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HUDDERSFIELD MUSIC SOCIETY 4 Vanbrugh Quartet 1989-90 SEASON H MONDAYS AT ST. PAUL'S HUDDERSFIELD POLYTECHNIC

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X TICKET PRICES DOUBLE SEASON 2 tickets for all 7 concerts SINGLE SEASON 1 ticket for all 7 concerts (Students half price) Single ticket for concerts 1 & 3 Remaining Concerts Students £1.50 (except concert 3 £2.50) Tickets may be purchased by using the booking form or from Huddersfield Information Centre, Albion Street, Tel. 422133 ext. 685 (Saturday 423877) or at the door on the night of the concert. Season ticket prices represent substantial savings: £25 on a double season ticket £10 on a single season ticket Enquiries: Hon. Subscription Secretary Hudds. 654620 or Hon. Secretary Hudds. 422612 Postcode Telephone *I have received my season ticket(s) for 1989/90 *Please send me: (Delete words not applicable) Quantity £35 Double season ticket Single season ticket BOOKING FORM Post this form with payment to Mr. P. Michael Lord, 14 Garsdale Road, Newsome, Huddersfield HD4 6QZ Tel: Hudds. 429214 Name Address Date & Quantity £20 £5.00 £4.00 £ £ P P Single concert ticket I enclose cheque Total Cheques payable to "The Huddersfield Music Society" Season tickets to be paid for or returned by 25th September 1989. 6 I fi S P W 66 S a S [ F f a t C 0 V BE F a: I t 11

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6. Monday 12th February 1990 7.30pm VANBRUGH STRING QUARTET Quartet in C major op 76 no 3 (Emperor) Haydn Quartet no 2 Crisantemi Kodaly Puccini Beethoven Quartet in E flat op 74 (Harp) In April 1988 the Vanbrugh String Quartet became the first British quartet to win the Portsmouth International String Quartet Competition, an achievement which places them alongside the finest young quartets in the world. Of their Wigmore Hall recital the "Times" wrote: "Already the Vanbrugh can boast not only technical security and a marvellous unanimity of intent, but also a remarkable insight into the music they play". 7. Monday 12th March 1990 7.30pm JEAN-EFFLAM BAVOUZET piano Sonata in D major Hob XVI:24 Gaspard de la Nuit Diabelli Variations op 120 Haydn Ravel Beethoven This young French pianist has already established a formidable reputation here and abroad as well as amassing a number of prestigious prizes and reaching the semi-finals of the Leeds International Piano Competition. His programme includes two piano works of enormous stature: Gaspard de la Nuit and the Diabelli variations. The chance to hear two such demanding works in one evening is rare. We are indebted to the French Cultural Delegation at Manchester for financial assistance towards this concert. Intervening "Mondays at St. Paul's" are promoted by the Polytechnic Music Department and are advertised in the Department's brochure.

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1. Monday 2nd October 1989 7.30pm WIND SOLOISTS OF THE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF EUROPE Serenade in E flat K 375 Octet in F major Serenade for wind sextet Octet in E flat Excerpts from 'Don Giovanni' Mozart Krommer Seiber Hummel Mozart Those who heard these Wind Soloists on their last appearance in Huddersfield will know that this group, comprising players from the highly respected and admired Chamber Orchestra of Europe, can justly be regarded as an exceptionally fine ensemble. Their recording of the Mozart E flat Serenade is described by The Gramophone as "a masterly performance". 2. Monday 30th October 1989 7.30pm CARMINA STRING QUARTET Quartet in D minor K421 Quartet no 2 in A minor opus 13 Quartet opus 51 no 2 in A minor Mozart Mendelssohn Brahms The Carmina Quartet, presently based in Zurich, enjoys a growing reputation for its passionate, sensitive musicianship. Among their mentors are the Amadeus Quartet and Sandor Vegh, who writes: "Seldom have I experienced in a young string quartet such diligent conviction and joyful commitment to making music." 3. Monday 20th November 1989 7.30pm PRAZAK STRING QUARTET 'ROMANCE & NEO-ROMANTICISM' Quartet no 2 (Intimate Letters) Quartet no 4 (1989) Lyric Suite Janáček Zdeněk Lukáš Berg It will be a pleasure to Huddersfield Music lovers to welcome back these musical friends from Prague who have, on their past visits, won a special place in the hearts

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of the Society's subscribers. This concert is presented in collaboration with the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and includes two romantic works from the Czech repertoire and a repeat of the Berg Suite of which they gave such a stunning performance on their last visit. 4. Monday 4th December 1989 7.30pm PIERS ADAMS & NIGEL TILLEY Recorders and harpsichord "An Extraordinary Musical Feast" An entertaining and enlightening meander through some five centuries of music, displaying the remarkable capabilities of these often underrated instruments: mediaeval dances and laments, virtuoso variations, outstanding baroque sonatas by Handel, Scarlatti and Corelli, romantic transcriptions, avant garde tone poems and a wild gypsy dance to conclude this extraordinary concert! Members of the Society who heard these two virtuoso performers in Leeds last year described them as "fantastic". "These two young Englishmen have astonishing technical and musical capabilities; the eclecticism of their programmes held the audience rapt from beginning to end ... the almost telepathic communication created quite an astonishing rapport a truly important arrival in today's musical world." (France Midi) Sponsored by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust 5. Monday 22nd January 1990 7.30pm PROMETHEUS ENSEMBLE Trio for clarinet, cello and piano in B flat op 11 Beethoven Piano Trio in E minor op 90 (Dumky) Quartet for the End of Time Dvořák Messiaen - Formed in 1984, the Prometheus Ensemble brings together some of Britain's finest young chamber music players. Their stimulating and varied programme is performed by Elizabeth Perry violin, Chris Craker clarinet, Melissa Phelps cello and Yitkin Seow piano and includes the great masterpiece for these four instruments by Olivier Messiaen, now in his 81st year.

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HUDDERSFIELD MUSIC SOCIETY President: Stephen Smith Hon. Secretary: Mrs. M. S. Glendinning Hon. Treasurer: P. Michael Lord Hon. Subscription Secretary: Mrs. L. Walker We gratefully acknowledge the support of: Huddersfield Polytechnic Arts Council of Great Britain Yorkshire Arts Association Kirklees Leisure Services HUDDERSFIELD MANCHESTER MANCHESTER RD A62 A616 CHAPEL HILL Car park QUEEN ST SOUTH QUEENSGATE FIRE STATION T ST. PAUL'S HALL MARKET MALL POLYTECHNIC QUEENS GATE BUS STATION 4629 WAKEFIELD RO CASTLEGATE OC H ICS WAKEFIELD AND SHEFFIELD SOUTHGATE with financial assistance f KIRKLEES LEISURE SERVICES M62 WEST A640 from NEW NORTH ROAD RAILWAY STATION SPORTS CENTRE YORKSHIRE LEEDS RD A62 ARTS Funded HALIFAX & M62 A629 NORTH- ST JOHN S RD LEEDS M1 TOWN CENTRE

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S HUDDERSFIELD MUSIC SOCIETY Seventy-second Season 1989 - 1990 Monday 2nd October 1989 WIND SOLOISTS OF THE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF EUROPE Douglas Boyd & Mark Pledger oboes Richard Hosford & Nicholas Rodwell clarinets Jonathan Williams & Stephen Stirling horns Matthew Wilkie & Christopher Gunia bassoons Programme Serenade in E flat K375 Octet-Partita in F Op.57 Interval Serenade for wind sextet Octet in E flat Excerpts from 'Don Giovanni' Mozart Krommer Seiber Hummel Mozart arr. Triebensee We are very pleased to welcome back the Wind of the C.O.E. for their second concert for this Society. Subscribers will surely remember their fine concert in November 1987. The Chamber Orchestra of Europe was formed in 1981 and the following year, members of the wind section formed their own ensemble. They attribute their achievements to the inspiration. and guidance of conductor/violinist Alexander Schneider, who worked closely with them, directing many of their early concerts and recordings.

