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Presenters
Panel 2012
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FRMS
PRESENTERS PANEL This supplement is intended to be a general guide to programme planning. Reasonable care is taken to ensure accuracy of the details given but neither the FRMS Committee nor the Webmaster can accept responsibility for any circumstances subsequent on the use of the supplement. |
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LORD
ABERDARE - The Berlioz Society |
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KENNETH
ALWYN, FRAM - New Entry for 2012 |
| ROGER
APPS 2, Spring Meadows Upper Studley Trowbridge Wiltshire BA14 0HD Tel : 01225 768098 E-mail : roger.apps@hotmail.co.uk FRMS Committee
Member 2008 / Member Bath RMS 2008 |
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TERRY BARFOOT |
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BATEMAN ACIB Cefa 34 Frizley Gardens, Bradford, W. Yorks BD9 4LY Tel: 01274 783285 E-mail: geoffbateman@blueyonder.co.uk Member of Huddersfield RMS and secretary of former Bradford RMS. Wide variety of programmes including artist and composer profiles. Most programmes feature audiophile recordings. No fee, minimal travel expenses only. |
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BBC |
| IAN
BOUGHTON BA (Hons), DipMus 25 Bearton Green, Hitchin, Herts SG5 1UN Tel 01462 434318 Mobile 07703 584152 E-mail: Boughtontrust@btinternet.com Website: www.rutlandboughtonmusictrust.org.uk Under the title Rutland Boughton: Beyond The Immortal Hour, Ian gives talks on the life and music of his once famous grandfather. Expenses only |
| ALLAN
CHILD 12 Highfield Road, Derby, DE22 1GZ Tel: 01332 332649 E-mail: allan.child@thefrms.co.uk FRMS Committee member and Central Region Chairman. Offers several serious and light-hearted programmes, all, hopefully, informative and entertaining. Recent titles include: Bredon Hill to Egdon Heath; Postcards from Seville; A Nine Days' Wonder. No fee; expenses minimal. Will travel. |
| MAGGIE
COTTON 57 Elmfield Crescent, Birmingham B13 9TL Tel; 0121 449 3196 E-mail: maggie.cottonbeat@hotmail.co.uk First professional female percussionist in a UK symphony orchestra. CBSO 40 years (18 with Simon Rattle). Author of : Agogo Bells: friendly guide to schools percussion; Wrong Sex, Wrong Instrument - an autobiography Her presentation: Red Light District lifts the lid off recording sessions - warts and all! Fee £50 plus negotiated travel expenses. |
| DINMORE
RECORDS 11 Romsley Hill Grange, Romsley Halesowen B62 0LN. Tel/fax 01562 710801 E-mail: paularden@virgin.net Small, independent classical record label with its own location recording and post-production acilities, run by a professional musician. Contact Paul Arden-Taylor for a presentation with music from the current catalogue. CDs for sale No fee, but expenses requested over 50 miles. |
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DRURY 31 Kingsley Park, Whitchurch, Hampshire RG28 7HA. Tel: 01256 892267 E-mail: gdrury2000@aol.com Experienced speaker offers audio-visual presentations about one of London's major recording venues, Kingsway Hall, and some of the many classic recordings made there. No fee. Travelling expenses negotiable. |
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DVORÁK SOCIETY Promotes the music of all Czech and Slovak composers. Members give talks and lectures to societies at various locations. Enquiries to: David Roberts, Hon Sec, The Dvo?ák Society, 13 Church Lane, Knutton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs ST5 6DU; Tel:01782 631274. E-mail: secretary@dvorak-society.org Website: www.dvorak-society.org No fee but expenses might be requested. |
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ELGAR SOCIETY The Society will arrange for experienced presenters to give illustrated talks on general or specific topics concerning Elgar's life and work. Contact Branch Secretaries in the following areas to arrange a speaker from the Society. London Ruth Hellen, 30 King James Avenue, Cuffley, Herts EN6 4LR. West Midlands Richard Smith, Sunny Ridge, Bourne Lane, Brimscombe, Stroud, Glos. GL5 2RP Tel: 01453 882091 North West Mrs Pat Hurst, 60 Homewood Rd., Northenden, Manchester M22 4DW. Tel: 0161 998 4404 East Anglian: Robin Self, 'Sospiri', 27 Coucy Close, Framlingham, IP13 9AX. Tel: 01728 621577 Southern Chris Condley, 17 Lonsdale Avenue, Cosham, Portsmouth PO6 2PU Tel 02392 389410 South Western John Hammond, 19 Carleton Road, London, N7 0QZ Tel: 0207 609 2787 Scotland Sharron Bassett, 9 George Street, Dunfermline, Fife KY11 4TQ. Tel: 01383 727491 |
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CHRISTOPHER FIFIELD MusB
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DAVID FLIGG Leeds College of Music, 3 Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7PD. Tel: 0113 222 3423 E-mail: d.fligg@lcm.ac.uk Website: www.impulse-music.co.uk/fligg.htm Principal Lecturer in Classical Music at Leeds College of Music. Member of the Incorporated Society of Musicians and the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters. Various and wide ranging entertaining topics. Contact to discuss availability, fees and your Society's requirements. |
