SUMMER PROGRAMME MAY - OCTOBER 2018

SUMMER PROGRAMME MAY - OCTOBER 2018

If you enjoy listening to classical music in the company of others you are warmly invited to pay us a visit.

We meet every Thursday at the Women's Institute, 745 Warwick Road, Solihull

(Several buses go to town centre and also from Solihull Railway Station to town centre.)

Programmes commence at 7.30 pm, and end about 9.30 pm.

Refreshments available during an interval. EDGAR PARKER CDs AT THE BMI Former member Edgar Parker left his collection of CDs to the Birmingham and Midland Institute in Margaret Street with the proviso that members of ORMS could have access to them and borrow them even if they were not members of the BMI. I have now confirmed this with the BMI who have very kindly sent me some cards which I can give to anyone who is interested in referring to, or borrowing, the CDs. I have a copy of the catalogue of the CDs, which are marked with the initials EP, for members to refer to.

Membership - £10.00 yearly and £2.00 per attendance Visitors – First visit free

Chair Paul Bailey 0121 684 6150 Treasurer John Futter 0121 706 0051 Programme Secretary Robin Jones 0121 440 3577

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3 May MAINLY MAHLER Alex Harrison Brahms Tragic Overture Opus 81 Bach Prelude and Fugue in D major for Organ BWV532 Mahler Symphony No 5 in C sharp minor

10 May 19TH CENTURY OPERA ARIAS AND SCENES FROM David Haddow Pacini Stella di Napoli Bellini Valentini Il sonnambulo Lortzing Der Wildschütz Goetz Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung Adam Si j'étais Roi Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin Verdi La forza del destino Beethoven Fidelio

17 May 'LENNIE THE LION?' ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE TO LEONARD BERNSTEIN Bill Hales Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) Songfest No 3: "A Julia De Burgos" Symphony No 1: "Jeremiah" West Side Story (excerpts) Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Divertimento for Orchestra Chichester Psalms

24 May IT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER WINDY NIGHT Judith Robbins Mozart Quintet in E flat major for Piano, , Clarinet, Horn and K452 Telemann Concerto in E flat major for Two Horns, Strings and Continuo (from Tafelmusik) TWV 52:Es1 Bach Concerto in C minor for Oboe and Violin BWV1060 Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A major K581

31 May TOTALLY, WHOLLY, COMPLETELY 19TH CENTURY Paul Bailey Mendelssohn Overture: Ruy Blas Opus 95 Franck Cantabile M36 Mussorgsky orch Ravel Pictures At An Exhibition Tchaikovsky Suite No 3 in G major Opus 55

7 June THE HEROIC APOTHEOSIS OF PROMETHEUS Robin Jones Mozart Overture: Bastien und Bastienne K50 Beethoven Symphony No 3 in E flat major, 'Eroica' Opus 55

14 June CHAMBER MUSIC SPECIAL Jim Burman Bruckner String Quartet in C minor (1862) WAB111 Beethoven Cello Sonata No 1 in F major Opus 5 No 1 Beethoven String Quartet No 13 in B flat major Opus 130

21 June THE MUSIC OF SPAIN Bob Keyte Music by: Joaquim Serra Emmanuel Chabrier Manuel de Falla Albéniz Ravel

28 June ASHKENAZY PLAYS & CONDUCTS RACHMANINOV John Futter To include the Third Symphony in A minor, Opus 44

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5 July PURELY ORCHESTRAL Alex Harrison Strauss Metamorphosen Janáček Sinfonietta Rachmaninov Symphony No 1 in D minor Opus 13

12 July FAVOURITE SECOND MOVEMENTS Elaine Spencer Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor Opus 22 Bach Double Violin Concerto in D minor BWV1043 Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Opus 18 Brahms Violin Concerto in D major Opus 77 Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A major K622 Dvořák Piano Quintet No 1 in A major Opus 5 B28 Dvořák Piano Quintet No 2 in A major Opus 81 B155 Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor Opus 47 Sibelius Symphony No 2 in D major Opus 43

19 July THE WAY TO THE STARS Bill Hales Walton Spitfire, Prelude and Fugue Walton Funeral March from 'Hamlet' Holst The Mystic Trumpeter Opus 18 Holst The Planets including 'Pluto, The Renewer' by Colin Matthews

