Society and social scene

Objekttyp: Group

Zeitschrift: The Swiss observer : the journal of the Federation of Swiss Societies in the UK

Band (Jahr): - (1983)

Heft 1808

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http://www.e-periodica.ch Now it's farewell to the Rev Urs Steiner

THERE have been changes in and the everlasting shortage of speaking communities in due Perhaps those on board were London! Having said goodbye to funds under which the church is course. well aware that they were the lucky Father Bossard of the Swiss constantly labouring. E.D. Crack ones - there were 26 people Catholic Mission, we also had to After some anxious times, we "standing by" in the hope of a say farewell to the Rev Urs Steiner, have been able, with the help of Canal cancelled ticket. who has been the minister of the the Federation of Swiss Churches There was an afternoon tea Swiss Protestant Church for five in Berne, to find a replacement, junket served on board the boat - which and a half years. and on October 16 the installation negotiated two locks during the He preached his last sermon on of the new minister, the Rev Hans NO FEWER than 58 members of course of the afternoon, much to September 18 at a combined Wunderli from St Gall took place the Yorkshire Swiss Club were the delight of the children. German/French service to a well at the Swiss Church in the aboard when the canal cruiser represented congregation. It was presence of a very large congreg- "Water Prince" set off on a SWISS Observer Mr R. Maurer is during his time that the French ation. pleasure trip along the Leeds and seeking help from any reader who and German speaking parishes The new minister and his wife Liverpool canal. can provide him with rules of the became united under one min- are now settling down in the The weather was very poor, game of Jass - in English. ister, a move that was made manse at 1 Womersley Road, even for early September, but Mr Maurer has recently bought imperative by the impossibility to London N8, and are looking according to the club president a Jass pack, but this is the German find a new French-speaking min- forward to meeting all the mem- Jeffrey Long spirits could not be edition. ister for the small comgregation bers of the French and German dampened. If you are able to help, please

FO/7 SA/7GA//V FZ./G/V7S From Heathrow and Gatwick to GENEVA. ZURICH or BERNE Prices from £75 to £ 105 Telephone: (01) 734 1390 YOUR HOTEL IN GENEVA or ZURICH OR ANYWHERE IN SWITZERLAND Q ROFE TRAVEL LTD. 17 & 19 Princes Arcade, Egypt Jermyn Street, London SW1Y 6DS. Air PICCADILLY Piccadilly COVENTRY ST. /A/so as/r /oa Circus SAC/ /?OF£ St James's Brit. Pan Am Church TWA Cal. /V? Si/v/fze/Va/jtf ßroc/jL/re a X IROFE travel For booking with expertise JERMYN STREET Tel: (01) 734 1390/98/99 write to Mr R. Maurer, 7 Gayfere Lane, Bradford. During the evening a raffle will Square, London SW1. Street, Westminster, London An entertaining evening has be held in aid of club funds, and Members will receive all the SW1P 3HN. been planned to suit everyone. the club would gratefully welcome details in due course. For refreshments, a cold meat any gifts to be used as prizes. Anyone who would like to join THE Yorkshire Swiss Club will be platter, bread, coffee and soft will be warmly welcome and having a Christmas party on drinks will be provided for £1. THE Cercle Genevois, London, should phone, before December Saturday December 3,6.30pm for Any contributions, such as will hold their Escalade evening 5, either; Mrs Suzy Allan, Watford 7pm at the Foreign Language salads, cakes, etc will be gratefully on Friday December 9 at The Ski 21704 or Mrs Christiane Rhoda, Circle, Eldon Place, Manningham received and pooled. Club of Great Britain, 118 Eaton 01-946 7171.

