Belfast Music Society ^ 0 1994/95 Celebrity Concerts at The Elmwood Hall University Road

* Concert A GEMINI Saturday 15th October 1994 at 7.30 pm Will Sleath lan Mitchell Simon Limbrick Andrew Ball Caroline Balding Jo Cole Helen Frame Pauline Magowan flute clarinet percussion with Belfast School of Music Junior Music Centre Chorale Programme: piano violin 'cello Conductor Accompanist Les Fins sont des Commencements (sextet) Divertimento in G (flute, violin, 'cello) Keyboard pieces (piano) Violin Sonata K304 'Hymnos' (clarinet, piano) 'Kirkwall Shopping Songs' (children's choir and classroom instruments) Dances from 'The Two Fiddlers' (sextet) Philip Grange Haydn Byrd Mozart Maxwell Davies Maxwell Davies Maxwell Davies This is a special concert to mark the 60th birthday of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, President of the National Federation of Music Societies of which the BMS is a member. Maxwell Davies has been involved with education throughout his life, so it is fitting that a local children's choir should be involved in performing the 'Kirkwall Shopping Songs', a lovely set he wrote for primary school children on Orkney.

Concert B BRODSKY STRING QUARTET Saturday 3rd December 1994 at 7.30 pm Michael Thomas lan Belton Paul Cassidy Jacqueline Thomas Programme: violin violin viola 'cello Three Pieces String Quartet in C, Op.54, No. 2 String Quartet in G, Op. 161, D887 1994 marks the 20th anniversary of the Brodsky Quartet, a group who have played together since childhood. They have established themselves as one of the most exciting string quartets on the international scene and enjoy a busy career world- wide. They have made a number of recordings which have received wide acclaim in the musical press. Concert C TASMIN LITTLE - violin MARTIN ROSCOE - piano Saturday 11th February, 1995 at 7.30 pm Programme: Sonata in B flat K454 Sonata Stravinsky Haydn Schubert The Fountains of Anethusa Sonata No. 3 in D Minor Mozart Dohnanyi Szymanowski Brahms Tasmin Little and Martin Roscoe will need no introduction to Belfast audiences who have heard them play with the Ulster Orchestra. Tasmin Little is ranked very highly in the profession and has a wide-ranging repertoire of over 30 concertos. A delightful programme of chamber music by two such experienced musicians is not to be missed. Programme continued overleaf

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A President: Chairman: Patrons: JB Bryson Leonard Pugh OBE BMus M Univ FRCO (CHM) LRAM The Rt Hon Lord Mayor of Belfast Barry Douglas D Mus (QUB) Clare Macmahon OBE BSc MIBiol Havelock Nelson OBE MA MSc PhD DMus (OXG) Supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland NATIONAL FEDERATION OF MUSIC SOCIETIES NEMS

Concert D GORDON FERGUS-THOMPSON - piano Saturday 11th March, 1995 at 7.30 pm Programme: Estampes Miroirs Prelude in E flat, Op. 23, No. 6 Étude-Tableau in E flat minor, Op. 39, No. 5 Scherzo from Mendelssohn's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Kreisler's 'Liebesfreud' 5 S Concert-Paraphrases and transcriptions of Chopin Etudes and Valse Op. 18 Concert E CHANDOS BAROQUE PLAYERS Saturday 1st April, 1995 at 7.30 pm Maya Homburger Rachel Beckett David Watkin Malcolm Proud Gordon Fergus-Thompson, who numbers John Ogdon and Peter Katin among his teachers and mentors is highly recognised for his interpretations of French and Russian piano music and has acclaimed recordings to his credit. 'In Estampes he unveils a remarkable range of tonal contrasts,' CD Review. Concert F NICOLA HALL - guitar Saturday 20th May, 1995 at 7.30 pm Programme: Four Dances from Terpsichore Debussy Ravel Invocacion y la danza Caprice Rachmaninoff Rachmaninoff transcribed by Rachmaninoff trans. Rachmaninoff 'cello harpsichord Allegretto and Andante from Sonatina Bagatelles 2 & 3 Estudio sin Luz Granada Elogio La Cathedrale violin flute/recorder The Chandos Baroque Players will present works by Henry Purcell, his brother Daniel and contemporaries such as Bach, Handel and Corelli to celebrate the Tercentenary (1695-1995) of Henry Purcell. Each of the artists appearing specialises in music of this period and performs with such groups as the Academy of Ancient Music and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. They are led by Malcolm Proud, who was born in Dublin and now lives in Kilkenny. Godowsky Praetorius Torroba Walton Segovia Albeniz Brouwer Barrios Rodrigo Paganini Nicola Hall, at the age of 24, has established herself as one of the most exceptional musical talents of her generation. Amongst her teachers is leading guitar player John Williams. She has performed in Italy, Japan, Canada and Germany and has recorded the concerti of Tedesco, Paganini and Sarasate with the London Mozart Players. Programme correct at time of going to press