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CONCERT BOOKING ARRANGEMENTS
BOOKING DATES
Booking opens 9 September 1974, for concerts before Christmas, and
6 January 1975, for concerts in the New Year.
SEAT PRICES
Guildford
Borough
Balcony, £1.10; 90p; 70p Reserved.
Stalls: 60p Reserved. 50p, 40p Unreserved.
Balcony: £1.10, 90p, 70p Reserved.
Council
Price Concessions: (a) and (b), Stalls only, 30p, 25p, 20p.
(a)
(b)
(c)
Organised parties of full-time students, members of youth
organisations and schools.
Retirement Pensioners
—individuals receiving a National Insurance
Pension
—on production of the Pension Book.
Season Tickets (Members of the Philharmonic Society only) —see
YOUR LEISURE IS OUR PLEASURE
below.
WHERE TO BOOK
1.
2.
Advance Booking: All tickets are available in advance from The
Late Booking:
HOW TO BOOK
1.
Public Library, North Street, Guildford (at the
Information Desk, Quick Reference Dept., ground
floor). The Library is open Mondays to Fridays,
10.00 am to 7.00 pm, and Saturdays 9.30 am
to 4.00 pm.
All tickets remaining unsold will be sent from the
Public Library to The Box Office, Civic Hall,
London Rd., Guildiord, on the day of the concert
one hour before its commencement, and will be
available there until the concert begins.
3.
By post: At the Public Library, North Street, Guildford. All postal
applications must be accompanied by a stamped, addressed envelope.
Cheques and Postal Orders should be crossed and made payable to Guildford Borough Council. Cash should not be sent through
the post.
By telephone: At the Public Library, North Street, Guildford (Tel.
68496-7). Telephone bookings should be collected and paid for not
later than two days prior to the concert. Tickets reserved and not
paid for will be sold 30 minutes before the concert commences.
Pleasenote that telephone bookings cannot be accepted at the Civic
Hall Box Office, but you can ascertain whether tickets are still
available by phoning the Box Office during the last hour before the
concert commences
(telephone Guildford 67314).
It is regretted that no tickets can be exchanged or accepted for re-sale
SEASON TICKETS (Philharmonic Society only)
Members of the Philharmonic Society may order Season Tickets at
reduced rates by filling in the blue Application Form in the centre of this
and no further applications can be accepted after this date.
Information about the Philharmonic Society is given on page 14, if you
wish to join, or renew your membership, please complete the relevant
part of the blue Application Form.
London Road
(Tel: 71651/3 daytime and bookings)
(Tel : 67314 evening of events)
Available for a wide range of occasions and events
THE GUILDFORD MUSEUM
Quarry Street
(Tel: 66551)
Collections of great interest
THE GUILDFORD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
— Mon.-Fri. 10 am-1 pm; 2 pm-4 pm)
(Tel : 73800
A season of concerts at the Civic Hall
GUILDFORD HOUSE
High Street
(Tel: 32133)
Exhibitions of Art and Sculpture for all
at the Civic Hall Box Office or the Public Library.
booklet. Applications for Season Tickets should be despatched by
24 August since after this date priority choice of seats can no longer be
guaranteed. The final date for Season Ticket applications is 16 September
THE GUILDFORD LIDO
Stoke Road
(Tel: 62515)
A heated outdoor pool in parkland setting
(Season
: May to September)
THE CIVIC HALL
In person: At the Public Library at the times stated above, or (during
On last hour before the concert commences) at the Civic Hall Box
ice.
2.
THE GUILDFORD SPORTS CENTRE
;
(Tel: 71651/3)
Bedford Road
Recreation for all the Family
PARKS AND OPEN SPACES
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Details from: Municipal Offices
(Tel: 71111)
Parks are for People
FOREWORD
This foreword has usually been an explanation of the list of concerts
following it, but since the general planning of the programmes differs
little from that of the last two seasons. | am going to examine the policy
behind that planning, and the unique response of the Guildford public
to it. For while in the last two decades there has been a growth of
leisure, we are told regularly by sociologists and psychologists that many
of our society's problems are due to an inability to use leisure well.
Surely one of the functions of art, though not its main one, can be in
helping people to fill profitably that free time. Yet, in those same two
decades, the grip of the commercial world on leisure has tightened,
and the public is told more forcibly and more cunningly what it
must like.
