The next Society meeting is this evening 21 October and is a members’ evening so if you are a member and haven’t sent your contribution to Robin – there’s still time. It will be preceded by a short agm. Same place and same time. Programmes are in the TIC by the way.
Category: Forthcoming meeting
Meeting tonight
The Society’s penultimate meeting takes place tonight, Monday 29th April, and is entitled The curse of the ninth. Some symphonic composers have reached nine but not quite managed, or finished, a tenth. Alan Forshaw examines the myth that of why nine composers couldn’t or wouldn’t write a tenth symphony.
Starts at 7:30 as usual.
Next meeting
The next meeting will take place tonight, Monday 15 April starting at 7:30 as usual and is on the subject of Nino Rota a composer of several operas and a number of film scores.
Meeting tonight
The Society meets tonight (25th March) at 7:30 as usual for a members’ evening. This will be a series of favourite pieces selected by members themselves. All are welcome.
Next meeting
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.
Meeting tonight
The Society meets tonight, Monday 26th February, for an evening of music from the southern hemisphere. Starts at 7:30 as usual and only £3 at the door if you are not a member. Free parking just outside the door.
Meeting Tonight
The Society meets tonight (12th) to hear Angus Menzies’ presentation The Sound of Music in 17th Century Salzburg. Starts at 7:30, £3 at the door for non-members and there is free parking right outside.
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.
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