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Founded 1947

MEETINGS are held fortnightly on Mondays at 7.15 pm and monthly on Sundays at 2.30 p.m. For venues, please contact the Secretary: 01246 419158 REFRESHMENTS will be available at a minimum charge of 50p ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION - £25.00 Junior Membership - £10.00 Members joining after Christmas half the above rates To conform with the requirements of the Performing Right Society, attendance at meetings is restricted to members. Single Meeting Membership is available at a charge of £2.00 per meeting (refundable on conversion to full membership) Members enjoy listening to recorded classical music presented by informed enthusiasts in a congenial atmosphere

Programme 2009 -2010 2009 Meetings start at 7.15 p.m. 7th September "Barbirolli conducts Two Pianos" To include music by Dusik, Saint-Saens and the Strauss Family DAVID SHARPE 21st September Greenhill Methodist Church Hall "A Trio of Chamber Works" String Quartets by Haydn and Smetana Piano Quintet in A, Op. 81 Dvorak RAYMOND COTTAM 5th October "Peter Glossop - Sheffield Baritone" (1928-2008) SAMUEL COPNELL 11th October Sunday Afternoon Programme 17th October Saturday Meeting of the Yorkshire Regional Group at Brian Jackson House, Huddersfield 19th October Max Bruch (1838-1920) To include Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Concerto for Two Pianos and a Symphony SIDNEY GRIGGS 2nd November "A Look at Gluck" (1714-1787) The bridge between Handel and Beethoven ROBERT WATERHOUSE 16th November Dept. of Music, University of Sheffield "Amadeus: Fact and Fiction" SIMON KEEFE James Rossiter Hoyle Chair of Music University of Sheffield 22nd November Sunday Afternoon Programme 30th November "War" To include music by Haydn, Bridge and Penderecki SUE PARKER 14th December Wassail 2010 11th January Meeting No, 1500 Dept. of Music, University of Sheffield Mozart's "Figaro" NIGEL SIMEONE Professor of Music University of Sheffield 17th January Sunday Afternoon Programme 25th January Dept. of Music, University of Sheffield "Prokofiev the Performer" GARY O'SHEA Ph.D. Student University of Sheffield 8th February "Music and the Nazis" To include works by Schulhoff, Ullmann and Wagner ALAN BURNSIDE 22nd February "Beethoven's Choral Music" Including the Cantata "Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt" CHRIS TUTT 8th March Handel: From "Il Caro Sassone" to an English Orpheus DAVID VICKERS Critic and Musicologist 14th March Sunday Afternoon Programme 22nd March Sibelius and his Fourth Symphony BRIAN NEWBOULD Emeritus Professor of Music, University of Hull 18th April Sunday Afternoon Programme 26th April Forgotten Rite: The Life and Music of John Ireland GARY MIDGLEY SUNDAY 9th May Luncheon Party 17th May Annual General Meeting 24th May "Haydn at Esterhazy" To include a named Symphony DEREK HAMPSON 7th June The Vienna Philharmonic - What makes it unique? DAVID HAYNES 21st June Reports on Experience To include musk by Borodin and Rachmaninov PETER BACON 5th July Charles Gerhardt The Golden Age of Hollywood Film Music DAVID PATMORE

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