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Serenade in E flat K375 Allegro maestoso Minuet and trio Adagio Minuet and trio Allegro The instrumental serenade was developed towards the end of the 18th century, scored for small ensemble and written in several movements as in the divertimenti and cassations. Mozart wrote two such serenades for wind: K375 was originally scored for 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons; he added the oboe part later. According to the composer's letter to his father, it was composed on St. Theresa's Day, 15th October 1781 and performed on the same day. Octet-Partita in F Op.57 Allegro vivace Minuet and trio Adagio andante cantabile Alla polacca - Mozart (1756-1791) Franz Krommer (1759-1831) Born in Czechoslovakia, Frantisek Kramar was the son of an innkeeper, later burgomaster, and learnt to play the violin and organ. He was employed successively as violinist in Hungary, choirmaster in a small cathedral, regimental composer to a nobleman, and musical director for Count Girassolkovich de Gyarek. He then moved to Vienna and was henceforth known as Franz Krommer. INTERVAL His 13 pieces for wind instruments were all written for the Count of the impressive name, who kept a band of eight players always at hand to entertain their employer. Krommer's original and engaging pieces not only delighted the Count but became best-sellers when they were published in Vienna and Paris. P S K S W C N P C

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(1) of in 19. ly the is er 1) in in er ch 35 or ht S ut nd Serenade for Wind Sextet (1925) 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons Matyas Seiber (1905-1960) Seiber was born in Budapest and studied composition with Kodaly at the Budapest Academy. He left Hungary for Germany and settled in Frankfurt where he taught jazz and played the cello in theatre orchestras. In 1935 Seiber settled in England where he worked for a publisher, taught at Morley College, and was 8 co-founder of the Committee (later Society) for the Propagation of New Music. His best known work is the Cantata Ulysses from James Joyce's book. Seiber died in a car crash in the Kruger National Park in South Africa in 1960. Octet in E flat Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837) Allegro con spirito Andante piu posto allegretto Vivace assai Hummel was a gifted Austrian musician able to read music at the age of 4, to play the violin at 5, and the piano at 6. In 1785 he went to live with Mozart and studied the piano with him until he began his career as a concert pianist and, like his master, travelled widely with his father. His travels brought him to this country where he made a great impression at Edinburgh, Durham, Cambridge and London. An intended tour of France was foiled by the turbulence of the period. From 1804 to 1811 Hummel was concert master to Prince Esterhazy at Eisenstadt. He was a pall- bearer at Beethoven's funeral and died ten years later at Weimar. Excerpts from Don Giovanni' Concerts of exclusively wind instruments have in the past been something of a rarity. In the 71 seasons of the Huddersfield Music Society there has been only one such concert up to the 1987 visit of the Wind Soloists, namely that of the Vienna Wind Quintet in 1968, though the Manchester Wind Sextet, consisting of 5 wind and piano, performed here in 1956 and 1958 and Keith Swallow with the Amphion Wind Quintet came in 1976. Perhaps subscribers would like to indicate if they would like more! Mozart arr. Triebensee (1772-1846)

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HUDDERSFIELD MUSIC SOCIETY Next concert: Monday 30th October at 7.30pm CARMINA STRING QUARTET Quartet in D minor K421 Quartet in A minor, Op.13 Quartet in A minor Op.51 No.2 MONDAYS at St. PAUL'S 9th October at 7.30pm Mozart Mendelssohn Brahms OLTREMONTANI Music from 17th century Venice and London The four singers are recent graduates of the Music Department and the Programme also includes interludes for organ and harpsichord. THE SOCIETY IS GRATEFUL for FINANCIAL HELP FROM: K Beaumont H J Black J F Crossley Mrs. E Crossland Mrs. A Crow ther D Dugdale C England Miss M A Freeman E Glendinning P Michael Lord P L Michelson S Rothery JCS Smith SL Henderson Smith Mrs. C Stephenson JG Sykes Mrs. É R Taylor WE Thompson H Marshall Williams Huddersfield Polytechnic Yorkshire Arts Association Kirklees Leisure Services

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pizzeria mario and nino Pizzeria Sole Mio Imperial Arcade, Market Street, Huddersfield. Tel: Hudds. 542828 HOURS OF OPENING Monday - Friday 12.00 - 2.30 p.m. 5.30-11.30 p.m. Saturday 12.00-11.30 p.m. Sunday 5.30-11.00 p.m. TRATTORIA ALLA SCALA We sole mio TRY SOMETHING NEW? HAVE A PIZZA, A GLASS OF WINE HAVE FUN! Home made Pastas Genuine Italian Pizza Special of the day Take away for one or for the family - Party take away catered for. TRATTORIA TRATTORIA ALLA SCALA HOURS OF OPENING: Monday - Closed all day Tuesday - Saturday 12-30- 2-30 p.m. 6-0011-00 p.m. Sunday 12-00- 2-30 p.m. 12 ZETLAND STREET HUDDERSFIELD WEST YORKSHIRE Telephone: (0484) 515161

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HUDDERSFIELD MUSIC SOCIETY Seventy-second Season 1989 1990 Matthias Enderle Suzanne Frank Monday 30th October 1989 CARMINA STRING QUARTET SUR violin violin Wendy Champney viola Stephan Goerner cello Programme Quartet in D minor K421 Quartet No. 2 in A minor Op. 13 Interval Quartet in A minor Op.51 No.2 Mozart Mendelssohn Brahms Formed in 1984, the Carmina Quartet was awarded the highest prize at the Borciani Competition in Italy in June 1987. As a result, the Quartet was offered more than 50 concerts in the musical centres of Europe, Israel and Japan. Their success far exceeded the expectations of their promoters and agents and in the current season they are giving over 100 concerts in every European country, in Japan, Hong Kong, Israel, USA, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. The two violinists and the cellist studied at the Winterthur Conservatory. Wendy Champney comes from America and, with her husband, Matthias Enderle, finished her studies at the International Menuhin Academy in Gstaad. The Yorkshire Arts Association gives support toward the cost of these concerts with funds provided by the Arts Council of Great Britain. We acknowledge with thanks the help of the Huddersfield Folytechnic to which this Society is affiliated.

