The Journal of the British Flute Society Presidenl James Galway Vice President Albert Cooper 1 from 1st January 1991 Area Representatives Council 1 Sus;~nMilan Chnir~nn~r Avon/Somerset Elizabeth Taylor Srrrrtn,y Carole Timms. 'Marlow'. Carstone Lane. Blagdon. Avon / ,lutlith Fitton Ed~lor BSI8 6TG Tel: 0761 62348 I Jenny Wray iM~~nbr~:dripSrrwln~? Birmingham Jonathan Myall 7'rea.utr.rr Marg;~ret Lowe. 10 Navenby Close. Shirley, Solihull, West I Adrian Brett Ei~r~rlsCO-o~uli~rnlor Midl;~ntlsB90 ILH Tel: 021 474 3549 Juliet Keeling A,\,\isln~rlEz,r~i/r Cu-u~~(li~mlur Andre\\, Tlion~sonI~clrr~~nlinnol Fhtlr Sori(,li~*sCu-ur(1111n1o1 Cardiff ,lulie Wright Arrn RryJ. Cu-ur(li~inlor lau I'rovis. 13 Werfa Street, Roath Park. Cardil'l'CF2 5EW Tel: Liz Goodwin Editn~I,/ Flti/ru~i.w 0222 48906 l , Robin Soldan Ed~rrnlk~~alRrprr.s.\u~rlnliz,r Cleveland Susan Hruce Hun. Leg01 Adzri~rr Lee Hannah, Fardeanside. Worsall. Yarm, Cleveland Tel: / Carolyn Nelson 06098 1 694 lanice Norn1;tn Cumbria David Nicholson ,]anet McCallunl. 9 Droomer Lane. Windermere Albert Cooper LA23 2LX Tel: 09662 661 1 Dennis Cl;crkc Christopher Hyde-Smith East London Kale Cuzner, 52 Turnstone Close. Upper Road. Plaistorv. London Tel: 07 1 5 1 1 5552 Guildford The British Flute Society was tormetl in Ianuary 1983 from the Clare Lund. Down Amphrey. Rowley Drive. (:r;~nleigh. Surrey constiti~tion: GU6 8PN Tel: 0483 "3167 'The objects ol'the Society shall bc to ;idvancc the education of the public in the Art and Science ol' Music and in particuli~rthe Hertfordshire Art and Science of Flute playing in all aspects by the present;ttion Anne White. 22 Lys Hill Gardens. Bengeo. Hertford of public concerts and recit;~ls;incl by such other u8ays ;IS the SC14 3EH Tel: 0992 586875 Society through its Council shall detern~inefrom tin~eto tinle'. Leeds l'ai~line.Jackson.Croft Cotvage, Old Bank Top. 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Banihan~.Bognor Regis Michie Bennett Anne Jaken~an P022 OEG Tel: 0243 553623 Williarn Bennett Trevor .lames Worcestershire Wissam Boitstany 1;1n McLauchlan Alison Uren. 10 Gifford Drive. Welland WR13 6SE Tel: 0684 Albert Cooper Susan Milan 3 10066 Philomena Cooper (:hristopher R~ulMoney Elen;~I)u~.atl Alexantler Murr;~y Will ;ire;c representatives send all dates leading up to the BFS Michael Emn~crson 8arbara Noble (:onvention to Julie Wright C;~rolineM. I:lat~klyn Stephen Robinson jit~nesG,tlwav Kirsten Splatt ,leanr;e (:innante G;~lway Anrly l'ho~~~son Rri;~nH;trnilton D;t\.icl St. lohn-Weyrrs Cover - James Mathews 'A Victorian I'aillinc ,lackson l'rcvor Wye Gentleman', from the Bate Collection. Editorial Contents I often think back on the irritation I felt when, as a Editorial student attending a lecture at the RCM, we were told that 'Half an hour of Chaucer is worth two of Czerny'. All very well in principle I thought, but Diary what was the use of being a cultivated well rounded person ('it will be reflected in your playing'), if you could not play. First and foremost if you are going Flute-maker - Robert Bigio to be a performer, you must become the master (or mistress?) of your instrument, and some people A Late Starter by Judith Hall need to be more exclusive than others in their pursuit of this. It is true, however, that the best musicians usually have other interests which they BFS Northern Flute Day are passionate about and are good at - not easy for British musicians, whose insecure and hectic life- style is not conducive to the development of Interview - Christopher Yates anything else (whatever it may be!). However, their other interests are often what makes them interest- ing, and I find these fascinating. Did you know, for Tromlitz - 'The Virtuoso Flute Player' - instance, that Richard Adeney is a professional- Reviewed by Lisa Beznosiuk plus standard photographer (hopefully he may be recording the BFS Flute Convention on his camera, in July); that Trevor Wye (amongst many Summer Masterclass Listing other things) and Eddie Beckett are sensational gardeners; that Susan Milan is