Autumn 2009 Programme

10 SEPTEMBER Tony Pook César Franck (1822-1890)
A Belgian composer, organist and music teacher who spent so much
of his life in France that most people think he is French

24 SEPTEMBER * George Steele A Schubert Sampler
He wrote much in his relatively short life, but to many critics
and writers Schubert will always be the greatest melodist of all times

08 OCTOBER Walter Cadge Late Romantic Composers
An exploration of some of the great music from Europe's leading
composers, written at the end of the romantic era - 1860 to 1915

22 OCTOBER Wendy Elliker Russian Choices
From the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, featuring
works by Glazunov and Prokofiev, both pupils of Rimsky-Korsakov

05 NOVEMBER Richard Crossley Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927)
Probably Sweden's outstanding musician, he excelled first as
a pianist, then as a composer, and then as conductor and critic

19 NOVEMBER John Gilks Sung in English
A tribute to artists who have been household names but are
perhaps forgotten: featuring Ralph Vaughan Williams' Serenade to Music

03 DECEMBER Muriel Pook Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
He composed over 600 works in a relatively short life: this
programme features his Wind Quintet in E flat and Piano Concerto No. 27

18 DECEMBER Stella Rispoli Ding Dong Merrily on High
Music to end the Autumn season and ring in Christmas festivities.
Please remember to bring some food to contribute to the buffet

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