bas At the Waterfront October 1998 - May 1999 Belfast Music Society

Season The Belfast Music Society has been bringing some of the world's greatest chamber musicians to enthusiastic audiences for over 75 years. Our next season is no exception! bas Belfast Music Society I hope that you like our new image and we would draw your attention to our very generous subscription offer. I am sure that you will agree that we have been able to secure a stunning range of artists for all tastes. We look forward to welcoming you to another innovative BMS season. Elizabeth Bicker Elizabeth Bicker, Chairman Details correct at time of going to press and

at time of going to pre Peter Donohoe & Martin Roscoe Peter Donohoe has made many fine recordings for EMI Records, and has recorded the three Bartok Piano Concerti with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle. Recent releases include the Beethoven Diabelli Variations and Sonata Opus 101.. Martin Roscoe is one of the busiest and most versatile concert pianists in Britain. Regularly invited to perform with most of the major orchestras in the UK, he has a particularly close association with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra with whom he has given over sixty concerts. Saturday 3rd October 1998 7.30pm BT Studio, Waterfront Hall, Belfast Jose h Patric Gerard McChrystal Gerard McCrystal made his concerto debut with the London Philharmonia in 1989 He has recorded a large number of pieces including Debussy's Saxophone Rhapsody with the Ulster Orchestra, and has appeared on the Album "Imagine Another Ireland - Encore" Two Pianos DEBUSSY (arr. RAVEL) Nuages and Fetes from Nocturnes Joseph Petric has commissioned more than 100 works and followed his far-ranging musical interests into noted collaborations. His "Big Squeeze" Accordion Festival featuring 32 accordionists made an international impact. *Arr J Petric SOCAN #Arr Gerard McChrystal RACHMANINOV Symphonic Dances Op. 45 RAVEL Rapsodie Espagnole Saturday 28th November 1998 7.30pm BT Studio, Waterfront Hall, Belfast STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring BARTOK - 6 Rumanian Dances BACH - Organ Sonata VI in G WA MOZART Andante for Mechanical Organ K616* ERIC SWEENEY - Duo SHOSTAKOVICH Street Organ, Dance Elegy, Autumnal Waltz SEAMUS MCGUIRE - The Wishing Tree LUTOSLAWSKI - Dance Preludes G BUONAVENTURA - Sonata Seconda STRAVINSKY - March, Waltz, Polka RAY LEUDE Serenity & Variations** (World Premiere) IAN WILSON I Sleep at Waking for solo alto sax PIAZZOLLA - Three Tangos CHICK COREA - Children's Songs * World Premiere, commissioned for McChrystal-Petric Duo. All transcriptions are world premieres.

altz c) premieres. Niall Keatley Galina Tanney Finghin Young Musicians Concert Galina became a student at the Menuhin School at the age of thirteen and ist currently studying at the Royal Northern College of Music. She is the first holder of the Arts Council 'Milton' Violin. A finalist in the brass section and winner of the Walter Todd Bursary in the BBC Young Musician of the Year in 1998, Niall is currently studying at the Royal Academy of Music. Saturday 9th January 1999 7.30pm Harty Room, Queen's University, Belfast Sunday 31st January 1999 4.00pm BT Studio, Waterfront Hall, Belfast 'Collins Finghin has performed across Ireland, Europe and Canada. Finghin was a semi-finalist at the 1996 Leeds International Piano Competition and the 1997. Guardian Dublin International Piano Competition. He has won RTE's "Musician of the Future" Competition, the Rotunda John Field Competition, the Lisney. Young Pianist Award, the Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe Scholarship and thei Morris-Grant Bursary. BACH-BUSONI Three Organ Chorale Preludes: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme Nun komm der Heiden Heiland Nun freut euch, lieben Christen BEETHOVEN - Sonata in A, Op.101 BARTOK Out of Doors, BB 89 1 With Drums and Pipes 2 Barcarolle 3 Musettes 4 The Night Music 5 The Chase PROKOFIEV - Sonata No. 7, Op.83 PLEASE COMPLETE IN BLOCK CAPITALS Name Address Postcode Tel [Daytime) Tel (Evening) email: Please tick method of payment. enciase cheque/postal order made payable to Belfast City Council (A/C Payee only) for the sum of £4000. authorise you to debit my "Mastercard/Access or Visa credit card for the sum of £40.00 "Delete as appropriate Card Number Expiry Datel The Box Office Manager Telephone 01232 334400

