gerard Souzay. Has sung at festivals in Bath, Aldeburgh, Vienna and Aix-en-Provence. Bohuslav Matousek and Josef Kekula, violinists; Jan Peruska, viola; Vladimir Leixner, cello. In 1986 winners of the International String Quartet competition sponsored by the European Broadcasting Union. Haydn: Quartet in D minor, Op. 76, No. 2 Jánacek: Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters' Schubert: Quartet in D minor, Op. Posth. 'Death and the Maiden' ADRIAN THOMPSON, tenor, has sung at Glyndebourne and with Scottish Opera, and at festivals in Buxton, Aldeburgh, Lausanne and Göttingen. Belfast Music Society They will present 'THE TOY CUPBOARD, a collection of childhood and nursery scenes, a treasure trove of songs, some of which are light-hearted, witty and nostalgic entertainments, others of a serious and thought- provoking nature. The programme includes songs by Schumann, Ives, Mussorgsky, Satic and Poulenc. 1 JANICE WATSON, soprano, winner of the Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Award, has sung at Glyndebourne, and the City of London Festival. JAMES MEEK, baritone. won prizes for singing Lieder at the Guildhall. He has sung the title role in Britten's Owen Wingrave" at Aldeburgh and has performed at the Bath Festival. A wonderful opportunity to hear top-ranking artists Tickets for individual concerts will be available at the door on the night of each concert or from the Ulster Orchestra Shop, Central Arcade, Belfast. Price £5 (or £4 for OAPS and Unemployed, and £3 for Students) Wine and Soft Drinks available during intervals.