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March 2024

The March meeting of the Society will take place tonight, Monday 11th March at 7:30 and features the English composer Rutland Boughton. He was extremely popular in his day and was a prolific composer with symphonies and operas to his credit. His star has waned and he is now seldom performed. So it is with great pleasure that we will be welcoming Ian Boughton to play a selection of his works and widen our knowledge of this composer. The title of the presentation is Rutland Boughton: beyond the Immortal Hour, one of his best known operas from a play with the same title.

The Society prides itself on widening the knowledge of its members and this is another example of that, to go along with the presentation on Holst in January.

We look forward to seeing you and it is £3 for non-members at the door. Free parking at the rear.

Second half starts

Second half of the programme starts on Monday 29th January

January 2024

Last night: review shortly.

The second half of the Society’s season starts on Monday 29th at 7:30 as usual with a presentation by Chris Cope posing the question ‘is there more to Gustav Holst than the Planets?’ Holst was a reticent man and the fame which followed the success of the Planets was not altogether welcome. Much of his music was unknown but there has been something of a revival since the ’80s and hopefully we will hear more during Chris’s presentation.

[This event may appear in the Salisbury Journal’s What’s On page and even though it was posted with the correct date, the confirmation was returned with Friday shown and I have been unable to change it. To confirm: the meeting is on Monday 29th].

PC

Next meeting

The next meeting of the Society is tomorrow, Monday 20 November starting at 7:30 as usual. It will be a change to the published programme due to unforeseen circumstances and will be on the subject of modern music. It is the last presentation on this subject by Peter Horwood who has found some gems from the world of recent compositions.

Only £3 on the door and there is ample parking outside.

Next meeting

Next meeting and changes to the programme

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have had to make some changes to our programme involving the next three meetings.

On Monday 6th November, Peter Horwood will be presenting Off the Beaten Track in which he takes us on an informal journey along some less familiar musical byways.

On Monday 20th November, Peter again will be presenting, this time the third in his series on 20th Century Music. [This was due to be presented at the previous meeting].

Our final programme this season is slightly changed and will be Christmas Special in which members of the SRMS committee will present a range of pieces with a seasonally appropriate theme.

We look forward to seeing you at these evenings.

Next meeting

Our next meeting will be this evening, Monday 23 October at 7.30pm in our usual venue.

We will commence at 7.30pm with our short Annual General Meeting and then move on to our Members’ Evening at which several members will introduce and play pieces of their own choice.  We are grateful to Robin for coordinated contributions and drawing up the programme. 

If you have not already paid may we remind you that membership subscriptions of £22 are now due and will be welcome at the meeting. 

After this, our next evening will be on Monday 6th November when Peter Horwood will be presenting a programme of 20th century music. We look forward to seeing you at both events.

Next meeting

Details of the next meeting on 9 October: tonight!

This meeting will be a presentation of music from South America, a continent with a strong tradition which does not receive the attention it deserves.

The following meeting on 23rd October 2023 will be our Members’ Evening.  All members are invited to select a piece of music, of up to 8 minutes, to have played.  This can either be on your own CD which you bring, or a link to a YouTube recording.  In either case, so we can draw up a schedule in advance, please will you bring details on 9 October or send details to Robin Lim email: robert.lim@virginmedia.com. 

The meeting on 23 October will be start at 7.30 with our Annual General Meeting which we hope will just take a few minutes. 

If you have not already done so may I remind you that membership subscriptions of £22 are now due and will be welcome at the next meeting.

Details of our coming programme are available in our leaflet and on this site along with an account of our very enjoyable and informative last meeting presented by Tim Smithies. Copies can be found in the Library, Oxfam and the TIC.

We hope to see you on 9th October

ET

New season has got underway

Next meeting on 6 November 2023

The Society’s new season started in September and we have an interesting programme again this year. We have a wide ranging series of evenings including music by Puccini, Gustav Holst, the best of the 20th Century and on why so few composers managed a tenth symphony. We also have two members’ evenings and a Christmas quiz.

You can download the programme here or printed copies will be in the Library, Oxfam (upstairs) and the Tourism Information Centre next week.

The Society meets once a fortnight on a Monday evening starting at 7:30 and we aim to finish at 10 pm. It meets in the Guides’ Centre in St Ann Street although access is from the rear off Friary Lane. Parking is free and it is accessible for people with mobility difficulties.

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If you want to speak on the phone then contact Ruth on T: 01722 782387 or M: 07759 785760

Last meeting

Our final session of 2022-23 will be tonight, Monday 5 June when Peter Horwood will present his ‘American Adventure’. This will be a selection of composers both familiar and less so.

Our programme for 2023-24 is almost completed and will be published shortly.  We will resume on Monday 25th September 2023 when we hope to welcome you back.