A new subscription offer for our 1998 1999 season. For a sum of £40.00 you will receive seven vouchers (value €65.00 full rate or £53.00 reduced rate). You can use the vouchers for all our concerts - including the young musicians' concert in the Harty Room but excluding the November concert which is only bookable through Belfast Festival at Queen's. Just exchange your vouchers for tickets at the Waterfront (or Harty Room) ticket desk on the evening of concert. All seats unreserved. This scheme will be available until 3 October 1998. Thereafter individual tickets can be purchased at the door. Please complete the form overleaf and send it to: The Box Office, The Waterfront Hall, 2 Lanyon Place, BELFAST BLP. Saturday 20th February 1999 7.30pm BT Studio, Waterfront Hall, Belfast Nemo Brass Quintet BERLIOZ Hungarian March, Damnation of Faust GABRIELI- Two Canzonas MATHIAS- Summer Dances JS BACH - Concerto in D minor IVES - Variations on America GERSHWIN- Three Preludes CARATINI- Passages BERNSTEIN-West Side Story Kontra The Nemo Brass Quintet has now established itself as one of the finest brass ensembles in the world. Thrilling audiences on three continents, this group continues to prove that chamber music can be performed at the very highest level by brass musicians. Saturday 13th March 1999 7.30pm BT Studio, Waterfront Hall, Belfast Winners of a string of important competitions and awards, highlights have been the 1994 Narbonne International Brass Quintet Competition, the 1994 Royal Overseas League Chamber Music Competition and the Moers International Brass Quintet Competition. Quartet The Kontra Quartet was formed in 1973 by Anton Kontra and at once established itself as one of the principal chamber music ensembles in Scandinavia. Its debut concert in the Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen featured works by Nielsen, Schubert. and Bartok - a choice and style of music that signalled a breadth of repertoire that has now. become a hallmark of the ensemble. DVORAK String Quartet in A flat major, OP.105 IRISH WORK To be confirmed NIELSEN Quartet in F minor No.1, No. 5. Th

The Gould Piano Trio The Gould Piano Trio was formed in 1987 at the Royal Academy of Music where all members studied and won major prizes. They are now recognised as a dynamic force in the area of chamber music throughout the UK. The Trio has been recipient of many national and international awards, which include first prize at the Charles Hennen International Chamber Ensemble Competition, the John Tunnell Trust Award, and the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition. Saturday 17th April 1999 7.30pm BT Studio, Waterfront Hall, Belfast Born in 1978 in Lodz, Poland, Rafal started to play the violin at the age of seven. From 1989-1992 he studied at St Mary's School, Edinburgh, and became a pupil at the Yehudi Menuhin School in September 1992 where he studied with Wen Zhou Li until 1996 and under whose direction he is currently studying at the Royal Northern College of Music. Rafal Saturday 1st May 1999 7.30pm BT Studio, Waterfront Hall, Belfast m BEETHOVEN Piano Trio Op.1, No. 2 MARTIN Fantasia on Irish Folk Melodies SUK Elegie ( BRAHMS Piano Trio in C major Zambrzycki-Payna Since winning the BBC Young Musician of the Year in 1996 Rafal has performed concerti with the English Chamber Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the European Union Chamber Orchestra, BACH Sonata for violin an No. 1 in B minor, B gard 014 SZYMANOWSKI Three Myths, Op.30 BRAHMS-Sonata in D minor RAVEL - Tzigane