a marvellous cook and is fast becoming a computer buff and that A Victorian Gentleman and his Flutes by Sebastian Bell repairs and makes head joints for Margaret Lowe flutes. Elmer Cole also quietly experiments with the mechanics and tuning of flutes, and many of It's Doctor Atarah now his innovative ideas have been incorporated into the flutes played today. Some have taken their interests a stage further; Meinhart Niedermayr by Kimberly Shippey Simon Hunt, for instance, has graduated from dabbling in books to becoming a successful pub- lisher and Judith Hall has done it all in reverse Reviews order (page 8). A pretty lively lot really, the flute players of this world, and who knows what we shall see next; from the word processor which is the Obituary constant travelling companion of Julian Coward (The Back Door, Pan September 1991), the lens of Richard Adeney's camera, or whatever? Letters 43 Next copydate 15 April (15 July115 October). Editor The AGM will be on Sunday Morning 26 July - 8.45 am at the Royal College of Music, London SW7. I l Remember to send application andlor competition forms in for the London Flute Convention on 24, 25 and 26 July 1992. Diary March 11 Susan Milan and Ian Brown. Live broadcast1 Clive Conway and Gerald Garcia (flute and guitar) 1.05p.m. recital 8.00p.m. Holywell Music Room, Oxford BBC Broadcasting House, kangha& Place 8-10 Christopher Hyde-Smith, Jane Dodd Michael Kofler playing standard repertoire Flute Course- Little Benslow Hills, Hitchin, Herts Bad Homburg v.d. Hehe, Frankfurt am Main, 9 Trevor Wye and Robert Scott Germany (for information contact the Deutsche Afternoon Masterclass and 'Afflatus of Flutes' Gesellschaft fiir Flote e.V., Tel: Germany 069 596 Hertford Flute Society 24 43) 16 Clive Conway with 'Zig-Zag' April 7.00p.m. for (flute, guitar, accordion and bassoon) I Clive Conway and David Watkins (flute and harp) 7.30p.m. 'The Tower', Boarstall, near Oxford Ashton Memorial, Williamson Park, Lancaster 17 Horseforth Flute Day The Heath Flute Quartet and Friends Contact Pauline Jackson 0532 842457 'The British-French Flute Connection', music for 4-6 flutes, piano and guitar 23 Clive Conway, David Watkins and Jean Marsh 7.30p.m. Hambleden Parish Church, near Henley, Oxon Harlequin Wincl Quintet Purcell Room 24 Susan Milan, World premiere of Robert Simpson British Music Information Centre, 10 Stratford concerto plus Nielson concerto Place, London W1 Malvern Festival City of London Sinfonia. Richard Hickox Clive Conway and David Watkins Doncaster Museum June Clive Conway and David Watkins Susan Milan 6 Maison Franqaise, Oxford West Dean Master Class Co~~rse 8 Susan Milan, City of London Sinfonia, cond. Carl Susan Milan and Debussy Trio Davis Richmond Concert Society, St Matthias Church, Carl Davis concerto and Mozart D maj concerto Richmond Wycombe Festival Susan Milan, MartinIChaminade with Orchestra 9 Flute Festival, Asti, Italy 7.30p.m. The Heath Flute Quartet with Ray Lewis and Susan Milan, John Heley cello, Ian Watson, piano Brian Tewson St George's College, Weybridge Music of all kinds for all kinds of flutes Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, London SE9 Oxford Flute Day with Williani Bennett, Clifford 11 Julian Sperry and Pamela Lidiard Benson, Janet Way and Clive Conway 2.30p.m. Recital at the Lichfield Festival Holywell Music Room, Oxford William Bennett and Clifford Benson 14 Julian Sperry and Pamela Lidiard Recital at the Oxford Flute Day l.OOp.m. Recital St Martin-in-the-Fields Trevor Wye and John Wilson Masterclass 19 Trevor Wye and Clifford Benson 'Afflatus of Flutes' Recital Worksop Wye College Susan Milan, John Heley, Ian Watson 28 Trevor Wye and John Wilson St John's Smith Square 'Afflatus of Flutes' Rydale Festival Julian Sperry and Pamela Lidiard 'Prizewinners' Recital 29 Trevor Wye Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton Univer- Masterclass sity Rydale Festival Would That You A1 Flute-maker Robert Bigio Flute players these days are very make a sort of a tent out of plastic I want to hear.