Programmes September 2008 to June 2009

2008
Sept 9	IN MEMORIAM Jean Gadsden presents a tribute to our late Chairman, Ron Downs, who died earlier this year.
Sept 23	SCHUBERT'S WINTER JOURNEY Eric Illingworth*
Oct 7	ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, FOLLOWED BY QUIZ NIGHT AND MEMBERS REQUESTS
Oct 28	THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN - THE SYMPHONIES OF ARNOLD BAX Sue Parker*
Nov 11	THE LESSER KNOWN TCHAIKOVSKY Tony Rawnsley*
Nov 25	SIR WILLIAM WALTON 25th ANNIVERSARY Dr Gary Midgley*
Dec 9	THE COMPOSER AS PERFORMER (Part 2) Mike Worsnop
Dec 16	GRAND CHRISTMAS BUFFET
2009
Jan 6	MEMBER'S REQUESTS I
Jan 27	LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI - CELEBRATION OF A CAREER IN SIGHT AND SOUND Jim Bostwick
Feb 10	AN A-Z OF COMPOSERS (Part 4: J-M) Betty Spink
Feb 24	THE ART OF CLIFFORD CURZON Geoff Bateman
March 10	BITS AND PIECES Una Szewc
March 24	AN AFRICAN ODYSSEY Roger Cheese*
April 7	BYWAYS AND HIGHWAYS Brian Horsfall*
April 28	THE MERRIEST OF FELLOWS - GILBERT AND SULLIVAN FROM THE LORD CHANCELLOR Ray Wood*
May 12	MEMBER'S REQUESTS II
May 26	HEROES AND VILLAINS John Atkin*
June 9	A MISCELLANY OF LESSER KNOWN ENGLISH MUSIC Robert Seager*
June 23	END OF SEASON GALA PROGRAMME
	*denotes Guest Speaker, to whom we extend a warm welcome