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GILKS The Old School, High Street, Nawton, York YO62 7TT Tel: 01439 771273 Programmes include: There's Magic abroad in the air; Music of Saint-Saens; Music of Grieg; Dancing through the years; C is for Composer; Creating good habits - the story of Simon Rattle; Cylinders to CDs; Vive La France! Expenses only |
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HUMPHRIES ARIBA, Chartered Architect 10 Drovers, Bolney Street, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH17 5PT. Tel: 01444 881887 Since retirement has made over 500 appearances as baritone soloist and speaker on subjects inc: Charles Villiers Stanford. The life of arguably Britain's greatest all round musician; teacher of most of the best of Britain's early 20th C composers, brilliant organist, composer, conductor and tireless promoter of British music. William Yeates Hurlstone. Outstandingly gifted pupil of Stanford, who might have rivalled Purcell and Elgar had he lived longer. Much of his work was left in manuscript but has since been recorded. 2006 was the centenary of his death. Expenses: negotiable. Will travel anywhere. |
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JENNINGS 9 Hillside Road, Frodsham, Cheshire WA6 6AW Tel: 01928 733209. E-mail: fizneric@tiscali.co.uk For 31 years principal trombone with the Royal Liverpool PO. Subjects include: Conductors I have known and worked for; The life and times of Beethoven; Life in the Orchestra; Rio de Janeiro Fee: £50.00 + expenses for non-local presentations. |
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BERESFORD
KING SMITH |
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LUNAN 15 Castle Gardens, Barrock Street, Thurso KW14 7GZ 01847 890911 mikelunan@btinternet.com Offers presentations on three subjects: Tristan and what happened to the cork he let out of the bottle (an all-too-brief overview of modern music); Britten's music; James MacMillan's music. No fee. Travel and accommodation expenses negotiable. |
| AMELIA
MARIETTE MA Cert MGS-
: Apartment 1, 8 Courtenay Road, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ12 1QT Tel 01626 366506, mobile 07909 655658; E-mail: mariette@btinternet.com Website: www.talkingformydinner.vpweb.co.uk Curator of the Holst birthplace Museum for over 3 years and guest Curator for Royal Shakespeare company. Talk on Holst, the Man and his Music using rare slides and music examples, plus a new talk Shakespeare at the Movies. Experienced and passionate speaker with over 10 years experience. Fee £50-£100 plus expenses for nonlocal presentations. |
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ALASTAIR
MITCHELL LGSM |
| CHRISTOPHER
MORLEY 16 Melbourne Road, Halesowen B63 3NB Tel: 0121 550 4482. Email: cfmorley47@aol.com Chief music critic of Birmingham Post; Midlands correspondent for Classical Music and other music publications. Illustrated programmes include: Confessions of music critic Changing critical attitudes to Elgar The Symphonies of Gustav Mahler Composers on record; The problem of bespoke music; Beethoven - the Bounds Breaker; Music of the mountains Fee £120, inclusive of all reasonable expenses. |
| DAVID
NASH Queen Anne House, Mill Lane, Shoreham, Kent TN14 7TS; Tel: 01959 523214 Presentation My Father, Heddle Nash - reminiscences of one of England's finest ever tenors, from within his family circle, illustrated with recordings. Fee and expenses by negotiation.` |
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RECORDS Wyastone Estate Ltd, Wyastone Leys, Ganarew, Monmouth NP25 3SR. Tel: 01600 890007 E-mail: antony@wyastone.co.uk A behind-the-scenes insight co-presented by Adrian Farmer and Antony Smith, who have many years experience working with one of Britain's most influential record labels. Survival techniques, new formats, downloading, manufacturing processes, recording sessions and working with artists all illustrated with a wide musical selection. No fee or expenses but we do bring discs to sell. |
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OCCOMORE 37 Attlee House, Lansbury Road, Broadfield, Crawley, West Sussex RH11 9JA Tel: 01293 405972; mobile: 07747 388940 E-mail: cliff_occo@yahoo.co.uk Themes of presentations arranged by discussion with programme secretaries. A wide range of interests to accommodate Societies' requirements. No fee. Travel expenses reasonable and negotiable. |
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GEOFF OGRAM, Secretary Stafford RMS 6 Silverthorn Way, Wildwood, Stafford ST17 4PZ Tel: 01785 663423 E-mail: geoff.ogram@talktalk.net A number of recital programmes, with a significant content of 20th C British music. My specialist composer is Gordon Jacob, whose music I discovered in 1956. We became friends and I have just completed a book on his music. The recital on his work is entitled Seventh Son. No fee required, just minimal travel expenses. |
