Season of Putney Music Talks Continues
Oliver Soden on his hground-breaking book on Sir Michael Tippett
The Putney Music Society is a society of classical music enthusiasts who meet fortnightly at the Dryburgh Hall at Putney Leisure Centre from September 2019 until April 2020.
On 17 February Oliver Soden will share the platform with president David Cairns to talk about Oliver's ground-breaking book and scholarly study on Sir Michael Tippett.
The Society enjoys a membership of over two hundred members, some of whom have a considerable knowledge of music while others have very little, but all share a great love of music.
This season they are welcoming: -
David Nettle, Richard Markham, Carolyn Sampson, Ian Partridge, Nicola Benedetti, Lesley Garret, Chi-chi Nwanoku, Marc-Andre Hamelin, Brett Dean, Heather Betts, David Pickard (Director of the Proms), Oliver Soden, David Mellor, , Stephen Walsh, Martin Neary, Andrew Keener and Peter Avis who will be talking about their careers, experiences and anything and everything. Interspersed with recorded musical excerpts (on excellent Hi-Fi equipment).
The meetings generally start at 19:45 and finish at 21:45,with Refreshments are available at half time. To join for the whole year it is only £35 (which works out at only £2.69 a meeting – exceptionally good value for money! Visitors per meeting are £8 and Young Persons are free.
Full details are available on their website:
www.putneymusic.org.uk or follow them on twitter and Facebook… @PutneyMusic
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Putney Music has published the programme for the series of talks planned by the society for the next six months.
Putney Music: 2019-20 Season
2020
17 February
The Biography. If you only read one ‘life’ of a musician this year, make sure it’s Oliver Soden’s ground-breaking book on Sir Michael Tippett. Sharing the platform with the author to talk about this hugely readable and scholarly study will be our president David Cairns who was involved with several of Sir Colin Davis’ recording sessions of Tippett’s music when working at Philips Records in the 1970s.
2 March
David Mellor. Once again, we welcome back our vice-president David Mellor with another of his highly popular presentations.
16 March
On the Air and Off the Page. For some 50 years Stephen Walsh has been among the most vividly communicative of broadcasters, authors and critics. His biographies of Stravinsky and Mussorgsky remain as touchstones, and an acclaimed study of Debussy was published last year. This evening he talks to his friend and contemporary at Caius College Cambridge, Putney Music’s vice-president Martin Neary.
* Please note only 1 week between meetings
Programmes may be subject to alteration
Additional donations to the Society are always welcome.
February 17, 2020