Sheffield Recorded Music Society is, since 2010, the name of what was originally Sheffield Gramophone Society, formed in 1947 by Margaret Long with a group of music lovers who were keen to listen to and explore the increasing amount of music which at that time was being issued on gramophone records. Members continue to enjoy listening to recorded classical music presented by informed enthusiasts in a congenial atmosphere.

MEETINGS are held fortnightly on Mondays at 7.15 pm at City Church, Wilson Road, Sheffield , S11 8RN 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 £2.50 per meeting (refundable on conversion to full membership) Members enjoy listening to recorded classical music presented by informed enthusiasts in a congenial atmosphere For more information contact the Secretary on 01246 419158 or by Email

Programme 2011 -2012 Meetings start at 7.15 p.m. The first two programmes are ONE WEEK apart. 12th September DEDICATED TO BOB WATERHOUSE The Orchestral Music of Josef Suk MARK AUDUS 19th September Charles Lamb and the Music of his Time To include music by Rossini and Weber DEREK HAMPSON 3rd October A Cornucopia of Donizetti Arias from lesser-known operas SAM COPNELL 15th October Saturday Meeting of the Yorkshire Regional Group at Baptist Church, New North Road, Huddersfield. 17th October Boulez as Composer; Boulez as Conductor TOM OWEN University of Sheffield 31st October Shostakovich and Weinberg - a dialogue DAVID FANNING AND MICHELLE ASSAY 14th November Listening to Mozart Featuring music from the late piano concertos RICHARD OWEN 28th November Music in Venice from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century RODNEY POLLITT 12th December Wassail 16th January A Potted History of Big Bands and a few Piano Trios as Light Relief JOHN LEE 30th January Zoltán Kodály "The Soul of Hungarian Music" NIGEL SIMEONE 13th February Schumann and Chamber Music To include Piano Quintet in E flat CHRIS TUTT 27th February Composers and the Occult To include Debussy, Cyril Scott and Scriabin ALAN BURNSIDE 12th March Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes To include music by Stravinsky and Falla RAY COTTAM 26th March Brave New World Post war music, 1945-1950 GARY MIDGLEY FRIDAY 30th MARCH TO MONDAY 2nd APRIL Yorkshire Regional Group Weekend 16th April Darkness to Light: Schumann's 2nd Symphony BRIAN NEWBOULD Emeritus Professor of Music, University of Hull 30th April MARGARET LONG MEMORIAL PROGRAMME NO.2 Diverse and contradictory "historically-informed" recordings of Bach's Mass in B Minor DAVID VICKERS Royal Northern College of Music SUNDAY 6th May Luncheon Party 14th May Annual General Meeting 28th May Mahler Remembered PETER BACON 11th June DEDICATED TO SID GRIGGS The composer conducts: What impact does this have? Arnold, Bernstein, Britten, Lehár and R. Strauss DAVID HAYNES 25th June Grazyna Bacewicz "First Lady of Polish Music" EWA STRUSINSKA Conductor 9th July Classical music broadcasts during the Third Reich DAVID PATMORE

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