The Barnsley RMS
(established 1947)

The Barnsley RMS (64th Season) is run by members for the mutual enjoyment of recorded music. Programmes are presented by our own members as well as guest speakers on a variety of themes.

Refreshments are served at the interval & programmes end by 9.30 p.m.
The Society has the use of high quality audio equipment and an excellent listening room.

Annual subscription: £15 minimum
Visitors: £1/meeting
Refreshments: Free

All meetings take place on Wednesdays starting at 7.15 p.m.
in the
Friends Meeting House, 2 Western Street,
Huddersfield Road, Barnsley, S70 2BP

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New members & visitors are warmly welcomed

Secretary: Jim Bostwick
6 Oakroyd Close
Brighouse,
HD6 4BP
Tel: 01484 717865
or email

Programme 2011-2012

 
2011
September 21

Otto Klemperer -The radical conservative

 
Jim Bostwick
October 5

Women of Note
Barbara Satterthwaite*
October 15 (Saturday)

Autumn Day Meeting in Huddersfield

 
October 19

A Sense of Place
Ron Cooper
October 22 (Saturday)

FRMS AGM in Rochdale

 
November 2

Louis Spohr - Composer, Violinist & Conductor
Tony Pook*
November 16

Percy Grainger
Kevin Paynes
November 30

It's an ill wind
Eric Illingworth
December 7

Going for a Song
The Life and Work of Ottorino Respighi
Ian Roberts
December 14

Christmas Social & Members' Choices
2012
January 4

5 x 7 = ?
Opus 7? No.7? Part 7? Sonata 7? Symphony 7? To include a complete, magnificent British 7th

 
Derek Bacon
January 18

Variations

 
Gordon Fearns
February 1

The Year 1935
Annus mirabilis for the English symphony
(with apologies to Tony Haywood)

 
Sue Parker
February 15

War

 
David Townend
February 29

Oh to be in England

 
Margaret Tylee
March 7

Gustav Mahler Remembered

 
Peter Bacon
March 21

Explosion versus Tranquillity

 
Peggy Child
Friday 30 March to Monday 2 April

Scarborough Weekend

 
April 4

Landmark Works

 
Tony Haywood*
April 18

Sires & Siblings
A selection of music from musical families ranging from the 18th century to the present day

 
Gary Midgley
Friday 27 to Sunday 29 April

FRMS Weekend at Daventry

 
May 2

The Decade that Taste Forgot

 
Stephen Cameron
May 16

Annual General Meeting & Committee's Choices

 
May 30

Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions

 
David Patmore*
& Jim Bostwick
June 6

A Taste of the Old Wild West
Centenary tribute to American composer Don Gillis

 
Robert Seager
June 20

John Culshaw - The Art of the Record Producer

 
Geoff Bateman*
July 4

Born in the USA

 
Shaun Moore

(* Indicates a Visiting Speaker to whom we extend a warm welcome)

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