Do You Enjoy Music?
                                                             In the company of Others?

                              Then you are an ideal Member of our friendly Society.......

We meet throughout almost the entire year in the magnificent

Assembly House, Theatre Street, Norwich

to listen to fine music through superior high quality sound equipment and we arrange informative illustrated
talks by well-known experts from the world of music and invite personalities to present programmes. 

STILL GOING STRONG AFTER 64 YEARS!

Yearly subscription only £12, members session fee £3 and £3 for evening membership (rising to £5 after 2 meetings).

For more information write to Keith Roe (Treasurer),
116 Blithewood Gardens, Sprowston, Norwich, NR7 8PW
or
call Brian Pearce (Chairman) on 079 419 77703

PROGRAMME FOR 2010

Theme for 2010"Popular Classics"

Unless stated otherwise, our meetings begin at 7.30 p.m. with a short break for refreshments

January 6th	"Old World and New World Composer" The music of Dvorak including Symphony No.9, Cello Concerto, Slavonic Dance Op.72 No.1 and String Quartet No.12 presented by Brian Pearce, NMS Chairman.
January 20th	"The Spirit of Freedom" The life and music of Beethoven including the Egmont Overture, Moonlight Sonata, extracts from Fidelio and Symphony No.7 in A op.92 presented by NMS Secretary, Andrew Slatter.
February 3rd	"Mozart's Own Instrument" Music includes Piano Concerto No.9, Jupiter Symphony, Piano Sonata No.13 (played by Lang Lang) presented by Keith Roe, NMS Treasurer.
February 17th	"Poet of the Piano" Cathy Bryant presents a selection of music composed by Fryderyk Chopin including a Polonaise, a Waltz and a Piano Concerto.
March 3rd	"Gustav and Alma - a marriage of convenience?" New presenter, Dr Jim Pritchard, Chairman of the Gustav Mahler Society UK, presents music composed by Alma and Gustav Mahler, and discusses their lives together.
March 10th	"Piano Recital - In Praise of Chopin" Ian Houston plays a variety of music to celebrate the two-hundredth anniversary of Chopin's birth. Please note that this event will be held at The Chapel, Park Lane, Norwich. Please call one of the phone numbers above for more details.
March 17th	"Committee Chooses" Members of the Committee play a wide variety of music that will include some surprises!
March 31st	"The Violin - Key Instrument of Classical Music" Joe Stirling plays a variety of music from duets and quartets to concertos and symphonies.
April 14th	"Grand Opera Tour 1781" The music includes extracts from world premieres that took place in 1781 in Rome, Venice, Paris, Munich, Esterhaza, Stockholm and Vienna … and more than Opera. Arranged and presented by music enthusiast from Cardiff, Rainer Lenk, who is NMS President for this year.
April 28th	"Festival Preview" Roger Rowe presents music from the forthcoming Norfolk and Norwich Festival. Come along to be among the first to hear the music!
May 26th	"Popular Classic Passions" Roderick Shaw continues our theme for 2010 in a programme including music by Britten, Berlioz and Schubert.
June 9th	"Patron's Programme" John Rutter will update us with the latest news about his composing and conducting career and will play music that continues our theme of "Popular Classics"
June 30th	"Enhancing Old Recordings" Terry Hepworth from Lowestoft Recorded Music Society plays music transferred from 78rpm records that he has enhanced by the use of CEDAR Audio software.
September 8th	"2010 - the year of Rutland Boughton" Ian Boughton presents music to mark the 50th anniversary of his grandfather's death. Ian gave us an excellent programme when he visited in 2008 and this one should be just as entertaining.
September 22nd	"The Best of British" Popular classics that have stood the test of time from Tallis to Tavener, arranged and presented by Thelma Shaw.
October 6th	"Ancient and Modern" Classical music by Mozart and Schubert compared with excellent new music by Arvo Part and Herbert Howells. Arranged by Eileen Last and presented by Brian Pearce, NMS Chairman.
October 20th	Annual General Meeting
November 3rd	"The Music of Mahler" Keith Smith presents music to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth, including "The Song of the Earth", "Symphony No.4" and also music by a surprise composer!
November 17th	"The Music of Tchaikovsky" Andrew Slatter, NMS Secretary, presents a programme of music including "Marche Slave", "Piano Concerto No.2" and extracts from "The Nutcracker".
December 1st	"Brahms Large and Small" Keith Roe, NMS Treasurer, presents music including "Symphony No.4" and "String Quintet Op.111" by one of the most important composers of the Romantic era.
December 15th	"Christmas Programme" Celebrate the Christmas season with members' choice of music, poetry, readings, humorous recordings and carols. Come along and join in the fun!

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