The Beethoven Society was founded in 1888 and has met without a break since then. The Society gives classical music concerts in aid of both local and national charities. We do not purely perform works by Beethoven; rather the name is kept as a tribute to the long and illustrious history of the orchestra. We are a group of musicians dedicated to playing good music, enjoying ourselves, and helping to raise money for charities at the same time.
Please come and support us – click Here to see a map of our usual rehearsal and concert venues. If you’ve never been to our concerts before, come and try something different for free. If you have, we hope you enjoyed our concerts and will keep supporting us.
We currently have vacancies for string players. If you are interested please contact us by telephoning our Membership Secretaries, Joan and Rosalind Corser, on 01706378973 or click Here
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OUR NEXT CONCERT |
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Saturday, 28th January 2012 A Shropshire Lad - Butterworth Alan Smale (violin) and Martin Johnson (‘cello)
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This all-English, twentieth century programme opens with George Butterworth’s Rhapsody - A Shropshire Lad. Composed in 1912 as an epilogue to his 1911 song cycle "A Shropshire Lad" set to the words of A. E. Housman this rhapsody was based on the first song of the cycle ‘Loveliest of tress’. The style is unashamedly romantic but with some interesting impressionistic harmonic colourings – an unforgettable gem of the English early twentieth century ‘renaissance’. This is followed by Frederick Delius’s Double Concerto of 1916. The flamboyant confrontation between soloist and orchestra in the conventional concerto is replaced in this work by the unfolding of combined rhapsodic melodies. Delius’s characteristic chromatic style of harmony is in evidence throughout. |
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The Manchester Beethoven Orchestra
is a member of the
National Federation of Music Societies
and is a Registered Charity
(No.1010447)
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