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2010
September
11th
Coffee
morning at 25 Lodge Avenue
September
16th
Terry
Barfoot. University Lecturer and contributor to New Grove,
will introduce us to The English Symphony
September
30th
Beresford
King Smith, CBSO Archivist and former Orchestra Manager,
author of Encore, will consider The CBSO
at 90
October
14th
Simon
Perry Director of Hyperion Records returns
to review some of his company's latest
releases
October
28th
Society
Member Les O'Shea will introduce us to The
Gershwin Boys
November
11th
Anthony
Smith Business Director Nimbus Records (with Adrian Farmer)
will talk about his company and its recordings
November
25th
Maggie
Cotton Former percussionist of the CBSO and author of
an acclaimed autobiography Wrong Sex, Wrong Instrument.
A feisty Yorkshire Lass she promises to "let cats out of
bags" in The Red Light District
December
9th
Alan
Tongue Conductor of the Ploesti Symphony Orchestra and
former
BBC employee who was National Organiseer for the Elgar 2007
Festival,
will give us an unusual programme involving a showing of
a film shot locally, on Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony and Frank
Bridge
December
16th
Christmas
Meeting.
2011
January
13th
John
Pickard. Professor of Music, Bristol University, and
distinguished
composer of symphonies, chamber works etc,
will talk about Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)
and his opera Palestrina
January
27th
Alan
Gilby presents another of his ever popular Society
Members' Requests
February
10th
Society
Member Brian Braby considers Beethoven
the Revolutionary
February
24th
Society
Member Christine Woodard looks at music premiered at
Promenade Concerts in Promenade Premiers - Novelties
introduced by Sir Henry Wood
March
10th
Garry
Humphries former Librarian of the Barbican Business Library
and pupil of John Carol Case will talk about his teacher, who
was also our Patron in
John Carol Case: Aristocrat of English
Baritones
March
24th
Siva
Oke brings our season to a close with a welcome return
visit to present
Latest Releases from Somm Records
April
7th
AGM
May
10th
Society
Lunch at the Langham Hotel
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