A Belfast Music Society Š 1992/93 Celebrity Concerts at The Elmwood Hall University Road

Concert A Arnaldo Cohen - piano Saturday 17th October 1992 at 7.30pm Programme : Mozart Beethoven Bach/Busoni Schumann Chopin Brazilian-born pianist Arnaldo Cohen has enjoyed an increasingly successful career which has taken him to the major concert halls throughout Europe. In addition to his solo appearances, he performs in the Amadeus Piano Trio, and with the Lindsay and Orlando Quartets. Arnaldo Cohen makes a welcome return to Belfast following a stunning solo performance in the Elmwood Hall in January 1991. Sonata in D major K311 Sonata op.13 Chaconne Fantasie op. 17 Three Studies: op.25 no.1/op.10 no.11/ op.25 no.12 Concert B Michala Petri - recorder Lars Hannibal - lute & guitar Saturday 5th December 1992 at 7.30pm Programme: Albinoni Sonata in E minor for treble recorder Sonata in G minor for descant recorder Pavane lagrimae for treble recorder IS Bach Dowland Villa-Lobos Butch Lacy Vivaldi Prelude no.1 in E minor for guitar Opus Pocus for recorder and guitar Sonatina in G major for sopranino recorder In a career that includes thousands of concerts and numerous awards, Michala Petri has delighted and astonished audiences with her virtuosity and musicality and is widely regarded as the finest recorder player in the world. She is joined by Lars Hannibal on guitar and lute with a programme ranging from early Baroque to works written especially for her.

Concert C Raphael Oleg - violin Philippe Cassard - piano Saturday 6th February 1993 at 7.30pm Programme : Mozart Brahms Lekeu Debussy Winner of the First Prize of the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1986, French violinist Raphael Oleg has earned an impressive reputation both as a recitalist and as a soloist with Europe's major symphony orchestras. He is joined by pianist Philippe Cassard, winner of the First Prize at the first GPA International Piano Competition in 1988. Sonata in E flat major, K481 Sonata in A major, op.100 Sonata for violin and piano Sonata in G minor for violin and piano Concert D Vanbrugh String Quartet Saturday 13th March 1993 at 7.30pm Programme: Haydn lan Wilson Schubert Quartet in D minor, Op. 76, No.2 New Quartet Quartet in D minor ("Death and the Maiden") In April 1988 the Vanbrugh String Quartet became the first British quartet to win The London International String Quartet Competition, an achievement which places them alongside the finest young quartets in the world. Programme continued overleaf

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Concert E The Menagerie Nicholas Daniel (Oboe) Julius Drake (Piano) Melanie Armitstead (Mezzo Soprano) Saturday 17th April 1993 at 7.30pm Nicholas Daniel and Julius Drake, two of Britain's most talented young musicians, invite a guest artist to join them for each "Menagerie" concert - a concert that is presented as an entertainment in which the animal world is the inspiration for this wonderfully wide range of music and songs. Melanie Armitstead, one of Britain's finest young mezzo-sopranos, joins the duo for a programme of great variety and charm. Concert F Grieg Piano Trio Solve Sigerland (Violin) Ellen Margrete Flesjo (Cello) Vebjorn Anvik (Piano) Saturday 22nd May 1993 at 7.30pm Programme: Brahms Martin Haydn Piano Trio, Op.8 Irish Folk Tunes Piano Trio The Grieg Piano Trio from Norway were one of the great successes at the 1990 Interforum in Hungary. They have performed widely throughout Europe and Scandanavia. In February last year the trio won the Parkhouse Award - a newly established British competition for piano based ensembles - for their sensitivity, flexibility and above all outstanding talent. Programme correct at time of going to press