This grip is nowhere more like a stranglehold than in the world of
serious music, and a strange dichotomy has resulted. On the one hand
we are told that London is one continuous musical festival, and on the
other that only a handful of artists can fill the Royal Festival Hall;
that our orchestras are overworked, under-rehearsed, and performing
too many concerts, and yet that the number of works by living composers
given in any season is so small that special apologies for concerts to air
such works must be set up by our Arts Council; narrowness prevails;
that variety which is not only the spice of life but a necessity of it
perishes, and in what cause? Certainly some artists, managers, record
companies, and promoters make careers and a profit. True a small
audience, small compared to the potential, is courted. Nothing
more is achieved.
| am often asked by members of the Guildford audience, why it is
that | do not record a work heard and admired ina concert in our
“Enterprising” series. They do not seem to realise that since the work
which has given them such satisfaction is rarely heard, it is not
profitable for a company to record it. | am also asked why | do not
invite pianist X to Guildford to play Y’s concerto, and the answer is
usually that it is not profitable for him to learn Y’s concerto when he
can make a small fortune playing a narrow repertoire of established works.
It is a gloomy prospect, which the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra,
the Philharmonic Choir, Proteus Choir, Guildford Philharmonic Society,
and the South East Music Trust are happy to dispel. With the constant
backing of the Local Authority, and recently the Arts Council, these
groups, some under different names as time has gone by, have carried
out my planning for twelve years. The main features of the policy read
like a manual on how to empty a Concert Hall: chances for young
artists, established soloists rather than ‘‘names”’or the latest competition
winners, a great variety of works and composers, no popular work
repeated in consecutive seasons, an insistence on the inclusion of
a number of British works, and a series within the series for modern
and neglected works. The feature not listed is trust. | do not believe
that people are so undiscerning that they will turn away from an
enthusiastically presented concert series even if it contains unusual
elements.
Behind this policy there have been two principles. The first is related
to one now widely held by ecologists — that a healthy environment is
a mixed one. The balance or interdependence of nature thrives on
variety. Applied to the dissemination of music this means that you will
experience more by being exposed to the creative genius of many
composers, rather than confining your experiences by letting yourself
come into contact with only a few. You will be broader minded.
The second principle is the viewing of the Guildford Concert Scheme
as a service, just like the other services the District offers. We hear
much these days about a rising standard of living. A Sports Centre,
Civic Hall, a Concerts Scheme, are evidence of a rising standard, but
if they are misused, they will only contribute to a fall in the quality
of living. | conduct roughly seventy concerts each year. Only about
sixteen of them are in Guildford. When in Guildford, however, | am not
CONCERT PROGRAMMES 1974/75 SEASON
service. | like to think that people in Guildford, young and old, can
receive the widest possible musical enjoyment and education by
attending all the concerts in a season. And if they come regularly over
a number of seasons, they will have access to a greater number of
different works, professionally performed, than they could gain at the
Same number of concerts anywhere else in the world.
VERNON HANDLEY — Conductor
CIVIC HALL
— GUILDFORD
GUILDFORD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Hugh Bean — Leader
John Ludlow — Co-Leader
just the chief conductor, but the Musical Director, responsible for a
Indications are that they are doing so. Each year produces audience
averages near 80 per cent—83 per cent last season for instance, in which
there were more concerts than ever before. Currently any attempt to
educate the public is berated as the wildest arrogance, but what if the
public educates itself? Every service brings opportunities for selfeducation, and the large audience at each concert of the “Enterprising”’
series argues that a number of people are coming not simply for
diversion. On the other hand, a glance at the programme for next
5 October will prove that | do not believe that the lofty ideals proclaimed
above are inconsistent with fun and even hilarity. Indeed, such is the
Sunday 22 September 1974 at 3.00 p.m.
Overture ‘The Thieving Magpie’
Piano Concerto No. 5 in
E flat major, opus 73 (‘Emperor’)
Theme and Variations from
Suite No. 3 in G
Rossini
Beethoven
Tchaikovsky
Peter Katin — Pianoforte
easy, warm and friendly atmosphere in the Civic Hall for a concert
in
the Guildford Philharmonic series, that you might be excused for
thinking that nothing profound was going on. | and my colleagues hope,
however, that later it may steal over you that while you were there,
you experiencedarise in the quality of life.
Saturday 5 October at 7.45 pm
Programme will include:Overture ‘Di Ballo’
Symphonic Variations
Waltz — Voices of Spring
Intermezzo No. 2 from
‘Jewels of the Madonna’
Movements from incidental music
to ‘Hassan’
‘Tam o’ Shanter’
Sullivan
Cesar Franck
Johann Strauss
Wolf-Ferrari
Delius
Malcolm Arnold
— Pianoforte hk
Imogen Cooper
The Mayor and Members of Guildford Borough
ouncil
will be present at this concert
Sunday 27 October at 3.00 pm
Guildford House,
155 High Street,
Guildford.