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Quartet in D minor, K421 Allegro moderato Andante Minuet and trio Allegretto ma non troppo (Last performed in 1987 by the Alberni Quartet) In 1781 Haydn published the great series opus 33, six quartets written, as he said, "in quite a new and special way" and this it was that inspired the young Mozart to compose the six quartets which he dedicated to Haydn - "the fruit of long and laborious endeavour". Mozart (1756-1791) The D minor, written in 1783, is the second of the six and is said to have been composed at the time of the birth of Constanze's first child. It seems that Mozart's fertile invention was a worry to his contemporaries: "He leaves his hearer out of breath, for hardly has he grasped one beautiful thought than another of greater fascination dispels the first, and this goes on throughout, so that in the end it is impossible to retain any one of these beautiful melodies". (Dittersdorf). Time and familiarity have changed all that and there are many outstandingly memorable features of the composition; the opening octave fall which is repeated many times, the broken triplet figures tossed among the four instruments and used very effectively in the coda, the rising chords of the andante, the trio in which the first violin, later joined by the viola, plays a leaping melody over the pizzicato of the other strings and, in the last movement, the Siciliano theme which has four variations and a coda. Quartet in A minor Op. 13 Adagio allegro vivace Adagio non lento Intermezzo Presto - Mendelssohn (1809-1847) "As a composer of chamber music", says Grove, "Mendelssohn claims greatness almost without qualification" and Hans Keller deems him "master of the string quartet". However, he is celebrated more for the youthful and brilliant Octet and for the Piano Trio in D minor and little else until quite recently. The Music Society has rarely featured him in string quartet concerts, only two, Op. 44 Nos. 1 and 2 having been played before tonight. The A minor is his second, written in 1827, the year of Beethoven's death. (The opus numbers are misleading; the Octet Op. 18, cul con in was alsc pub COME writ them Beet move shor temp alle end adag the Quar des tha was les his moc lyr lat muc lik Nev mar was eir cor

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1) Ex y" ne 60 nd of .e S ul t, S "e D D e en DEKA: ed e y e e ) in er SL SOC or e 18 en of et 9 happy child and Op. 20 was written two years earlier in 1825). Mendelssohn was 18, the of a happy household, intelligent, cultured talented. Whereas the first quartet is a happy contented piece, events in 1827 caused Mendelssohn to express in Op. 13 a gentle melancholy. To the young composer, Beethoven was a god, and undoubtedly this quartet owes much to Op. 132, also in A minor, and acquired by Mendelssohn as soon as it was published in 1825. The opening theme which colours the whole movement and comes back strongly at the conclusion, is the theme of a song written earlier: Ist es wahr (Is it true?). The shape of the themes and the kind of development show a close study of the Beethoven quartets. The first movement opens in the major and moves into the minor at the allegro vivace. The second has a short pseudo-fugal section, a piú animato, and return to the tempo primo. The charming allegretto, with its central allegro end of which the first violin adagio and a recitative which ushers in the theme which begins the quartet. di molto, is followed by a lively presto, towards the plays the fugal theme of the INTERVAL Quartet in A minor Op.51 No. 2 Allegro non troppo Andante moderato Brahms (1833-1897) Quasi menuetto, moderato Allegro non assai (Last performed in 1974 by the New Budapest Quartet) According to his own statement, Brahms composed and destroyed some 20 string quartets before finally producing one that he considered worthy of his reputation. By that time, he was functioning well enough to turn out two, written more or less simultaneously, which were published together in 1873 as his opus 51. The two quartets were written in contrasting moods; the first is stormy and violent whereas this one is the lyric, singing Brahms. He composed only one more quartet, the B flat two years later and then abandoned the form. Perhaps the past was too much for him: 'You don't know', he said, 'what it means to the likes of us when we hear his footsteps behind us'. Nevertheless he was Beethoven's heir in the grand classical manner; all the movements conform to classical patterns. The A minor quartet was dedicated to Dr. Billroth, but it was written for Joachim, whose motto 'F.A.E. (Frei aber einsam) combines with Brahms' F.A.F. (Frei aber froh), (a conjunction of freedom, solitude and happiness) to produce the

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opening subject (A) FAE and its inversion FAF (Bb). Joachim and Brahms were both canon addicts and the whole quartet shows Brahms, who made a lifelong study of J.S. Bach, introducing canons into all four movements. HUDDERSFIELD MUSIC SOCIETY Next concert: Monday 20th November at 7.30pm PRAZAK STRING QUARTET Quartet No.2 Quartet No.4 Lyric Suite MONDAYS at St. PAUL'S 7th November at 7.30pm STUDENTS ON STAGE Sonatas for oboe, flute & clarinet by Handel, Hindemith, C.P.E. Bach and Horowitz and duos by Teleman and Poulenc. Six Metormorphoses after Ovid by Britten HALIFAX PHILHARMONIC CLUB Harrison House, Harrison Road, Halifax Friday 3rd November at 7.30pm CARMINA STRING QUARTET Janacek Zdenek Lukas Berg Quartet in A Op.55 No.1 Quartet No.2 (1927) Quartet in A minor Op.51 NO.2 LEEDS PIANO TRIO ELLAND & DISTRICT MUSIC SOCIETY Parochial Hall, Westgate, Elland Friday 24th November 7.30pm Trio in D Op.70 No.1 Trio in D minor Op.32 Trio in E flat D929 Haydn. Szymanowski Brahms Beethoven Arensky Schubert

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d 6 3 THE SOCIETY IS GRATEFUL for FINANCIAL HELP FROM: The Rt. Hon. The Lord Saville, JP, DL (Hon. Vice-President) K Beaumont H J Black J F Crossley Mrs. E Crossland Mrs. A Crowther D Dugdale C England. Miss M A Freeman E Glendinning P Michael Lord PL Michelson S Rothery JC S Smith S L Henderson Smith Mrs. C Stephenson JG Sykes Mrs. E R Taylor. WE Thompson H Marshall Williams Huddersfield Polythechnic Yorkshire Arts Association The Goethe Institute of Manchester Kirklees Leisure Services The Cannon Lincoln Group

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pizzeria mario and nino Pizzeria Sole Mio Imperial Arcade, Market Street, Huddersfield. Tel: Hudds. 542828 HOURS OF OPENING Monday - Friday 12.00 2.30 p.m. 5.30-11.30 p.m. Saturday 12.00-11.30 p.m. Sunday 5.30-11.00 p.m. TRATTORIA ALLA SCALA P sole mio TRY SOMETHING NEW? HAVE A PIZZA, A GLASS OF WINE HAVE FUN! 60 Home made Pastas Genuine Italian Pizza Special of the day Take away for one or for the family Party take away catered for. TRATTORIA TRATTORIA ALLA SCALA HOURS OF OPENING: Monday Closed all day ● Tuesday - Saturday 12-30- 2-30 p.m. 6-00-11-00 p.m. Sunday 12-00- 2-30 p.m. 12 ZETLAND STREET HUDDERSFIELD WEST YORKSHIRE Telephone: (0484) 515161

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HUDDERSFIELD MUSIC SOCIETY Seventy-second Season 1989 - 1990 Monday 20th November 1989 PRAZAK STRING QUARTET Vaclav Remes violin Vlastimil Holek violin Programme Joseph Kluson viola Michal Kanka cello Quartet No. 2 (Intimate Letters) Quartet No.4 (1987) Lyric Suite Interval Leoš Janáček Zdenek Lukás Alban Berg We welcome with great pleasure this return visit of the famous Prazak Quartet from Prague. On their last visit, in March 1988, they gave us memorable performances of Beethoven, Smetana and Berg; tonight's concert, promoted jointly by this Society and the Contemporary Music Festival, gives another chance to hear this important 20th century quartet and also the more familiar Janáček and a new work by the Czech composer Zdenek Lukás. The quartet was formed in 1972 at the Prague Conservatory of Music and has become well established among the leading ensembles in the world. It has given concerts in all the leading major music centres of Europe and has visited the UK on four previous occasions. We acknowledge with thanks support for our concerts from the Yorkshire Arts Association and the Huddersfield Polytechnic, to which this Society is affiliated.