Alberto Giacometti: litho- Matthias Bamert will be back for Mr Bamert has recently given No 2, Mozart - Piano Concerto graphs, "Paris sans fin". This two or three series of concerts. He several concerts in Great Britain K 459 (Imogen Cooper), Bee- exhibition has been touring Britain was born in Ersingen (Canton with the Scottish National and thoven - 8th Symphony. since 1981. Berne) in 1942. He studied the Chamber orchestras and the BBC (For /urther details, please /n January the exhibition will oboe, chamber music, conducting Scottish Symphony Orchestra. contact Jonathan Groves, moue on to Rochester and will and composition in Berne and He has taken part in the fngpen+Williams, Tel: 01-937 reach its /ina/stage in Aberystwyth Paris, and in with Wexford Festival and the Aber- 5158). at the end o/February/beginning . deen International Youth Fes- Christian Favre will give a o/March 1984. From 1965 to 1969 he was tival. His conducting has been concert as piano soloist on Jan 15 Fred Siegenthaler: paper- principal oboist of the Mozarteum widely acclaimed by the British (Sun), 3.30pm at the Wigmore work. The artist's work "Pietà", of Orchestra in Salzburg. He worked press. Hall, London. Programme: handmade paper, is included in with the with Schumann - Arabesques Op 18, Tamas Vasary will be the piano - an exhibition called "Paper as in 1960-1970 and Kreisleriana Op 16, Chopin soloist with Walter Weller, conduc- Image", which has been touring until 1978 was resident conductor Fantasy in F minor Op 49, Ravel - tor, and the Royal Philharmonic the UK since July. Its last stage will of that orchestra under Lorin Gaspard de la nuit. Orchestra on Dec 12 (Mon) be in London from Nov 9 - Dec 24 Maazel. The New Helvetic Society 7.30pm at the Royal Festival Hall. at Cra/ts Council Gallery, 12 As guest conductor he has (London Group), Nov 16 (Wed) Programme; Mozart - Eine Kleine Waterloo Place, SW1 - two appeared with many major Eur- 7pm, Dr J. Kellenberger in Nachtmusik, Dvorak - Symphony minutes from Picadilly Circus, in opean and American orchestras, charge of economic affairs at the No 8. (Booking November Lower Regent Street. Tel: 01-930 including the Zurich Tonhalle, the opens Swiss Embassy will give a talk on 12). 4811 (Opening times: Tues-Sat Munich Philharmonic, the Detroit "Switzerland and the EEC" at the 10am-5pm, Thürs 10am-7pm, Symphony, Berlin Radio Mario Botta's works of arch- Swiss Mercantile School (34/35 Sun 2-5pm, closed Mon. Orchestra and the West German itecture will be shown from Jan 10 Fitzroy Square, Wl) will Radio Orchestra. He has taken Dec 15 (Thürs) Christmas Matthias Bamert: con- - Feb 11 at the Architecture duct the Scottish National part in a large number of Association in London (For Gathering at the Swiss Church. festivals. (For details, please contact the Orchestra on Dec 9 (Fri) at Usher international music details see next bulletin). Hall, Edinburgh. Programme: In 1977 he was appointed President, Mrs M. Meier, Tel: Ravel - Rhapsodie Espagnole Music Director of the Swiss Radio Erich Schmid will conduct the 01-624 5360). Messiaen - Chronochromie Fauré Orchestra, Basle, and is now its City of Birmingham Symphony Cercle Genevois Dec 9 (Fri) 7pm - Requiem. Also Dec 10 (Sat) at principal guest conductor. Orchestra on Jan 5 (Thürs) at Soirée-buffet to celebrate the the City Hall, Glasgow. Pro- Well known as an oboist and Birmingham Town Hall. Pro- "Escalade" at the Ski Club o/ gramme as above. conductor, Mr Bamert also has gramme: Mozart - Overture Don Great Britain 18 Eaton Square, (For/urther in/ormation, please the reputation of being a highly Giovanni, Honegger - Monopar- SW1. Applications until Dec 5. if contact Jonathan Grones o/ innovative composer. He was tita, Elgar - Cello concerto, possible. For further in/ormation, lngpen+Williams, Tel: 01-937 awarded the George Szell Mem- Schumann - Symphony No 1. please contact Mrs Allan, tel: 51581 orial Award in 1970 and the Jan 10 (Tues) same place. 0923-21704 or Mrs Ch. Rhoda, During the 1984/85 season, Cleveland Arts Prize in 1974. Programme: Brahms - Serenade tel: 01-946 7171. 9