Telephone 73800.
10 am-1 pm, 2 pm-4 pm.
Serenade for Strings
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Piano Concerto in A minor
Night Ride and Sun Rise
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Sibelius
Sibelius
Saturday 9 November at 7.45 pm
El corpus en Sevilla
Violin Concerto in D
Ode to Death
Meditations on a theme of John Blow
Albeniz
Stravinsky
Holst
Bliss
Roy Gillard — Violin
Philharmonic Choir
Peter Katin
Imogen Cooper
Nelson Freire
Saturday 16 November at 7.30 pm
A concert promoted by the South East Music Trust in
CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL
(By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter)
Tchaikovsky
Overture — Fantasia ‘Hamlet’
Variations on a Rococo theme
for Cello and Orchestra
Tchaikovsky
Holst
Ode to Death
Meditations on a theme of John Blow_ Bliss
Soloist to be announced
Philharmonic Choir
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Tickets £1.50; £1.25; £1.00; 75p; 50p and 30p available from
The Friends Office, Flat 1, 8 The Precincts, Canterbury, after 16 Oct
Jacques Klein
Sunday 24 November at 3.00 pm
Overture ‘Prince Igor’
Rhapsody ona theme of Paganini
*Symphony No. 5 in F, opus 76
Borodin
Rachmaninov
Dvorak
Jacques Klein — Pianoforte
— Christopher Adey
*Guest Conductor
Saturday 14 December at 7.45 pm
Suite Provencal
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
Symphony No. 3
James Galway
James Galway — Flute
Milhaud
Nielsen
Bax
Sunday 19 January 1975 at 3.00 pm
Suite ‘Pelleas and Melisande’
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D, K. 218
Symphony No. 4 in E minor
Faure
Mozart
Brahms
Charmian Gadd — Violin
Saturday 1 February at 7.45 pm
Appalachian Spring
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Cello Concerto in A minor
Symphony No. 6 in E flat minor
Charmian Gadd
Myung-Wha Chung
Myung-Wha Chung —Cello
Copland
Kabalevsky
Prokofiev
Go ~cl
Thursday 13 February
TWO CONCERTS FOR SCHOOLS
Programme details to be circulated to Schools
Friday 14 February at 7.30 pm
A concert promoted by the South East Music Trust in
Hugh Bean
Bracknell Sports Centre
Details to be announced
Saturday 22 February at 7.45 pm
Concerto for Violin, Cello, Piano
and Orchestra — ‘Triple’
Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor
Hugh Bean —Violin
Eileen Croxford — Cello
Eileen Croxford
David Parkhouse — Piano
Beethoven,
Mahler
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Saturday 8 March at 7.30 pm
in GUILDFORD CATHEDRAL
(By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter)
War Requiem
Britten
Sally Le Sage
Alexander Oliver
Christopher Keyte
Bigshotte Boys’ Choir
Philharmonic Choir
Sally Le Sage
Alexander Oliver
Admission by programme £1.10; 90p; 70p and 50p
Sunday 23 March at 3.00 pm
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Mendelssohn
Mozart
Tchaikovsky
Overture ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’
Piano Concerto No. 15 in B flat, K.450
Symphony No. 4 in F minor
Kathleen Jones — Pianoforte
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Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K.550
Symphony No. 9 in D minor (Choral)
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Vivien Townley
Helen Attfield
John Kingsley Smith
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Sunday 20 April at 3.00 pm
Suite No. 3 in D
Violin Concerto in D
Symphony No. 101 in D (‘Clock’)
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Bach
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Haydn
GUILDFORD PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY
Saturday 3 May at 7.45 pm
First performance of a contemporary British work
Piano Concerto in G major
Ravel
Alborado del Gracioso
Ravel
Appalachia
Delius
Martin Jones — Pianoforte
:
President
Lady Tangley of Blackheath
Vice-Presidents :
Lord Nugent of Guildford, P.C. (Past President)
Miss Isobel Baillie, C.B.E.
Proteus Choir
Major-Gen. R. L. Bond, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., HON.F.R.A.M.
Mrs. E. Crossley Clitheroe
John Downham, Esq.
H. H. Kimber, Esq.
Saturday 10 May at 7.45 pm
Arthur M. Smith, Esq.
