Our Spring to Autumn programme 2025...
9th April | Annual General Meeting followed by ‘Not Heard on Classic FM’ Jeff Castrey, Society member |
23rd April | ’Quilter and Friends’ Margaret Hopes, Society committee member |
7th May | ‘Mysterious Mozart’ David Threasher, Sub-editor of the Gramophone magazine |
21st May | ‘Britain’s First Female Symphonist’ Dr Christopher Redwood, Musician and author |
4th June | ‘Maria Callas’ Andrew Borkovski, Former lecturer at Bristol University |
18th June | ‘From the New World’ Bob Inskip, Chard U3A |
2nd July | ‘Berlioz and His Te Deum’ Prof. John Pickard, Professor of composition at Bristol University |
23rd July | ‘The Musicals That Got Away?’ Owen James, Director of musicals locally and retired head teacher |
20th Aug | ‘Such Sweet Thunder’ George Young, Society Treasurer |
17th Sept | ‘Sir Adrian Boult – Most Modest Maestro of Maestros’ Geraint Lewis, Society President, composer, lecturer and musicologist |
15th Oct | ‘French Impressionist Composers’ – on the 150th anniversary of his birth, a
look at Ravel and his contemporaries Dr David Bednall, Composer, organist, pianist and cathedral choral director |
12th Nov | ‘Written to Please’ Jude Forth, Friend of the society and regular presenter |
The above dates are Wednesdays - 2:15 for a prompt 2:30 start
Please note – Programme dates may be cancelled or content changed due to circumstances beyond our control.
The December 2025–March 2026 programme will be published later in the year.
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