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Leoš Janáček (1854-1928) Andante; Adagio; Moderato; Allegro (Last performed in October 1985 by the Prazak Quartet) Quartet No.2 Janáček was born in Hukvaldy, East Moravia, son of a choir master. In 1874 he began training at the Prague Organ School, and two years later travelled to Leipzig and Vienna in search of fame and fortune, only to return disappointed. He worked for a time as music master at Brno training college and, finding that his early compositions met with little success, devoted himself to research into folk music. By the turn of the century his music was becoming better known, and in the final ten years of his life saw the production of a sustained series of inspired works on which his reputation now rests, most of which were inspired by his love for a young married woman many years his junior. and glowing of Janáček wrote the Second String Quartet in twenty days during the last year of his life at the age of seventy-four. It is the most intimate his chamber compositions. Behind it, like a source of brimming inspiration stands the person of Mrs Kamila Stösslová. Janáček's letters, his opera Katia Kabanova and the two String Quartets reveal what she was to him. At the age of seventy-three he made her the following declaration: "...for the last eleven years, and without even suspecting it, you have been my protectrice from every conceivable point of view... Wherever there is warmth of pure sentiment, sincerity, truth and ardent love in my compositions, you are the source of it!" The state of the composer's intoxication with love found a telling expression in these words quoted from an article in The Literary World from 1928: "Youth is eternal! Life is young! It's spring. I am not afraid to live. To open the eyes! Life is beautiful! The concept of the Second String Quartet is broader than one might feel inclined to believe judging, from its programmatic title (Intimate Letters). Beyond doubt, the basic jubilant and passionate note of the work was stimulated by the composer's personal feeling inspired by his belated, stormy love. There are serene places, especially in the first and second movements, where this lyrical song bursts out with a rushing force, whilst in the third and fourth movements it alternates with the sweet, nocturnal tenderness of delightful cantilenas. this intoxicating happiness, his turbulent outcry, "Life is beautiful" had, of course, yet yet another motivation, namely the satisfaction he felt that his life was at long last being recognised and appreciated. The long and thorny road to success which caused him so much pain and bitterness, finally ended in the lime-light of triumph. He felt happy for he could survey a wealth of work in which he never ceased to be a true son of his country. This is why the Second String

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(28) oir pol, rch ked and, ess, of the ned ts, ded ays ur. ber on rs, eal her and 프릉엉 T2 등을 등 Om of my che Ion ld am man ts sic he my and a it Ful ry, on, ng ny 55, or to ng Quartet so cogently resounds with cheerful and brisk Moravian folk intonations. Intimate Letters are almost a pendant to Smetana's First String Quartet. They are an assessment Janáček's whole pilgrimage through life; they are they are not farewell, but rather a proud review of what he accomplished. (From a note by Se-El supplied by Richard Steinitz) of a Quartet No. 4 (1987) UK premiere Zdenek Lukás worked after graduating from the teachers' institute first as a teacher in Prague and then in the Pilson station of Czechoslovak Radio as an editor, choirmaster of the well-known Song of Bohemia Choir and programme worker. Since 1964, he has been active in Prague as a composer (with two brief interruptions: pedagogical work at the Prague Conservatory and the post of chorus master in the Czechoslovak State Song and Dance Ensemble). The String Quartet No.4 was was composed in 1987 and is dedicated to the Prazak Quartet who gave the premiere on 3rd April 1989 in Prague. Lukás' compositional speech has many forms. It extends from simple stylisations of authentic folklore through works with a definitely personal approach to folk art (as in this quartet, with its Neo-romantic shades of Smetana), to key compositions in a personal style, which give special attention to the rhythmic component of the music and with elements of modern Zdenek Lukás (born 1928) to enriching musical expression compositional technique. (Adapted by R. S. from a note by Jon Ledec) INTERVAL Lyric Suite Allegro giovale Andante amoroso Allegro misterioso Adagio appassionato Presto delirando Alban Berg (1885-1935) Largo desolato (Last performed in 1988 by the Prazak Quartet) Alban Berg was born in Vienna and began composing at an early age, taking up studies with Schoenberg in 1904. By 1914 he had written several sets of songs and was planning his first opera - Wozzeck- first performed in 1925. The following year he completed his first 12-tone work, the Lyric Suite. His second opera, Lulu, first appeared as a concert suite in 1934 while Berg was still working on orchestral parts of the opera.

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His last work was the Violin Concerto, written in memory of the daughter of Mahler's widow. personal The Lyric Suite was written in 1926, the same year as Janáček's Glagolitic Mass, and is one of the most passionately romantic of all Berg's works. We now know that it was inspired by a woman he was in love with and that the music contains hidden allusions. The mysterious opening of the scherzo-like third movement is based on the intertwined initials of the two names: A B flat (for Alban Berg) and H F (for Hannah Fuchs-Robettin). The fourth movement contains a quotation from Alexander von Zemlinsky's Lyric Symphony, from which Berg borrowed his title. The passage Berg chose to quote had originally been a setting of the words: Du bist mein Eigen, mein Eigen (You are my own, my own). But perhaps the most interesting aspects of Berg's secret programme concerns the slow last movement which movement which has been discovered to be an instrumental setting of a sonnet from Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal, 'De Profundis Clamavi'. The poem begins: To you, sole dear one, my cry rises Out of the deepest abyss in which My heart has fallen. Berg's Finale also contains a fleeting quotation from the Prelude to Tristan and Isolde. The movement ends with a composed fade-out in which, one by one, the players drop out until the viola is alone, playing a rocking motif which dies away to nothing. At the end, Berg writes: "May it be a small monument to a great love". HUDDERSFIELD MUSIC SOCIETY Next concert: Monday 4th December at 7.30pm PIERS ADAMS & HOWARD BEACH "An Extraordinary Musical Feast" including sonatas by Handel, Scarlatti & Corelli MONDAYS at St. PAUL'S 27th November at 7.30pm STUDENTS ON STAGE Polytechnic Ensembles 11 - THE SYMPHONIC BAND Music by 20th century English and American composers

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pizzeria mario and nino Pizzeria Sole Mio Imperial Arcade, Market Street, Huddersfield. Tel: Hudds. 542828 HOURS OF OPENING Monday - Friday 12.00 - 2.30 p.m. 5.30-11.30 p.m. Saturday 12.00-11.30 p.m. Sunday 5.30-11.00 p.m. TRATTORIA ALLA SCALA 식 SHIFTON sole mio TRY SOMETHING NEW? HAVE A PIZZA, A GLASS OF WINE HAVE FUN! Home made Pastas Genuine Italian Pizza Special of the day Take away for one or for the family - Party take away catered for. STORANA TRATTORIA TRATTORIA ALLA SCALA HOURS OF OPENING: Monday - Closed all day Tuesday - Saturday 12-30 - 2-30 p.m. 6-00-11-00 p.m. Sunday 12-00 - 2-30 p.m. 12 ZETLAND STREET HUDDERSFIELD WEST YORKSHIRE Telephone: (0484) 515161