A concert of unaccompanied choral music by the
PHILHARMONIC CHOIR
Conductors: Kenneth Lank
Douglas G. Stedman, Esq.
Noel Lorimer, Esq., A.|.B.
Stewart Lyon, Esq.
Vernon Handley
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE 1974/75
Guest ensemble:
THE BAROQUE CHAMBER GROUP
Valerie Butt — Recorder
Moyra Montagu — Oboe
Elisabeth Lightoller — Harpsichord
Katharine Thulborn — Cello
Tickets: Balcony, 60p reserved; Stalls 40p reserved; 30p unreserved
Chairman:
MRS. J. NICKLIN
(Guildford 4303)
Vice-Chairman:
MR, J. R. M. BRITTEN
(Woking 65742)
Honorary Secretary:
MISS E. KER
12 Poltimore Road, Guildford
(Guildford 33055)
Programmes subject to alteration
Honorary Treasurer :
All concerts given by the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra in the Civic
Hall, Guildford, are promoted by Guildford Borough Council with
financial assistance from the Arts Council of Great Britain
MR. R. A. FORROW
Flat 3, 6 Mareschal Road, Guildford
(Guildford 75274)
Editor of ‘‘Notes”’:
MR: FE. Bo NOYES
Detailed information available from
Mrs. Kathleen Atkins
Concerts Manager
Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra
155 High Street
Guildford.
Telephone 73800 10 am-1
19 Wilderness Court, Onslow Village, Guildford
(Guildford 4535)
:
Committee
pm, 2 pm-4 pm
Mr. N. Brougham
Mrs. E. Butler
Miss M. Spink
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Mr. N. Button
Mr. C. G. E. Dahl
Mr. J. Daniel
Mr. J. S. J. Margetson
Mr. G. J. Morris Mrs. D. Roke Mrs. W. Richards
Mrs. S. Woodcock
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Guildford
Philharmonic
Society
ABOUT THE SOCIETY
WHAT’S IN A NAME!
1974 has seen the changing of the name of the Concertgoers’ Society
to Philharmonic Society. This is in order that the Society may be linked
APPLICATION TO JOIN OR RENEW MEMBERSHIP
AND TO PURCHASE SEASON TICKETS IF REQUIRED.
(see also next two pages)
more positively with the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra in the mind
of the general public.
1974 has also seen the enlarged Guildford Borough Council come into
existence.
Please complete this form and send it with your remittance made
payable to the ‘Guildford Philharmonic Society’, enclosing a
stamped addressed envelope to R. A. Forrow Esq., Hon.Treasurer’,
We are extremely fortunate in Guildford to have a fully professional
orchestra which over the past few years has attained a remarkable
standard, comparable with any National orchestra.
Guildford Philharmonic Society, Flat 3, 6 Mareschal Rd., Guildford.
Personal applications may be made at the Concertgoers desk in the _
Our Director of Music, Vernon Handley, has attained national
Civic Hall on concert dates.
recognition for his many recordings and live broadcasts on B.B.C.
radio, and with many other orchestras. He was recently described in the
“Sunday Times”’ as ‘‘the best English Conductor of his generation’.
In these days of high inflation, a railway fare to London, plus the cost
of a ticket at a London Concert Hall, makes a journey to the South
Bank, or whatever, an expensive outing!
Also, in Guildford the ‘‘Enterprising’”’ series of Concerts provides a chance
to hear many new, or seldom heard orchestral works, that are not to
be found in London programmes. Why go to London?
For twenty-five years this Society has supported, publicised, and generally
aided the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra, and last season attendances
were a record.
In addition, the Society arranges, for its Members, a series of recitals
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Subscriptions
Rate
Annual Subscription
£1.50
We have at this time over 1,000 members and welcome newcomers
Joint Subscription
£2.50
Persons under the age of 18
£1.00
Retirement Pensioner
£0.60
whenever they like to join us.
Why not fill in the form enclosed and join us now, and so qualify fora
Season Ticket concession for the coming series of Concerts?
The current annual subscription is £1.50 for the first member of the family
and £2.50 joint membership for husband and wife. The subscription for
persons aged 18 and under is £1, and for retirement pensioners 60p.
(These are the minimum subscriptions and many members voluntarily
pay more in order to assist the Society with its activities.
)
Husband and Wife
No.
£
Total Subscriptions
Note:
In order to hold a Season Ticket,
you must be a member of the
Philharmonic Society. Any person
wishing to purchase a Season
Ticket may do so by joining the
Society at the same time.