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SIVA
OKE LRAM |
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LYNNE
PLUMMER |
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POOK (York RMS) 1 Lower Friargate, York. YO1 9SL. Tel: 01904 642407; E-mail: tpook@talktalk.net Presentations are from the lesser-known but tuneful repertoire of the 19th and 20th centuries. Particular interest in American, British and Czech music. Other programmes of Belgian, Finnish, Russian, Slovakian and Spanish music. Featured composers include Uuno Klami, Amy Beach, Mieczyslaw Karlowicz, Gottschalk, Borodin, Dyson, Dvo?ak, Fibich, Smetana and Suk. Travel expenses only. |
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JIM PRITCHARD - THE GUSTAV MAHLER SOCIETY UK 15 David Avenue, Wickford, Essex SS11 7BG E-mail: jpritchard@mahlersociety.org Website: www.mahlersociety.org Former chairperson of the The Wagner Society and the Gustav Mahler Society UK. Many successful presentations about the Mahlers (A Marriage of Convenience?) with his wife, Allessandra, but now concentrating again on his Wagner talk - The Ring Road to Bayreuth - as we near the bicentennary of the composer's birth in 2013. No fee; reasonable expenses, date and travel never any real problem. |
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JOY PURITZ 149e Holland Rd, London W14 8AS Tel: 0203 206 2641 (day) 020 7602 4187 (evening). E-mail: jepuritz@btinternet.com Granddaughter of Elisabeth Schumann and translator of her biography (written by the singer's son, Gerd Puritz). Illustrated presentation entitled A Portrait of the Soprano, Elisabeth Schumann has been well received by the Friends of Covent Garden, the National Sound Archive and many recorded music societies. Fee negotiable |
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RACHMANINOFF SOCIETY Promotes interest in and appreciation of the life and works of Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian Composer, pianist and conductor. A few of its members are available on occasion to give talks (illustrated with recordings) to societies at various locations. Enquiries to John Lockyer, Chairman, The Rachmaninoff Society, 4 Springfield Cottages, New Road, Rotherfield, Crowborough, East Sussex TN6 3JR. Tel: 01892 852265. Website www.rachmaninoff.org E-mail: fergusophie@btinternet.com No fees but expenses may be requested. |
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TSCHAIKOV Apt. 31, Royal Arch Court, Norwich NR2 3RU Tel: 01603 766123. E-mail bnickt@homecall.co.uk Former member LPO, RPO, Philharmonia (Chairman several years); founder and first Director National Centre for Orchestral Studies; Chairman, now President Emeritus, Music Preserved Archive. Played with Beecham, Stokowski, Klemperer, Karajan, Barbirolli, Davis, Heifetz, Rubenstein, Rattle, Rostropovich, Schwarzkopf. Just published The Music goes Round and Around. Presentation: Recording with Legends. No fee; reasonable expenses requested. |
| PETER
WALDEN - New Entry for 2012 2 The Drive, Colletts Green, Powick, Worcester WR2 4SA. Tel: 01905 830592, Mobile 07890 728556 E mail: peterwalden@hotmail.co.uk 36 years as oboe player and solo cor anglais with CBSO, and freelancing with major symphony orchestras. Presentations cover all aspects of full time symphony orchestra oboe/cor anglais playing. Titles include: "All in the Mind", "Changing Gear", "Metamorphoses", "You can see the Notes, but not the Air", "Still Hooked", "Mother married an Oboe Player". Will travel. Fees negotiable + expenses. |
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WILKES 70 Filching Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN20 8SD. Tel: 01323 724916. Current programmes: Wagner and Liszt, an uneasy friendship; linked to: Wagner and Liszt, their musical legacy. Vienna: Mahler and his contemporaries: linked to: Exiles and émigrés - follows fortunes of composers who fled Vienna and Nazi Germany George Gershwin - Crazy for you Sergei Prokofiev - the prodigal son Golden age of film music Aspects of opera in the 20th Century Viva Verdi! and Viva Verdi! (Encore) Once upon a time: fairytales, myths and legends Dmitri Shostakovich - the great survivor Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) and the Mighty Handful The Golden Age of Russian Opera “Golden Voices – Opera Nights" (in preparation) Further details on request. Expenses only. |
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CATHERINE
WILMERS |
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WILSON 142 Greenway, Hayes, Middlesex UB4 9HX Tel: 020 8841 9166. E-mail: drwilson24@googlemail.com Subjects covered include: Kathleen Ferrier; Solomon; Sir Henry Wood; Myra Hess; Lisa della Casa - the Ideal Arabella No fee. Southeast England preferred. |