Ulster Orchestra Season No.5 1970-1971 f r o m t h e Orchestral Concerts’ Database compiled by David Byers 1 Cover of the 1970-1971 season brochure Original size: 20.9cm x 20cm János Fürst, Assistant Conductor since August 1968, had now departed to pursue his developing career, though he returns frequently throughout the season as a guest conductor. There is no formal foreword in the new season’s brochure, but after a list of players on page 3, there are photos and biographies of Edgar Cosma and Meyer Stolow. The following players’ listing is a transcription of the brochure’s page 3. 2 ULSTER ORCHESTRA Principal Conductor: Edgar Cosma SEASON 1970-71 FIRST VIOLINS FLUTES Meyer Stolow – Leader Lynda Coffin Douglas Reid – Co-Leader Anne Bryant Yvonne McGuinness – Sub-Leader Niamh Lyons OBOES Patricia Fenton Brian Overton Chad Koelmeyer Peter Healey Clifford Kershaw Jean Boddis COR ANGLAIS Peter Healey SECOND VIOLINS Robin Thurlby CLARINETS Gerald Adamson Roger Lloyd Yvonne Rabbow Christopher King Bernadette McBrierty John Hughes BASSOONS Patrick Bell Peter Musson Keith Mitton VIOLAS David Gribble HORNS Glyn Parfitt – Co-Principal Martin Wilson David Amon Edmund Muir Richard Burks Margaret Parfitt TRUMPETS John Goodhead CELLOS Peter Cameron Maurice Meulien – Principal Winifred Beeston TIMPANI Marjorie Harmer Clive Parsons Wendy Goodman Colin Dick RESIDENT COMPOSER DOUBLE BASSES Raymond Warren Jozsef Racz – Principal John Law _____________ MANAGEMENT James Allaway OFFICE MANAGER David Steele LIBRARIAN Thomas Gibson ATTENDANT Martin Molloy PLANNING John Murphy (Arts Council Staff) Business address: A.E.U. House, 26-34 Antrim Road, Belfast BT15 2AA 3 D B ’ s O r c h e s t r a l C o n c e r t s’ D a t a b a s e 1 9 7 0 0 9 0 2 Unique reference number Orchestra/Ensemble Ulster Orchestra Date 02 Sep 1970 Venue & Start Time Newry, St Colman’s Hall, [8pm] Category/Title Conductor Edgar Cosma Leader Meyer Stolow Soloist(s) Bernadette Greevy, contralto Choir(s) Repertoire Beethoven Rondino in E flat for wind, WoO 25 Saint-Saëns Aria: Softly awakes my heart (Samson and Delilah) Falla Seven Popular Spanish Songs Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin Schubert Symphony No.4 in C minor Programme in archive Y/N Y List of Players Y/N Y Programme Notes Y/N Y Writer of Notes (if known) Anne McConnell Biographical Notes Y/N Y Additional Information Programme cover is the cerise-pink one with composers’ pics. Cost: ‘One shilling’. Troubles note: On 26 June 1970, five people were killed in Derry as the result of a premature explosion of an IRA incendiary device. On the next day, 27 June 1970, six people were killed in Belfast where there were gun battles and serious rioting. Rioting continued in Belfast in July 1970. In that month also was the controversial Falls Road Curfew. 4 D B ’ s O r c h e s t r a l C o n c e r t s’ D a t a b a s e 1 9 7 0 0 9 0 7 Unique reference number Orchestra/Ensemble Ulster Orchestra Date 07 Sep 1970 Venue & Start Time Belfast, St Peter’s Church, Antrim Road, [8pm] Category/Title Conductor Edgar Cosma Leader Meyer Stolow Soloist(s) Desmond Hunter, organ Lynda Coffin, flute Choir(s) Repertoire Bach Orchestral Suite No.2 in B minor, BWV 1067 Poulenc Organ Concerto in G minor Elgar Serenade for strings in E minor, Op.20 Beethoven Symphony No.8 in F Programme in archive Y/N Y List of Players Y/N Y Programme Notes Y/N Y Writer of Notes (if known) Anne McConnell Biographical Notes Y/N Y Additional Information Programme cover is the same as had been used for the Limerick Choral Union – a black and white cross on a turquoise rectangle. Cost: ‘One shilling’. Durations given for each work. Troubles note: On 26 June 1970, five people were killed in Derry as the result of a premature explosion of an IRA incendiary device. On the next day, 27 June 1970, six people were killed in Belfast where there were gun battles and serious rioting. Rioting continued in Belfast in July 1970. In that month also was the controversial Falls Road Curfew. 