The Leicester Music Society, 1871 (Walsall New Art Gallery)
Leicester Music Society 76th Year
NEXT MEETING: Tuesday 2nd May
Paul Spicer: 'Samuel Barber'
This celebrated 20th Century American composer is mostly remembered for his ubiquitous Adagio for Strings. Paul Spicer will share his love of the wealth of Barber’s music, and hopes to win over those who are not already converts!
REMAINING SEASON 2023–2024
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|----------+-------------------+---------------------------------------|
| 14th May | Paul Spicer | Samuel Barber |
| 11th Jun | | AGM and Quiz |
See our Programme pages for more details.
PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW VENUE
This season we have moved to a new venue at Christchurch Baptist-Methodist Church on Clarendon Park Road. See the Church's web site for a location map and directions. We meet in its comfortable Keene Room.
About Leicester Music Society
We are a friendly group of people keen to learn more about music from composers, performers and others with expert musical knowledge.
Our entertaining and informative illustrated talks are usually held on the evenings of the second Tuesday of each month from October through to June.
Our final meeting of the season is the Annual Music Quiz after business is taken care of in the AGM.
Membership is open to anyone interested in learning more about music. Just turn up to any meeting and we will make you very welcome.
See our About page for information on where and when we meet and our charges. Go to our Programme page for the topic of each meeting in the current season.
Notable speakers in the past have included the composers John Rutter, Will Todd, George Lloyd and Geoffrey Bush; former Director of the BBC Proms Robert Ponsonby; eminent oboist Lady Evelyn Barbirolli; Denis Matthews, noted pianist and Professor of Music; Annetta Hoffnung, widow of the much-missed Gerard; distinguished conductor Norman Del Mar CBE; Peter Cropper, late leader of the Lindsay String Quartet.
Famous critic and broadcaster Edward Greenfield, and the 'doyen of opera critics' John Steane used to visit us nearly every year; both now sadly deceased.
Distinguished choral conductor Donald Hunt, another regular speaker since 2004, died on 4th August 2018 at the age of 88.
Other popular regular speakers include Stephen Varcoe and the late Malcolm Goldring..
In 2024 we welcome for the first time music scholar and author Nigel Simeone, whom regular listeners to Radio 3's 'Record Review' will recognise from his frequent appearances on the programme.
Our Society was formerly known as The Leicester Recorded Music Society. We changed the name in 2016 to reflect the changing nature of the ways in which people now encounter music, and also a broader interest in musical performance as well as musical appreciation.
We are a member of the Federation of Recorded Music Societies (FRMS). If you don't live in Leicester check their site listings to find a music society near you.