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HUDDERSFIELD MUSIC SOCIETY Seventy-second Season 1989 - 1990 Monday 4th December 1989 PIERS ADAMS - recorders & HOWARD BEACH - harpsichord "AN EXTAORDINARY MUSICAL FEAST" An entertaining and enlightening meander through some five centuries of music, displaying the remarkable capabilities of these often underrated instruments.... mediaeval dances and laments, virtuoso variations, outstanding baroque sonatas by Handel, Scarlatti and Corelli, romantic transcriptions, avant garde tone poems and a wild gypsy dance to conclude this extraordinary concert! PIERS ADAMS Piers Adams was born in 1963, and trained trained as an astrophysicist before turning professionally to the recorder in 1984. Since that time he has become firmly established as England's leading young recorder virtuoso, winning the first Moeck UK Recorder competition, the Warwick Arts Trust Young Musician's Platform, and no fewer than five awards from the Countess of Munster Trust, the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund and the Tillett Trust. Piers Adams studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and in 1985 travelled to the hills of Tuscany to polish his artistry with the eminent Kees Boeke. He has performed in major international festivals, in London's Wigmore Hall, and as concerto soloist with the Philharmonia in St. John's Smith Square, as well as giving live broadcasts on BBC TV and on Radio France. His debut recording of Vivaldi's Recorder Concertos (Collins Classics label) was recently broadcast on Radio 3, and he has several more recordings for release in 1990, including an album of his own virtuoso transcriptions.

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In addition to his concert and recording work, he has recently been appointed Professor of Recorder at Dartington College of Arts. He is currently involved in a project in association with Dolce Edition to research and publish rare 19th century recorder music. HOWARD BEACH Howard Beach was born in 1966, and by the age of 17 had given prestigious solo performances on Piano, Harpsichord, Fortepiano and Violin. Since that time he has studied at the where his teachers Guilhall School of Music and Drama, included John Yorke and Christopher Kite, and he has recently been awarded a grant from the Countess of Munster Trust for a further year's study in London. Howard's exceptional technical and musical already brought him much recognition, performances for major British festivals, in the Wigmore Hall and St. John's Smith Square (the latter performance of Bach's 5th Brandenburg Concerto), and on Welsh Radio and TV with baritone Bryn Terfel. facilities have resulting in As a duo, Piers Adams and Howard Beach will be undertaking a number of tours throughout the British Isles in the coming year, and will be making several recordings on the Collins Classics label. THE RECORDER (Blockflöte, flûte-à-bec) is a woodwind instrument without a reed and is said to date back to the 12th century. In mediaeval times known as the 'fistula' or 'fipple- flute', it had seven finger holes in front and a thumb hole behind and a beak-shaped mouthpiece. The word 'recorder' first appeared in a document in 1388 and a tutor was published in 1535. Praetorius (1571-1621) lists eight sizes: great bass, quint bass, bass, bass, tenor, alto, 2 soprano and sopranino. L Recorder consorts (somtimes as many as 21 players) were a common feature of Renaissance musical life. The instrument has been revived in the 20th century both for children and as an integral part of Early Music making. There are also works for the instrument by some 20th century composers, e.g. Britten, Arnold Cooke and Rubbra.

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as on in re ad rd, he ers ly a cal uch sh are 5), ing ing Ins And 2th le- ple rst in ass, .no. e a oth Ing. ury THE HARPSICHORD (clavicembalo or arpicordo) was the most important of the keyboard instruments which preceded the fortepiano and the pianoforte. It had a place in the orchestra as an accompanying instrument when the first operas and the first oratorios were performed about 1600, and, during the time of Handel and Bach, formed the basso continuo with large lutes and viols and subsequently cellos. The harpsichord was developed during the 15th century, the earliest surviving example (in the Victoria and Albert Museum) having been made in 1521 in Bologna, Bologna, but there are illustrations of it dating back to the early 1400s. The strings of the harpsichord are plucked by a leather or quill plectrum attached to a 'jack' which is operated by the key, and felt dampers stop the vibration of the strings when the note has sounded. Italy was the first home of the harpsichord but Antwerp soon became the main centre due to the activities of the Ruckers family makers. In our century, the Dolmetsch family brought a notable revival and the instrument is now much used both solo and in baroque ensembles. There are several 20th century concertos for the instrument, the best known being "Concert champêtre" by Poulenc. Piers Adams will announce the items of the programme. This concert is sponsored by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust

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HUDDERSFIELD MUSIC SOCIETY Next concert: Monday 22nd January at 7.30pm PROMETHEUS ENSEMBLE Trio for clarinet, cello & piano Op.11 Piano trio in E minor Op.90 (Dumky) Quartet for the End of Time MONDAYS at St. PAUL'S 11th December at 7.30pm STUDENTS ON STAGE Polytechnic Ensembles III - THE POLYTECHNIC Conductor Barrie Webb Prélude à l'aprés midi d'un Faune Concerto in C major for oboe & strings Concerto for trumpet & orchestra Symphony No.2 in D HALIFAX PHILHARMONIC CLUB Harrison House, Harrison Road, Halifax Friday 15th December at 7.30pm Beethoven Dvorak Messiaen ORCHESTRA Debussy Vivaldi Artunian Sibelius ADELE PAXTON mezzo-soprano & ROBIN HUMPHREYS piano Lieder by Schubert & Wolf; "Frauenliebe und Leben" by Schumann and works by Falla and Guridi ELLAND & DISTRICT MUSIC SOCIETY Parochial Hall, Westgate, Elland Friday 26th January 7.30pm JANE EVANS - oboe & JULIAN ROLTON - piano Grovlez, Beethoven, Michael Head, Telemann, Poulenc, Liszt, and Saint-Saens

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pizzeria mario and nino Pizzeria Sole Mio Imperial Arcade, Market Street, Huddersfield. Tel: Hudds. 542828 HOURS OF OPENING Monday - Friday 12.00 - 2.30 p.m. 5.30-11.30 p.m. Saturday 12.00-11.30 p.m. Sunday 5.30-11.00 p.m. TRATTORIA ALLA SCALA sole mio Cumbia TRY SOMETHING NEW? HAVE A PIZZA, A GLASS OF WINE HAVE FUN! Home made Pastas Genuine Italian Pizza Special of the day Take away for one or for the family - Party take away catered for. TRATTORIAL TRATTORIA ALLA SCALA HOURS OF OPENING: Monday - Closed all day Tuesday - Saturday 12-30 2-30 p.m. 6-0011-00 p.m. Sunday 12-00- 2-30 p.m. - 12 ZETLAND STREET HUDDERSFIELD WEST YORKSHIRE Telephone: (0484) 515161

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THE SOCIETY IS GRATEFUL for FINANCIAL HELP FROM: K Beaumont H J Black J F Crossley Mrs. E Crossland Mrs. A Crow ther D Dugdale C England Miss M A Freeman E Glendinning P Michael Lord PL Michelson S Rothery JC S Smith SL Henderson Smith Mrs. C Stephenson JG Sykes Mrs. E R Taylor W E Thompson H Marshall Williams Huddersfield Polytechnic Yorkshire Arts Association Kirklees Leisure Services

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HUDDERSFIELD MUSIC SOCIETY Seventy-second Season 1989 - 1990 Monday 22nd January 1990 PROMETHEUS ENSEMBLE Elisabeth Perry violin Chris Craker clarinet Melissa Phelps cello Yitkin Seow piano Programme Trio for clarinet, cello & piano Op. 11 Piano Trio in E minor Op.90 (Dumky) Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps Beethoven Dvořák Messiaen Formed in 1984, the Prometheus Ensemble brings together some of Britain's finest chamber musicians and soloists, seven of whom have won international competitions. They have given performances throughout Britain, the West Indies and Europe, including broadcasts for the BBC and Hessicher Rundfunk in Frankfurt. Future engagements include tours in Europe and Great Britain and many appearances at music clubs and summer festivals. Their festival appearances include Amsterdam, Cheltenham and London. In France they gave two weeks of masterclasses and concerts with John Amis and Felix Aprahamian. The whole ensemble consists of 15 players - piano, strings, wind and harp. We acknowledge with thanks support for our concerts from Yorkshire Arts and Huddersfield Polytechnic, to which this society is affiliated.

