Programme 2023-2024

Cardiff Recorded Music Society meets on Wednesday evenings 7.25pm to 9.30pm
at St Edward's Church, Blenheim Road, Penylan, Cardiff, CF23 5DE

The Committee reserves the right to cancel or modify any advertised programme without notice.

2023

October 4         Annual General Meeting with social evening
Yes, I know the AGM is not an immediate turn-on but for a number of reasons we haven't been able to hold one since the end of the 2021/22 season.  So it is important we start the season in this way.  It should not last very long and we propose having a social evening with refreshments to fill the rest of the evening.

October 11        A survey of 19th century English song
Our treasurer, David Perkins will this evening dip into his extensive collection of recordings of examples of this wonderful music genre.

October 18       Beethoven's famous “Christmas concert” of 1805
We welcome Gwyn Parry-Jones back this evening to give us a taste of what was clearly an unforgettable concert in Vienna on December 23rd of that year, when, among much else, the first performances of the fifth and sixth symphonies, and the fourth piano concerto were given.

October 25        Seventy-five years of the NHS
A celebration by Dr Heather Payne.

November 1         Inspired by Nature
Neil Pritchard will present a varied programme designed to show how composers have embraced the natural world in their music.

November 8         Members' Choice
Rod Delamere is still our resident DJ and will be inviting you to choose a piece of music for us all to enjoy.  We always seem to end up with a fascinating selection!

                                  

November 15         Herbert von Karajan and the Vienna Philharmonic
Karajan enjoyed long relationships with three great international orchestras  -  the Philharmonia (of London), the Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Philharmonic.  This evening our own Cardiff Philharmonic conductor, Michael Bell, looks at the maestro's time with the Vienna PO.

                                  

November 22        1873 the “Annus Mirabilis”  -  150 years on
1873 saw the birth of a large number of opera singers who were pioneers of early recordings.  Our President will examine the careers of some of them, including Caruso and Chaliapin.

                                   

November 29        “More than Jerusalem”  -  the best of Hubert Parry-Jones
Best known for his setting of William Blakes's poem and anthems like “I was Glad” and “Blest Pair of Sirens”, Hubert Parry also composed in many forms, including chamber music and five symphonies.  Keith Griffin will introduce us to examples this evening.

                                 

 

2024

February 7             A Parade of Pianists  -  your chance to pick a winner!
Colin Johnson promises an interesting evening in which he hopes to involve you.  You will hear a selection of pieces by a number of different pianists he will introduce, leading to a final item by one of these performers he will not name.  Choose your candidate and perhaps identify the one you are hearing for the second time!

                                                                  

February 14             Love in all its forms!
A talk about St Valentine's Day by Lynne Plummer.

                                 

February 21           Volante – A Welsh National Opera project
Our president, Chris Ball, will introduce two members of a team of WNO Chorus members who will talk about this project and let us hear examples from their catalogue.

February 28          Sibelius' Fourth Symphony
Geraint Lewis explores the mysteries to be found in the Finnish master's least performed, but arguably greatest symphony.                                                              

                                

March 6                 Music Magazine
A miscellany of topical or otherwise interesting items put together by editor, Neil Pritchard.

                                

March 13                 Mozart for 1 to 8 players
By a process of accumulation Geoff Trinick has come up with a survey of Mozart's instrumental and chamber music from solo to octet.

                                                                                                                                                              

March 20                 A lifetime of music  -  Part 2
To follow up his interesting selection last season, the Rev Andrew Kleissner has offered another dip into his extensive range of music interests.

                                                              

March 27                 [Details to be confirmed]

April 3                      Light Programme nostalgia
To conclude the season, Rod Delamere comes up with a further helping of melodies of yesteryear to bring back memories.

                                

                                                                                                                             

Previous years' programmes:   2014-15    2015-16    2016-17    2017-18    2018-19    2019-20    2021-22    2022-23