THE BELFAST MUSIC SOCIETY ELEBRITY CLER 2 CONCERTS 1990-91- AT THE ELMWOOD HALL

CH ELEBRITY CONCERTS =1990-91= The BMS has been able to arrange a fine series of CELEBRITY CONCERTS for their 70th season, 1990-91, at the Elmwood Hall, thanks' to ( continued support from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, and to most generous sponsorship from the Belfast City Council. Everyone is welcome. There is no formality about becoming a subscriber just fill in the attached form. Tickets for individual concerts are available only at the door, or from Koinonia of Pottinger's Entry, off High Street, from Marcus Music of 113, North Street, and from James Morton Pianos, 88, Great Victoria Street. Wine and soft drinks available in the interval Germ Saturday, 13 October 1990 7.30 p.m. One of Britain's best-known chamber groups. THE NASH ENSEMBLE Ian Brown, piano Phillippa Davies, flute Gareth Hurst, oboe 2t Duncan Prescott, Brian Wightman, bassoon Susan Dent, horn. The Nash has made many foreign tours; concerts have been given throughout Europe, the United States, in South America, the Middle East and Far East, Israel and Japan. 1770 Beethoven - Piano Quintet in Eb Fr1912 Françaix Wind Quintet Belfast Michael Alcorn - Wind Quintet commissioned by BMS Poulenc Sextet for Piano and Wind Quintet @A Saturday, 29 September 1990 7.30 p.m. Annual general meeting of subscribers followed at 8.00 p.m. by a short recital by a young Belfast-born violinist. MICHAEL d'ARCY with our own well- known accompanist FRANCIS KING, piano. Philip Hammond - Sonata Beethoven Sonata in E flat major Op.12 No. 3 Debussy Sonate Free glass of wine and light refreshments ①Mozart-Saints in [1295] Saturday 19 January 1991 7.30 p.m. NEIL MACKIE, tenor SIONED WILLIAMS, harp Neil Mackie is an internationally known artist. In 1988/89 season Mr Mackie toured America with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and he toured Mexico for the British Council. Sioned Williams is principal harpist of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and will travel with them to Japan and Hong Kong in the spring.

Handel Three A - Gesange des Harfners Schubert John Thomas Robin Holloway Fantasia for harp (solo) - The Noon's Repose Op. 39 Britten Canticle No. 5: The Death of St. Narcissus Op. 89 - Andre Caplet Divertissement a l'espagnole (harp solo) Alphonse Hasselmans - Nocturne Op. 43 Arrangements of folk songs Britten t....... - Ambrus: 26.1.91. Raphael Wallfisch is an established chamber music player, performing in a duo with his father, the pianist Peter Wallfisch. This season he returns to Sweden to lead masterclasses and workshops, whilst last season he participated in the Piatigorsky Seminars in Los Angeles. He records exclusively for Chandos. Beethoven Judas Maccabeus Variations Bach G minor Sonata - George Crumb Cello Sonata Debussy Schumann Brahms - - Sonata - Adagio & Allegro F major Sonata Saturday, 9 February 1991, 7.30 p.m. BRITTEN STRING QUARTET Peter Manning, violin Keith Pascoe, violin Peter Lale, viola Andrew Schulman, cello ndrew Sch The music critic of The Guardian has described this quartet as "outstanding in the younger generation. You have only to hear the euphonious, totally true matching of these four talented young players for a few moments to realise that they are already in the international league. . . " Hay Quartet Op. 76, No. 3 Da - yers, new work quartet commissioned by BMS Mozart Quartet in D, K.575 Saturday, 16 March 1991, 7.30 p.m. RAPHAEL WALLFISCH, cello PETER WALLFISCH, piano Saturday 6 April 1991, 7.30 p.m. THE CAMBRIDGE MUSICK Robert Ehrlich, recorder Andrew Manze, violin Mark Levy, viola da gamba Richard Egarr, harpsichord Since its debut in January 1988 as winner of the Schott Ensemble Competition, the group has already performed in France, Germany, Holland and Spain, and been booked for tours of Switzerland, Ireland, England and Wales for the Early Music Network. They have been acclaimed in the Dutch and English press as 'stunning. Handel, Vivaldi and the High Baroque in England and Italy May 1991 Date to be announced. LEEDS PIANO COMPETITION PRIZEWINNER Sponsored by the Belfast City Council.

The BMS has been presenting concerts of first-rate chamber music, including materpieces which are landmarks in European culture, for 70 years. Some of the world-famous artists who have played and sung for us have included the Amadeus Quartet, Elly Ameling, Claudio Arrau, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Janet Baker, Pierre Bernac and Francis Poulenc, Alfred Brendel, Barry Douglas, Kathleen Ferrier, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, John Lill, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Gerard Souzay and Rosalyn Tureck. Copies of BMS brochures available from the Secretary, Margaret Hunter, 36 Sharman Road, Belfast, BT9 5FX, tel. 661708. DONEGALL PASS CITY HOSPITAL ELMWOOD HALL LISBURN ROAD CAMDEN ELMWOOD AVENUE COLLEGE GARDENS METHODIST COLLEGE WELLESLEY AVENUE MOUNT CHARLES UNIVERSITY STREE UNIVERSITY SQUARE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BOTANIC GARDENS T