26 July SUMMER SOCIAL

2 August A ZOOLOGICAL CONCERT Trevor Robinson From Mussorgsky's Flea to Haydn's Bear From Mahler's Donkey to Janáček's Fox

9 August CLASSIC CBSO Ray Smith Massenet Ballet Suite: Le Cid Massenet Suite No 4: Scénes Pittoresques Satie Gymnopedies 1 & 3, orchestrated by Debussy Litolff Scherzo from Concerto Symphonique No 4 in D minor Opus 102 Bizet Roma Massenet Last Sleep of the Virgin

16 August SCHUBERTIADE John Wookey Schubert Piano Sonata No 16 in A minor D845 Schubert String Quartet No 14 in D minor, "Death and the Maiden" D810

23 August ROSAMUNDE Robin Jones Schubert Incidental Music: Rosamunde Opus 42 D797 Schubert Impromptu No 7 in B flat major D935 No 3 Schubert String Quartet No 13 in A minor, 'Rosamunde' D804

30 August LISTEN WITH MOTHER A First Programme by Lesley Davies-Bailey Fauré Berceuse from Dolly Suite Opus 56 Gershwin Promenade (Walking the Dog) Borodin Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances Sullivan The Lost Chord Sullivan Overture: The Mikado Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol Opus 34 Holst The Planets: Jupiter, Bringer of Jollity Opus 32 Tchaikovsky Overture: 1812 Opus 49

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6 September FORTEPIANO TO THE FORE Ken Hewitt Mozart Sonata for Violin and Keyboard in F major K457 Salieri Concerto for Fortepiano and Orchestra in B flat major Haydn Piano Sonata No 42 in G major Hob.XVI.27 Beethoven Piano Trio in E flat major Opus 1 No 1

13 September NEW TO ME, BUT MAYBE NOT TO YOU David Grant Schubert Konzertstück for Violin and Orchestra in D major D345 Saint-Saëns Africa: Fantasie for Piano and Orchestra Opus 89 Rossini Newly adorned with flowers (Or che di fiori adorno) Tournier Suite for Flute, String Trio and Harp Opus 34 Halvorsen Rococo Variations: "Bergensiana" Donizetti L'Elisir d'amore Act 1: "Chiedi all'aura lusinghiera" Dvořák Symphonic Poem: "The Water Goblin" B195 Opus 107

20 September IN ALPHABETICAL DISORDER (A-H) Joan Bailey Boyce Symphony No 1 in B flat major Opus 2 No 1 Grieg Two Elegiac Melodies Opus 34 Chopin Waltzes: No 9 in A flat major Opus 69 No 1 No 10 in B minor Opus 69 No 2 No 11 in G flat major Opus 70 No 1 Devienne Flute Concerto No 7 in E minor Franck Panis Angelicus Elgar Ave Verum Corpus Opus 2 No 1 Elgar The Light of Life: "Light of the World" Opus 29 Albinoni No 2 in D minor Opus 9 Chopin Prelude No 25 in C sharp minor Opus 45 Chopin Scherzo No 1 in B minor Opus 20 Hollins Concert Overture in C minor

27 September BRITISH COMPOSERS A First Programme by Sue Maskell Thalben-Ball Elegy for Organ Sullivan Cello Concerto in D major Elgar Sea Pictures Opus 37 Tovey Piano Concerto in A major Opus 15

4 October DIAGHILEV & THE BALLET RUSSES. PART TWO Martin Westney Featuring: Eric Satie Manuel de Falla Igor Stravinsky Constant Lambert

11 October PURE INDULGENCE A First Programme by Lynda Davies-Bailey Mozart Laudate dominum omnes gentes from Vesperae solennes de confessore K339 Dompierre Les Beautiés du diable Vitali Chaconne in G minor Sedaka Manhattan Intermezzo Márquez Danzón No 2 Alfvén Symphony No 1 in F minor - 1st Movement Opus 7 Bruch Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Opus 26

18 October ECLECTIC Mick Morgan Spohr Violin Concerto No 8 in A minor Opus 47 Vaughan Williams Concerto in A minor for Oboe and Strings Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No 4 in D minor S359 No 4 Schubert Piano Quintet in A major, "Trout" D667

25 October MORE FROM MY MUSICAL COMFORT ZONE Rita Cross Bax Overture to a Picaresque Comedy Venables Piano Quintet Opus 27 Roderick Williams Celebrates English Song at Tardebigge Walton Symphony No 1 in B flat minor

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