PROGRAMME 2018/19

 

28th  Sept.           Malcolm Lewis                         Birmingham –City of Music            

 

10th Oct.              Dr. John Marsh                        Something new and Exciting                                 

 

24th Oct.              Lynne Plummer                       From Grade 1 to Royal Festival Hall                    

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14th Nov.              Janet Presley (SVMC)              Development of Music in England                                    

 

28th Nov.              Jenny Parker (SVMC)              The Greatest Symphonist of the 20th C.?                                         

 

12th Dec.                                                                Christmas Party

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23rd Jan               Tony Cawston  (SVMC)           Music Quiz with Scottish Overtones.    

                              

27th Feb              Geoff Trinick (Cardiff)               Scherzo - No Laughing Matter?                                     

 

13th Mar.            Wendy Hill (Elgar Museum)    The Life of Elgar                                                        

 

27th Mar.            Kevin Menzies (SVMC)             My Country : The Musical Life of Rafael Kubelik

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10th April            Dennis Morgan (Painswick)    A Dip into the record collection of an Eccentric 

 

24th April            Robert  Crockford (SVMC)       M is for Music                                                                          

 

8th May                                                                   A.G.M.

 

12th June                                                                Summer Supper at The Old Badger, Eastington

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PROGRAMME 2017/18

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27th September

“SIGNATURE TUNES”

 

Malcolm Lewis starts the season with another of his enjoyable miscellanies.

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11th October

“BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE OPERA”

  

The welcome return of Lynne Plummer (Cardiff RMC) explaining that it’s not so easy as it looks!

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25th October

“WOMEN COMPOSERS”

 

Club members Jenny Buckland and Claire Govier redress a musical imbalance!

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8th November

“THE CHANGING FACE OF THE ORCHESTRA”

 

Retired clarinettist Michael Huntriss tells how orchestras have developed.

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22nd November

GUSTAV HOLST

 

Angela Applegate from the Holst Museum tells of his life, with musical illustrations.

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13th December

CHRISTMAS PARTY

 

Bring and Share some Christmas food and music at our party.

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24th January

“NOT BURNS NIGHT SPECIAL”

 

A celebration of English, Welsh and Irish music.

 

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28th February

“MUSIC LESSONS”

 

Nigel Davies, former Head of Music at Redland Girls School and now local Choir Master, gives some musical lessons from his life.

 

 

14th March

“MUSIC IS THE BEST MEDICINE”

 

Peter Wyton is a pharmacist who writes topical verse in Cotswold Life; he’ll dispense some music and words for us

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28th March

“MY LIFE WITH MUSIC ”     

It’s a great pleasure to have Lionel Carley back – this time with a personal selection illustrating a very musical life.

 

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11th April  

“MY COUNTRY : THE MUSICAL LIFE OF     RAFAEL KUBELIK”   

This talk has been POSTPONED until next season - the Car Park at the venue is being resurfaced

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25th April

“AFRICA AND ITS MUSICAL HERITAGE”

 

James Crockford leads a musical safari to discover the roots of and influences on African music

 

 

PROGRAMME 2016/17

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26th April

“A TRAIN JOURNEY THROUGH MUSIC”

Local resident and former BR Manager Lawrie Hall gives us an on line selection of railway tracks.

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12th April

“SOMEHOW - OTHERWISE”

The  welcome return of Terry Jones with an intriguing selection of music - but not played as originally intended.

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22nd  March

“LATIN AMERICAN COMPOSERS”

Kevin & Kim Menzies give us a Latin lesson.

 

8th March

“A PERSONAL MISCELLANY”

Dr John Marsh was Director of Music at St Mary Redcliffe and Clifton College. 

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22nd  February

“MUSIC IN THE FAMILY”

Jennifer Crockford climbs the Gardiner branch of her family tree, which includes Balfour and John Eliot.

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25th January

BURNS NIGHT SPECIAL

A special evening to celebrate the Scottish bard.  Full details later.

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14th  December

CHRISTMAS PARTY

Bring and Share some Christmas food and music at our party.

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23rd  November

“DANCING THROUGH THE AGES - MUSIC FROM OUR GREEN AND PLEASANT LAND”

Club members Margaret Burtt and Jenny Buckland share the evening.

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9th November

“THANKS FOR THE MEMORY”

Some Musical Milestones from Club members Jill and Robert Hutchings.

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26th  October

“DISCOVERING THE HARP”

Cathy White (Professor of Harp at the R.A.M.) will reveal the story of the harp.

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12th  October

“A DOUBLE BILL”

 Old friend Malcolm Lewis presents a Broadway double bill with music by Rodgers & Hammerstein, followed by the American Musical.

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28th  September

THE SKILL OF THE INSTRUMENT MAKER

Lynne Plummer from Cardiff returns with more from her professional experience.

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PROGRAMME 2015/16

 

June 2016 THE ANNUAL SUPPER

Members and visitors welcome.

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May 11, 2016

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

After the meeting  there will be strawberries and cream (£2) and your own choice of music.  Surprise us as usual!

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April 27, 2016

'MAKE MINE A DOUBLE!'

Our own dynamic duo, Kevin and Kim Menzies, treat us to a musical bar or two.

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April 13, 2016

 

THE HORN AND ITS PLACE IN THE ORCHESTRA

An illustrated presentation by local horn player, Kelly Holmes.

​​March 23, 2016

LIFE, TIMES & MUSIC OF MALCOLM ARNOLD

Tim Porter returns to the Club with the story of a prolific English composer.

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March 9, 2016

TRAVELS THROUGH MUSIC

We accompany Johnny Coppin on an excursion through the music and  poetry in his life.

 

February 24, 2016

"NEXT! (or it's been a lot of fun)"
A non-technical run through 58 years of organ building with Tony Cawston (SVMC).

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January  27, 2016

MUSICAL QUIZ TIME
Clare and Brian Govier produce another of their Nutcracker Suites.

 

October 28, 2015

"WHO NEEDS A CONDUCTOR ANYWAY!"
Some interesting answers from Lynne Plummer

(Cardiff RMS)

 

November  11, 2015

A PORTRAIT OF GRIEG

A musical depiction revealed by Lionel Carley, local biographer of the Norwegian composer.

November 25, 2015

MUSIC INSPIRED BY THE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Malcolm Lewis played music inspired by the works of William Shakespeare.

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December 9, 2015

CHRISTMAS  PARTY
Bring and share some Christmas food and music at our party.

 

October 14, 2015

"MY GLOUCESTERSHIRE"
Words and music from a life across the Severn,  by Terry Jones (formerly  of the West Dean RMS).

 

September 23, 2015

MUSIC FOR JOHN

A thank you to John Collier from the Club with music chosen by his friends.

 

PROGRAMME 2014/15

 

22nd October 2014

Confessions of a Music Critic

Christopher Morley (Birmingham Post & Mail)

 

12th November 2014

Music and the Romance of Place

Chris Baldwin

 

26th November 2014

"SCH....you know who" - some composers beginning with Sch...

Robert Crockford (SVMC)

 

10th December 2014

Christmas Party - bring and share some food and music

 

28th January 2015

"Two I would & Two I wouldn't - take on a desert island"

4 Club Members

 

25th February 2015

British Jazz

Kevin Menzies (SVMC)

 

11th March 2015

Tales from the Midland Radio Orchestra

Paul Arden Taylor

 

25th March 2015

Music in Retirement - a fulfilment of ambitions

Victor Godden

 

8th April 2015

A Story of the Keyboard

John Crockford

 

22nd April 2015

Female European Composers

Janet Presley (SVMC)

 

13th May 2015

A G M + strawberries and cream

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