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Trio in B flat major Op. 11 Beethoven (1770-1827) Allegro con brio Adagio Theme and variations (Last performed in 1961 by the Fell-Hall-Hopkins Trio) The clarinet trio, dedicated to the Gräfin von Thunn - the mother of Princess Lichnowsky was written in 1798, three years before the first string quartets Op. 18. This was a period when Beethoven, as a virtuoso pianist, was preoccupied with the piano. In this trio the piano certainly has the most important share of the work. H The work is scored also for the conventional trio - violin, cello and piano- and sounds well in that form, but somehow one has the feeling that the violin is the wrong instrument - that Beethoven's themes really belong to the wind - and the trio is now only played in this form. Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor Op. 90 (Dumky) Lento maestoso - allegro Poco adagio - vivace Andante vivace Andante moderato - allegretto scherzando Allegro Lento maestoso - vivace (Last performed in 1978 by the Gabrieli Ensemble) Dvořák (1841-1904) A Dumka is a form of Slavonic folk ballad which juxtaposes intense melancholy and wild gaiety. Dvorak had already used the word in the title of five single movements, but in the Trio in E minor he let the spirit of the Dumka permeate the entire work, giving it the title 'Dumky' - the plural of Dumka and bringing coherence to what is, in effect, a sonnet- sequence of movements. The work was composed in Prague during the winter of 1890/91 and Dvořák himself played the piano at its first performance. C

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7) he ee a ed st t -8 d S SH d a 8 t 1 The trio opens challengingly with cello and piano and then proceeds to and allegro. a bold statement by the alternate between lento With no break there follows a poco adagio, muted, interrupted by a vivace, returning to the adagio and ending with a wild presto. Every movement has these changes of tempo and each is in a different key. Dvořák never surpassed the brilliance of the piano writing in this trio and he has given the violin and the cello magnificent parts. INTERVAL Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps Messiaen (born 1908) (Last performed in 1978 by the Gabrieli Ensemble - Kenneth Sillito, Keith Harvey, Keith Puddy and John Streets) Olivier Messiaen, half Flemish and half Provençal in origin, the son of a professor of literature and the poet Cecile Sauvage, is one of the outstanding figures of modern French music. Essentially a mystic, perhaps one of the most remarkable features of this unusual man is his devotion to the Catholic Church and its dogmas. He does not write Masses for church services but all his work is permeated with deep religious feeling and he believes that it should be wholly devoted to the services of the Church. Perhaps some influence of Franck can be heard in his organ music, but he is rather considered as the successor of Debussy; however, he explores realms of sound which Debussy never knew. Messiaen does not reject the older rules of harmony and form but he expands and adds to them. In particular he has been influenced by Hindu music especially in its rhythms. He insists that what distinguishes his work from other contemporary music is its rhythmic novelty. Melody, rhythm and rainbow colouring are all to be found in his music. Much of his work shows his deep love of nature and his interest in it; much of his inspiration is derived from birdsong using an almost literal transcription. of it at times. He has written extensively about his compositions; he gives them descriptive titles and much picturesque explanation. A prisoner of war for two years, Messiaen wrote his quartet in the prison camp where it received its first

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performance in 1941, the composer himself playing the piano part. The printed score contains a preface by the composer starting with a quotation from chapter 10 of the Revelation of St. John: "I saw a mighty Angel come down from heaven clothed with a cloud; and a rainbow was on his head and his face was as if it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire. He set his right foot upon the sea and his left foot on the earth, and standing upon the sea and upon the earth, lifted up his hand to heaven and swore by Him that liveth for ever and ever, saying: THERE SHALL BE TIME NO LONGER: but in the days of the trumpet of the seventh angel, the mystery of God shall be finished". 1. Crystal Liturgy. Clarinet and violin play florid lines 'like a bird' over ostinato chords for the piano and an ostinato in harmonics for the cello. 2. Vocalise for the angel who announces the end of time. The outer sections represent the majesty of the angel, and the inner the impalpable harmonies of the heavens'. The cascading chords of the piano are the drops of water in a rainbow. 3. Abyss of the birds for solo clarinet - the sadness and desolation of time. 4. Intermezzo - a scherzo without the piano. This movement was first to be composed and performed in prison. The rest of the work was added when his fellow prisoners asked Messiaen to write more. 5. In praise of the Eternity of Jesus for cello and piano. 6. Dance of Fury for the seven trumpets.. for the four instruments in unison, to suggest the sound of trumpets and gongs. 7. Cluster of Rainbows for the angel who announces the End of Time. 8. In praise of the Immortality of Jesus for violin and piano. Finally, among ethereal chimes, the violin carries us aloft in timelessness to eternal peace with God. Huddersfield had the signal honour of a visit from Olivier Messiaen last November when his City on High was performed by the BBC SO at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.

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HUDDERSFIELD MUSIC SOCIETY Next concert: Monday 12th February at 7.30pm VANBRUGH String Quartet Quartet in C major Op.76 No.3 (Emperor) Quartet No.2 Crisantemi Quartet in E flat Op.74 (Harp) MONDAYS at St. PAUL'S 29th January at 7.30pm Polytechnic Ensembles IV THE POLYTECHNIC STRING CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Conductor John Rigby Serenade Op.10 Elgar Concerto for piano, trumpet & strings Shostakovich Adagio for strings. Serenade for strings Op.6 HALIFAX PHILHARMONIC CLUB Harrison House, Harrison Road, Halifax Friday 9th February at 7.30pm Haydn Kodaly Puccini Beethoven Barber Suk ROBIN CANTER & SIMON NICHOLS oboe & piano OBOE COLLECTION The oboe's development from its earliest origins. ELLAND & DISTRICT MUSIC SOCIETY Parochial Hall, Westgate, Elland Friday 26th January 7.30pm - JANE EVANS - oboe & JULIAN ROLTON plano Grovlez, Beethoven, Michael Head, Telemann, Poulenc, Liszt, and Saint-Saens

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pizzeria mario and nino Pizzeria Sole Mio Imperial Arcade, Market Street, Huddersfield. Tel: Hudds. 542828 HOURS OF OPENING Monday - Friday 12.00-2.30 p.m. 5.30-11.30 p.m. Saturday 12.00-11.30 p.m. Sunday 5.30-11.00 p.m. TRATTORIA ALLA SCALA GUY 77 sole mio WAMMLUN TRY SOMETHING NEW? HAVE A PIZZA, A GLASS OF WINE HAVE FUN! Home made Pastas Genuine Italian Pizza Special of the day Take away for one or for the family - Party take away catered for. ANT TRATTORIA TRATTORIA ALLA SCALA HOURS OF OPENING: Monday - Closed all day Tuesday - Saturday 12-30 2-30 p.m. 6-00-11-00 p.m. Sunday 12-00- 2-30 p.m. ● 12 ZETLAND STREET HUDDERSFIELD WEST YORKSHIRE Telephone: (0484) 515161

