Stroud Valleys Music Club with Lionel Carley

AT OUR pre-Easter meeting we welcomed back our old friend Lionel Carley who, at previous meetings, has informed and entertained us with the lives and music of Grieg, Grainger and Delius of whom he is one of the country’s leading authorities and supporters.

On this occasion, however, he gave us some insights into his life with with music, illustrating it with pieces from his teenage years through his musical studies, and then as an archivist and biographer.

Along the way he had made friends with a host of musicians from the professional to the amateur, and we heard a variety of anecdotes and music to hold our interest through an enjoyable evening.