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Renewal / New Member ‘*°!*** # ar
be even higher (details elsewhere in this brochure).
free of charge. This year the standard of these Members’ Meetings will
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*Season Ticket requirements
Single ticket requirements
Donation to Musical Aid Fund
Totai Remittance £
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application
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(A)
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concerts or the 6 Sunday afternoon concerts, (or both)
4 Transfer totals from A and B to summary of Remittance on previous page.
Please indicate preferred seating area by circling the seats on seating plan overleaf. (N.B. Precise seating cannot be guaranteed)
5
Closing date for Season Ticket applications is 16 September 1974, but preferred seating cannot be guaranteed for applications received
after 24th August 1974.
6 SUNDAY AFTERNOON
CONCERTS
Dates: 5/10/74; 9/11 ag
AREA (& NORMAL PRICE)
Dates: 22/9/74; Fra
14/12/74; 1/2/75;
(£1.10)
TOTAL
(Saturdays
23/3/75; 20/4/75
Total | 1 season
No.
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ticket |required
£6.10
1 SUNDAY EVENING
CONCERT
Date: 6/4/75
24/11/74; 19/1/75;
22/2/78. 3/5/75
1 season|
No.
ticket |required
|
neat Sundays)
£6.10
£1.00
| £4.90
£0.80
Centre Balcony D—H
(90p) | £4.90
Rear Balcony J—P
(70p)
£3.70
£3.70
£0.60
Stalls E—M reserved
(60p)
£3.35
fs.35
£0.55
Stalls N—S unreserved
(50p)
£2.75
£2.75
£0.45
Stalls A—D unreserved
(40p)
£2.15
£2°15
£0.35
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EVENING CONCERTS
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Entitlement to purchase a season ticket for Saturday and/or Sunday
concerts at a specially reduced rate.
Borough of Guildford Civic Hall
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An advance copy of the annual programme brochure.
3. A copy of the newsletter ‘“‘Notes’’, keeping you in touch with local
4.
musical events.
Free admission to all Members’ Evenings.
The Society also arranges other benefits for its members when the chance
arises.
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South East Music Trust
: Arthur Bliss,
Y Master of the Queen’s Musick
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Patrons: Sir
Sir Adrian Boult, C.H., D.Mus.
Trustees: Lord Nugent of Guildford, P.C.
J. V. M. Gordon Clark
Director of Music: Vernon Handley
During the past twelve years Vernon Handley has built up the Guildford
Philharmonic Orchestra to its present high standard, and the success
of the annual concert series sponsored by the Guildford Corporation
is recognised nationally as a unique phenomenon for a town of
Guildford’s size. The expansion of the Orchestra’s activities is the
logical step in the development of its potential, as well as providing
the opportunity for others to share with the Guildford audiences its
fine performances. The South East Music Trust has been formed, and
an appeal for £50,000 has been launched to further this aim. By
keeping the orchestral personnel together regularly throughout the
year, Guildford audiences will benefit from the higher standard of
playing that will be realised, and the prestige of the Guildford
Philharmonic Orchestra will be enhanced.
Further details about the Trust can be obtained from the Secretary,
Mrs. Kathleen M. Atkins, Guildford House, 155 High Street, Guildford. Tel. Guildford 73800; 10 am-1 pm; 2 pm-4 pm.