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HUDDERSFIELD MUSIC SOCIETY Seventy-second Season 1989 - 1990 Monday 12th February 1990 VANBRUGH STRING QUARTET Gregory Ellis violin Simon Aspell viola Elizabeth Charleson violin Christopher Marwood cello Programme Quartet in C major Op. 76 No. 3 (Emperor) Quartet No. 2 Op. 10 Crisantemi Interval Quartet in E flat Op. 74 (Harp) Haydn Kodály Puccini Beethoven In April 1988 the Vanbrugh Quartet became the first British quartet to win the London International String Quartet Competition (formerly Portsmouth), an achievement which places. them alongside the finest young quartets of the world. Having met in 1985 at the Royal Academy of Music, they were appointed within months to the position of Resident Quartet to Radio Telefis Eireann, for whom they have a busy schedule recording and playing throughout Ireland. They have appeared on British, Irish, French and 'Sky' satellite television and have broadcast on Canadian and US Radio, the BBC World Service and Radio 3. Foreign tours include Holland, Belgium, Italy, West Germany, Czechoslovakia, Mexico, Brazil, Canada and Switzerland. We acknowledge with thanks support for our concerts from Yorkshire Arts and Huddersfield Polytechnic, to which this society is affiliated.

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Quartet in C major Op. 76 No. 3 (Emperor) Allegro Poco adagio cantabile Minuet and trio Presto Haydn (1732-1809) (Last performed in 1982 by the Fitzwilliam Quartet) The quartet which embodies Haydn's Austrian National Hymn (composed a few months earlier) needs little introduction, though the greatness and popularity of the hymn tend to diminish the impact of the other movements. There are many interesting features of the work the thick texture of the first movement where there is an unusual amount of double stopping for the second violin - the finale in the minor key until the final coda - the fact that the minuet and the finale begin with the same four notes. The variation movement is the heart of the matter, yet not since his quartet Op. 20 No. 4 had Haydn written such simple variations and indeed the theme is repeated successively by the second violin, cello, viola and first violin in that order, giving the quality of a passacaglia. However, the first genuine duo where, in spite of the paramountcy of the second's theme, the actual variant is provided by the first violin so the second must take account of the nuances of the figuration as the first does of the theme. movement the variation is a - In the second and third variations the other instruments supply counterpoint to the theme of the cello and viola respectively. In Haydn's earlier work the viola is "left out" but here the viola-playing composer gives it its due perhaps also as a compliment to his friend, Mozart. The fourth and last variation is much less developed than that of Opus 20 where the theme is prolonged into 32 bars of coda. Here four extra bars bring the movement to a quiet close. Quartet No.2 in D Op. 10 Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967) Allegro Andante quasi recitativo - allegro giocoso (Last performed in 1971 by the Kodály Quartet) Kodály and his contemporary, Bartók, shared a deep interest in the folk music of their native Hungary; armed with

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(9) n₁ to ny ne le ey le ot "y t a. e t e f S B 11 S d Edison phonographs and wax cylinders, they recorded the songs sung to them and catalogued them. In many of these Kodály found the ancient pentatonic scale which he used so beautifully in his works, sometimes in its pure form as in Scotland's Auld lang syne. The scale of five notes to the octave is a major element in the part writing of this quartet. Kodály's chamber works - two quartets, a duo for violin and cello, two cello sonatas and the serenade for two violins and viola - were all written before 1920 and before the larger scale works such as Hary Janos, Psalmus Hungaricus, Dances of Galanta, etc. The second quartet has two movements, though the second is in two parts the Andante leading directly into the final allegro. The conversational nature of the writing is characteristic - the andante being largely dialogue between instruments, and the mysterious chromatic effects are reminiscent of Debussy who died in the year this quartet was completed. Towards the end of the andante section a dance motif foreshadows the final allegro giocoso, inspired by dance rhythms and full of capricious humour. Crisantemi Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) (First performance at these concerts) This little known one movement work which Puccini wrote in 1890, is an eloquent memorial to Amadeo of Savoy, Duke of Aosta. It is Puccini's only foray into the realm of string quartet writing apart from some student sketches and three minuets published with it. The two themes on which it is based are both found again in the last act of his opera Manon Lescaut of 1893. INTERVAL Quartet in E flat Op. 74 (Harp) Poco adagio - allegro Adagio ma non troppo Presto Beethoven (1770-1827) Allegretto con variazione (Last performed in 1975 by the Benthien Quartet) In 1809 Opus 74 followed the three great quartets Opus 59 of Beethoven's 'middle period'. In Opus 59 the composer makes much more use of the different tone qualities of of the

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instruments and this tendency is continued in Opus 74 and 95. The pizzicato arpeggios in the first movement, passing from instrument to instrument have earned this work the popular title of 'Harp Quartet' - pizzicato is again used to great. effect in the coda of the movement while the first violin executes a brilliant passage of broken chords of the diminished seventh. Towards the end, the harp motif returns in contrary motion on second violin and cello beneath chords on the other two instruments. The movement opens with a slow introduction, rich in dissonances and leading chromatically to the allegro. The last movement, like that of the clarinet trio heard at the last concert, is a theme and variations. Perhaps he chose this form as a contrast to the very fast scherzo, enabling him to begin the movement fairly slowly. The six variations end with a coda of increasing velocity. HUDDERSFIELD MUSIC SOCIETY Next concert: Monday 12th March at 7.30pm JEAN-EFFLAM BAVOUZET piano Sonata in D major Hob.XVI:24 Gaspard de la Nuit Diabelli Variations Op.120 MONDAYS at St. PAUL'S 19th February at 7.30pm Polytechnic Ensembles VI THE POLYTECHNIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conductor Richard Steinitz Symphony No.2 in D Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra Concerto for Orchestra HALIFAX PHILHARMONIC CLUB Harrison House, Harrison Road, Halifax Friday 2nd March at 7.30pm YSAYE STRING QUARTET Quartet in A K464 Quartet in F major Quartet in E minor Op.59 No.2 Haydn Ravel Beethoven Beethoven Debussy Bartók Mozart Ravel Beethoven

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pizzeria mario and nino Pizzeria Sole Mio Imperial Arcade, Market Street, Huddersfield. Tel: Hudds. 542828 HOURS OF OPENING Monday - Friday 12.00 - 2.30 p.m. 5.30-11.30 p.m. Saturday 12.00-11.30 p.m. Sunday 5.30-11.00 p.m. ۱۲ TRATTORIA ALLA SCALA NVID sole mio MOO TRY SOMETHING NEW? HAVE A PIZZA, A GLASS OF WINE HAVE FUN! Home made Pastas Genuine Italian Pizza Special of the day Take away for one or for the family - Party take away catered for. ISTORAN THATTOMIA TRATTORIA ALLA SCALA HOURS OF OPENING: Monday - Closed all day Tuesday - Saturday 12-30 2-30 p.m. 6-00-11-00 p.m. Sunday 12-00- 2-30 p.m. ● 12 ZETLAND STREET HUDDERSFIELD WEST YORKSHIRE Telephone: (0484) 515161

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HUDDERSFIELD MUSIC SOCIETY Seventy-second Season 1989 - 1990 Kreisleriana Monday 12th March 1990 JEAN-EFFLAM BAVOUZET piano Programme Sonata in D major Hob. XVI: 24 Miroirs Interval Haydn Ravel Schumann Jean-Efflam Bavouzet was born in 1962 and studied at the Paris Conservatoire. He first came to the attention of the British public with his stunning performance at the Leeds International Piano Competition and has won prestigious prizes in many European countries. His tours of the USA and Japan won him great acclaim. M. Bavouzet apologises for the change of items for tonight's concert; he has been unwell for two months and consequently lost valuable time in preparing his heavy programme for this month. He hopes to return at a later date to play the Diabelli Variations. We are grateful to Printex Fabrics Ltd. for sponsorship of this concert and to the Service Culturelle de L'Ambassade de France en Grande Bretagne through the good offices of the Délégation Culturelle à Manchester, who are defraying the costs of travel.

