Painswick Music Appreciation Group

OUR group is for people who enjoy listening to recordings of what is generally described as classical music.

Meetings are on alternate Thursdays, September to May, usually at 7.30pm, but 2.30pm in the winter months December to February.

We meet in the Town Hall, Painswick (ample parking nearby).

The first meeting of the new season is on September 15, which will be devoted to a review of the programme with samples of the music we expect to hear.

Presenters are sometimes members and visiting speakers are often professional musicians.

We also have occasional visits to well known venues to hear live concerts (non members are welcome to these).

New members from the Stroud area are welcome, so if you would enjoy an evening in pleasant company hearing good music on fine equipment and with refreshments, come along and try, the first meeting is free.

For more information contact our chairman Alex Nichols, phone Stroud 873396.

Introduction

September 15

Our chairman will review the season's programme with some examples of the music we expect to hear.

We need to talk about Alex

September 29

Robert Nichols.

Spoken word recordings, fiction, poetry and factual content.

recent technical advances - podcasting, iplayer and iplay radio etc.

Joint meeting with the Bird Club

October 13

Birds, birdsong and musical connections.

Gilbert Schumann

November 10

Roderick Winfield will reflect on the life and music of 'a slayer of Philistines', a dreamer, an enigma, a madman - yet one of the 19th century's greatest masters of music for voice and piano.