5 D B ’ s O r c h e s t r a l C o n c e r t s’ D a t a b a s e 1 9 7 0 0 9 1 1 Unique reference number Orchestra/Ensemble Ulster Orchestra Date 11 Sep 1970 Venue & Start Time Bangor, Technical College, [8pm] Category/Title Conductor Edgar Cosma Leader Meyer Stolow Soloist(s) Bernadette Greevy, contralto Choir(s) Repertoire Beethoven Rondino in E flat for wind, WoO 25 Saint-Saëns Aria: Softly awakes my heart (Samson and Delilah) Falla Seven Popular Spanish Songs Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin Schubert Symphony No.4 in C minor Programme in archive Y/N Y List of Players Y/N Y Programme Notes Y/N Y Writer of Notes (if known) Anne McConnell Biographical Notes Y/N Y Additional Information Programme cover is the cerise-pink one with composers’ pics. Cost: ‘One shilling’. Troubles note: On 26 June 1970, five people were killed in Derry as the result of a premature explosion of an IRA incendiary device. On the next day, 27 June 1970, six people were killed in Belfast where there were gun battles and serious rioting. Rioting continued in Belfast in July 1970. In that month also was the controversial Falls Road Curfew. 6 D B ’ s O r c h e s t r a l C o n c e r t s’ D a t a b a s e 1 9 7 0 0 9 1 6 Unique reference number Orchestra/Ensemble Ulster Orchestra Date 16 Sep 1970 Venue & Start Time Armagh, Technical College, [8pm] Category/Title Conductor Edgar Cosma Leader Meyer Stolow Soloist(s) Lynda Coffin, flute Meyer Stolow, violin Choir(s) Repertoire Bach Orchestral Suite No.2 in B minor, BWV 1067 Mozart Violin Concerto No.5 in A, K.219 Elgar Serenade for strings in E minor, Op.20 Beethoven Symphony No.8 in F Programme in archive Y/N Y List of Players Y/N Y Programme Notes Y/N Y Writer of Notes (if known) Anne McConnell Biographical Notes Y/N Y Additional Information Programme cover is the cerise-pink one with composers’ pics. Cost: ‘One shilling’. Durations given for each work, except the Mozart. Troubles note: On 26 June 1970, five people were killed in Derry as the result of a premature explosion of an IRA incendiary device. On the next day, 27 June 1970, six people were killed in Belfast where there were gun battles and serious rioting. Rioting continued in Belfast in July 1970. In that month also was the controversial Falls Road Curfew. 7 D B ’ s O r c h e s t r a l C o n c e r t s’ D a t a b a s e 1 9 7 0 0 9 1 8 Unique reference number Orchestra/Ensemble Ulster Orchestra Date 18 Sep 1970 Venue & Start Time Coleraine, Girls’ High School, [8pm] Category/Title Conductor Edgar Cosma Leader Meyer Stolow Soloist(s) Meyer Stolow, violin Choir(s) Repertoire Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin Mozart Violin Concerto No.5 in A, K.219 Elgar Serenade for strings in E minor, Op.20 Beethoven Symphony No.8 in F Programme in archive Y/N Y List of Players Y/N Y Programme Notes Y/N Y Writer of Notes (if known) Anne McConnell Biographical Notes Y/N Y Additional Information Programme cover is the cerise-pink one with composers’ pics. Cost: ‘One shilling’. Durations given for each work, except the Mozart. Troubles note: On 26 June 1970, five people were killed in Derry as the result of a premature explosion of an IRA incendiary device. On the next day, 27 June 1970, six people were killed in Belfast where there were gun battles and serious rioting. Rioting continued in Belfast in July 1970. In that month also was the controversial Falls Road Curfew. 8 D B ’ s O r c h e s t r a l C o n c e r t s’ D a t a b a s e 1 9 7 0 0 9 1 9 Unique reference number Orchestra/Ensemble Ulster Orchestra Date 19 Sep 1970 Venue & Start Time Kilkeel, Convent of St Louis, [8pm] Category/Title Conductor Edgar Cosma Leader Meyer Stolow Soloist(s) Meyer Stolow, violin Choir(s) Repertoire Mozart Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K.546 Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor Elgar Serenade for strings in E minor, Op.20 Raymond Warren Seaside Sketches Dvořák Czech Suite Programme in archive Y/N Y List of Players Y/N Y Programme Notes Y/N Y Writer of Notes (if known) Uncredited except ‘R.W’ for the Raymond Warren. Biographical Notes Y/N Y Additional Information Programme cover is the cerise-pink one with composers’ pics. Cost: ‘One shilling’. Durations given for each work, except the Warren. Adverts for the ‘Augmented Ulster Orchestra’ concert on 26 Sep (Whitla Hall) and Music for You on 3 October. Troubles note: On 26 June 1970, five people were killed in Derry as the result of a premature explosion of an IRA incendiary device. On the next day, 27 June 1970, six people were killed in Belfast where there were gun battles and serious rioting. Rioting continued in Belfast in July 1970. In that month also was the controversial Falls Road Curfew.