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GUILDFORD PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY
CALENDAR OF EVENTS 1974/75
MEMBERS’ EVENINGS
GUILDFORD METHODIST CHURCH HALL
(Entrance in Wharf Road, Guildford)
Saturday 21 September 1974 at 7.30 pm
Lecture: VERNON HANDLEY
Tuesday 15 October at 2.30 pm
1974
21 September
7.30 pm
Guildford Philharmonic Society
Members’ Evening
Lecture: Director of Music
Methodist Hall
22 September
3.00 pm
Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra
Peter Katin
Vernon Handley
Civic Hall
5 October
7.45 pm
Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra
Imogen Cooper
Vernon Handley
Civic Hall
15 October
2.30 pm
Guildford Philharmonic Society
Members’ Afternoon Meeting
Methodist Hall
Young Artists’ Recital
YOUNG ARTISTS’ RECITAL
Saturday 7 December at 7.30 pm
Recital:
Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra
Nelson Freire
Vernon Handley
Civic Hall
2 November
3.00 pm
Vernon Handley
Philharmonic Society Members only
Holy Trinity
Church
9 November
7.45 pm
Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra
Roy Gillard
Philharmonic Choir
Vernon Handley
Civic Hall
16 November
7.30 pm
Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra
Philharmonic Choir
Soloist to be announced
Vernon Handley
Canterbury
Cathedral
24 November
3.00 pm
Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra
Jacques Klein
Vernon Handley
Civic Hall
7 December
7.30 pm
Guildford Philharmonic Society
Members’ Evening
Osian Ellis
Methodist Hall
14 December
7.45 pm
Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra
James Galway
Vernon Handley
Civic Hall
19 January
3.00 pm
Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra
Charmian Gadd
Vernon Handley
Civic Hall
25 January
3.00 pm
Vernon Handley
Philharmonic Society Members only
Holy Trinity
Church
1 February
7.45 pm
Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra
Civic Hall
OSIAN ELLIS
—Harp
Saturday 8 February 1975 at 7.30 pm
Recital:
27 October
3.00 pm
JOHN BARROW
— Baritone
KATHLEEN DUNN-DAVIES —Pianoforte
Saturday 15 March at 7.30 pm
Recital:
THE GEORGIAN QUARTET
Sylvia Cleaver
—Violin
John Holloway
—Violin
Roger Best
—Viola
David Smith — Cello
Saturday 12 April at 7.30 pm
Lecture Recital:
CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD
“The History of the Keyboard”
ADDITIONAL EVENTS FOR MEMBERS ONLY
in HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, High Street, Guildford
TWO TALKS BY THE DIRECTOR OF MUSIC, VERNON HANDLEY,
INTRODUCING UNFAMILIAR MUSIC IN THE SEASON
2 November 1974 at 3.00 pm and 25 January 1975 at 3.00 pm
Membership cards must be produced at all afternoon and evening
meetings of the Society
1975
Myung-Wha Chung
Vernon Handley
16
17
8 February
7.30 pm
Guildford Philharmonic Society
Members’ Evening
Methodist Hall
John Barrow
UNIVERSITY OF SURREY
Kathleen Dunn-Davies
DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC
13 February
Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra
Civic Hall
14 February
7.30 pm
Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra
Soloist to be announced
Vernon Handley
Bracknell
Sports Centre
Lunchtime Recitals and Evening Concerts take place
22 February
7.45 pm
Guldford Philharmonic Orchestra
Civic Hall
term time. Admission is free and members of the public
Two concerts for Schools
Hugh Bean
Eileen Croxford
are welcome.
David Parkhouse
Vernon Handley
8 March
7.30 pm
regularly in the Great Hall of the University during
If you would like to receive information about these
Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra
Sally Le Sage
Alexander Oliver
Christopher Keyte
Bigshotte Boys’ Choir
Philharmonic Choir
Guildford
Cathedral
concerts please send your name and address to:—
Mrs. Diane Harding,
Secretary,
Department of Music,
Vernon Handley
15 March
7.30 pm
Guildford Philharmonic Society
Members’ Evening
Methodist Hall
23 March
3.00 pm
Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra
Civic Hall
Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra
Vivien Townley
Helen Attfield
John Kingsley Smith
John Tomlinson
Philharmonic Choir
Vernon Handley
Civic Hall
Philharmonic Society Members’
Evening
Methodist Hall
6 April
7.00 pm
12 April
7.30 pm
University of Surrey,
Guildford, Surrey.
Georgian Quartet
The Crossley Clitheroe Concert
Kathleen Jones
Vernon Handley
PHILHARMONIC CHOIR
Conductor: Vernon Handley
Assistant Conductor: Kenneth Lank
There are vacancies this season in the tenor and bass sections of
the choir. Rehearsals are on MONDAY evenings 7.15pm - 9 pm
Christopher Hogwood
20 April
3.00 pm
3 May
7.45 pm
10 May
7.45 pm
Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra
Maurice Hasson
Vernon Handley
Civic Hall
Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra
Martin Jones
Proteus Choir
Vernon Handley
Civic Hall
Philharmonic Choir
Kenneth Lank
Vernon Handley
The Baroque Chamber Group
Civic Hall
Concerts for the 1974/75 season :—
Saturday 9 November 1974
Ode to Death
Holst
Saturday 8 March 1975
War Requiem
Britten
Sunday 6 April
Symphony No. 9 (Choral)
Beethoven
Saturday 10 May
Unaccompanied Choral Concert
(and 16 November in Canterbury Cathedral)
Applications to
Philharmonic Choir
Director of Music’s Office
155 High Street
Guildford
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