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Sonata in D major, Hob. XVI: 24 Allegro Adagio Finale Presto This sonata is one of the six sonatas composed in 1773 and printed under under Haydn's own supervision in in 1774 1774 with a dedication to Prince Nicholas Esterhazy. Its history has thus been authenticated despite the fact that the original manuscript has never been discovered. The likelihood is that the works described in the earliest printed version as ... per Cembalo were intended as much for the harpsichord as for the clavichord. The earliest text bears no dynamic indications whatever but does include some fingering, almost certainly provided by the composer himself. Haydn (1732-1809) The first movement of the Sonata in D presents no feature to set it apart from the general character of other first movements of the period. The second movement, however, expresses a mood of deep emotion by means of an elaborate melody beginning in D minor and modulating soon to F major; just before the section in F comes to its close, a sudden leap in the melodic line both startles and delights the ear. The final section returns to D minor and leads into the Finale, a typically Haydnesque light, joyful and brilliant movement in triple time and, of course, in D major. F.E.S. Miroirs Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Noctuelles: Très léger Oiseaux Tristes: Très lent Une barque sur l'ocean: d'un rhythme souple Alborada del gracioso: assez vif La vallée des cloches: Très lent (Last performed in 1971 by Anne Queffelec) Ravel was one of the great innovators in writing for the piano; as a composer, he was immeasurably more receptive to Russian, oriental and other music than he was to German and Austrian influences. His musical language is exotic and displays a high degree of individuality and virtuosity. influences. 1

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9) nd a US 1: al at er e IS y t р e a n 1 d The suite, Miroirs (1905), consists of five pieces each dedicated to one of his fellow members of the intimate circle of artistic friends known as Les Apaches. The name, Miroirs, reflects his sympathy with Oscar Wilde's view that "it is the spectator and not life that art really mirrors." Noctuelles (Owlet-moths) takes its title from a poem by Fargues "Les noctuelles des hangars partent d'un vol gauche".. and this expression "awkward flight" is represented in the score. In Oiseaux Tristes, the sad birds are lost in the torpor of a dark forest during a hot summer. A boat on the ocean, the central piece, alternating passion and tenderness, reaches a great climax and ends tenderly. The Jester's dawn-song clearly shows Ravel's Basque origin and the Valley of the bells stands as a perfect coda to the sequence 'a souvenir of love' framed in the finally attained calm and stillness of the bells. Miroirs is one of Ravel's essays in Symbolism - the art of evoking an object little by little, so as to reveal a mood. Ravel orchestrated Alborada del gracioso in 1918. Kreisleriana 8 INTERVAL Schumann (1810-1856) (First performance at these concerts) When he was a young man, Schumann campaigned against Philistinism both as musician and as journalist and he invented for his purpose two characters, Florestan and Eusebius, representing two opposing sides of his own character - Florestan impulsive and extrovert - Eusebius inward looking, dreamy and poetic. In the eight pieces which make up the suite Kreisleriana, Florestan and Eusebius are not introduced in person but it is easy to recognise their presence. by Schumann after his marriage to period in which he wrote the main 1830-1840. The names were never used Clara but belonged to the body of his piano works

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The work takes its title from a character in a novel by Hoffman, an eccentric Capellmeister at odds with society, and perhaps that explains the almost reckless quality of some of the music in these eight pieces. Schumann told his fiancée, Clara, that they expressed a positively wild love and he urged her to play them often. E. T. A. HUDDERSFIELD MUSIC SOCIETY NEXT SEASON'S CONCERTS 1990 - 1991 1st October 15th October 5 th November 3rd December 21st January 25 th February 11th March LORA DIMITROVA Bulgarian pianist selected by Young Concert Artists Trust DOMUS Piano quartet from London NEW BUDAPEST STRING QUARTET RIMMA SUSHANSKAYA Russian violinist & JAMES WALKER Pianist SORREL STRING QUARTET, TENOR & PIANO "On Wenlock Edge" by Vaughan Williams YSAYE STRING QUARTET from Paris NORTHERN SINFONIA ENSEMBLE from Newcastle Programme to include Schubert Octet MONDAYS at St. PAUL'S 19th March at 7.30pm Polytechnic Ensembles IX THE POLYTECHNIC CHOIR, ORCHESTRA and SOLOISTS conductor George Pratt A GERMAN REQUIEM - BRAHMS

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y h y S d HALIFAX PHILHARMONIC CLUB Harrison House, Harrison Road, Halifax Friday 30th March at 7.30pm HAND-DUPRE GUITAR DUO Poulenc, Bartók, Scarlatti, Sor & Granados ELLAND & DISTRICT MUSIC Parochial Hall, Westgate, Elland Friday 23rd March at 7.30pm MISTRY STRING QUARTET Quartet in C, K465 Quartet in F minor, Op80 Quartet in C major, Op59 No3 K Beaumont H J Black J F Crossley Mrs. E Crossland Mrs. A Crowther SOCIETY THE SOCIETY IS GRATEFUL for FINANCIAL HELP FROM: D Dugdale C England Miss M A Freeman Mozart Mendelssohn Beethoven E Glendinning P Michael Lord PL Michelson S Rothery JC S Smith SL Henderson Smith Mrs. C Stephenson JG Sykes Mrs. E R Taylor W E Thompson H Marshall Williams Huddersfield Polytechnic Yorkshire Arts Association Kirklees Leisure Services

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pizzeria mario and nino Pizzeria Sole Mio Imperial Arcade, Market Street, Huddersfield. Tel: Hudds. 542828 HOURS OF OPENING Monday - Friday 12.00 - 2.30 p.m. 5.30-11.30 p.m. Saturday 12.00-11.30 p.m. Sunday 5.30-11.00 p.m. sole mio TRATTORIA ALLA SCALA TRY SOMETHING NEW? HAVE A PIZZA, A GLASS OF WINE HAVE FUN! Home made Pastas Genuine Italian Pizza Special of the day Take away for one or for the family - Party take away catered for. AN TRATTORIA H TRATTORIA ALLA SCALA HOURS OF OPENING: Monday - Closed all day Tuesday - Saturday 12-30 - 2-30 p.m. 6-00-11-00 p.m. Sunday 12-00- 2-30 p.m. 12 ZETLAND STREET HUDDERSFIELD WEST YORKSHIRE Telephone: (0484) 515161