Music Appreciation Talks at Blackheath Halls
with Matthew Taylor

Autumn 2014 Course:  THE 20TH CENTURY CONCERTO (1900-1950)

Since 1991 Matthew has been running a series of music appreciation illustrated talks at Blackheath Halls. Each term is devoted to one chosen subject, usually the works of one composer, group or theme in which Matthew illustrates at the piano and plays recordings.

The lectures are devised so that one does not need technical knowledge whilst at the same time the experienced aficionado has always something new to learn.

The next 10 week course has talks on Monday mornings from 10am to 12 noon in the Recital Room at Blackheath Halls:

September 22nd, 29th
October 6th, 13th, 20th
November 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th (in the Great Hall)
December 1st

The course fee is £80 payable at the first session. Newcomers can have a taster for free while for those who cannot manage to attend the whole term, a special arrangement can usually be made.

Course Description

The concerto is here examined decade by decade. This vast project remains under wraps but it will cover the last of the romantics (Elgar and Rachmaninov); the neoclassical (Stravinsky and Poulenc); the jazz age; the English renaissance (Vaughan Williams, Walton, Tippett); the Soviet realists (Shostakovitch and Prokofiev); the modernists and the traditionalists. From France to Russia and to the Americas covering a variety of solo instruments. The series will be followed by the first performance of the Flute Concerto, Op.49 of Matthew Taylor on Saturday 6th December in the Great Hall.

Contacts

All newcomers are most welcome. For further details contact:

Lionel Lewis:
020 8297 1075
LJL@lioneljlewis.org.uk

Blackheath Music Appreciation Group
blackheath-music.co.uk