March 2nd

March 2nd

Music Magazine, Vol 56 No 2

A miscellany of recorded music and comment on items of topical or special interest, edited by GEOFF TRINICK.

Sales Table tonight

- please bring along those unwanted gifts, books and records to help boost the Society funds.

March 9th

Toeing the Party Line

It is well known how much Shostakovich's work was affected by political pressures during the Stalinist era.

KEITH GRIFFIN, Director of the Welsh Amateur Music Federation, examines the interaction between music and politics.

March 16th

Discography - more than Musical Trainspotting

PHILIP STUART, discographer extraordinaire, traces the history of attempts to answer the record collector's question:
"Who recorded what where, when?" and perhaps even, "Why?"

And the non-collector's question: "Who cares anyway?"

presented by PHILIP STUART

March 23rd

Spiritually Inspired

Composers through the ages have been inspired by their faith, and there is a legacy of great music to show for it.

PAUL CHAUNDY concentrates on more recent examples from composers such as Taverner, Gorecki, Part and Maxwell Davies.

presented by: PAUL CHAUNDY

March 30th

Sixty Years on

To markthe anniversaryof the ending of World War II in 1945, DAVID PERKINS presents a programme of music relevant to the period and the Nations involved, including traditional and popular items alongside new music being composed at the time.