118th Season 2020-21

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Paul Lewis

Calidore QuartetAmatis Trio

Emma Johnson and Friends

Pavel Kolesnikov

Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason

Iain Simcock

Van Kuijk Quartet

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118th Season

2020-21 Ever since its first concert on 31 October 1903, MalvernConcert Club has been a cornerstone of musical life inWorcestershire. It was founded by Sir Edward Elgar, andthe Club’s first Secretary (for over 38 years) was his closefriend the local architect Arthur Troyte Griffith, whom Elgarhad immortalised in Variation No. VII, Troyte, in his EnigmaVariations. The Club continued to run through two WorldWars without a break.

Now, for its 118th Season, Malvern Concert Club is proudto continue that tradition of bringing the best chambermusic to this part of the country, with a roster of British andinternational musicians, both established performers andpromising newcomers.

Although we’re called a ‘Club’, anyone can join - and anyonecan attend concerts without joining. Besides their highquality, our concerts offer excellent value for money. Singletickets are available to non-members, but membership ofMalvern Concert Club offers six concerts for less than theprice of four. Do join us!

The President of Malvern Concert Club is the eminent baritone and composer Roderick Williams obe

In 2020, the musical world is celebrating the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven.

Malvern Concert Club continues to mark this with Beethoven’s compositions featuring in our concerts on 24 September and 26 November 2020.

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MALVERN CONCERT CLUB 118TH SEASON AT A GLANCE

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5 November 26 November

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14 February 18 March

9 April 29 April

FINAL DATES FROM OUR 117TH SEASON, 2019-2020

Friday 17 April 2020, 10.30 for 11.15am, Elmslie House, MalvernRuisi QuartetPurcell, BeethovenCOFFEE & CAKE CONCERT £15, Students £9 (including coffee and cake) from malvern-concert-club.co.uk or Bryan Ratcliff 07970 569293; no booking fee

Thursday 30 April 2020, 7.30pm, Malvern TheatresNew London Chamber EnsembleBeethoven, Nielsen, Poulenc, Mozart£21.50, Students £6 plus 12% booking feefrom malvern-theatres.co.uk or Malvern Theatres Box Office

Wednesday 10 June 2020, 7.30pm, Malvern Theatres(postponed from 23 January)Tasmin Little violin, Martin Roscoe pianoBeethoven Sonatas for violin and piano Nos. 8, 3, 9£21.50, Students £6 plus 12% booking fee from malvern-theatres.co.uk or Malvern Theatres Box Office  

Paul LewisCalidore QuartetAmatis Trio

Emma Johnson and FriendsPavel KolesnikovSheku and Isata Kanneh-MasonIain SimcockVan Kuijk Quartet

Concerts in italics are daytime concerts,not part of Subscription Series

Thursday 24 September 2020 7.30pm

Paul Lewis pianoSchubert Sonata for Piano No.18 in G, D.894 Beethoven 33 Variations in C on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op.120

Paul Lewis is internationally regarded as one of the leading musicians of his generation. His cycles of core piano works by Beethoven and Schubert have received unanimous critical and public acclaim worldwide and consolidated his reputation as one of the world’s foremost interpreters of the central European classical repertoire. His numerous awards have included the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Instrumentalist of the Year, two Edison awards, three Gramophone awards, the Diapason d’Or de l’Année, the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, the Premio Internazionale Accademia Musicale Chigiana, and the South Bank Show Classical Music award. He was appointed CBE in 2016. He works regularly as soloist with the world’s great orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, London Symphony, London Philharmonic, Bavarian Radio Symphony, NHK Symphony, New York Philharmonic and LA Philharmonic. He became the first person to play a complete Beethoven piano concerto cycle in a single season at the BBC Proms in 2010.

Paul Lewis studied with Joan Havill at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London before going on to study privately with Alfred Brendel. He is Co-Artistic Director of Midsummer Music, an annual chamber music festival held in Buckinghamshire and a regular performer at the annual Chipping Campden Festival. We are delighted to welcome him back to Malvern to play the Diabelli Variations in this year of Beethoven celebrations.

‘There are many prized recordings of the Beethoven sonatas from past masters and current artists. But if I had to recommend a single complete set, I would suggest Mr Lewis’s distinguished recordings.’  (Anthony Tommasini, New York Times)

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Thursday 5 November 2020 7.30pm

Calidore String Quartet Jeffrey Myers violin Ryan Meehan violin Jeremy Berry viola Estelle Choi cello

Haydn  String Quartet in C, Op.20, No.2 Barber  String Quartet in B minor, Op.11Schubert  String Quartet in G, No.15, D.887 The Calidore String Quartet was founded at the Colburn School in Los Angeles in 2010. Within two years, the quartet had won major prizes in virtually all the major US chamber music competitions, including the Fischoff, Coleman, Chesapeake and Yellow Springs competitions, and it captured top prizes at the 2012 ARD International Music Competition in Munich and the International Chamber Music Competition, Hamburg.  As a passionate supporter of music education, the Calidore String Quartet is committed to mentoring and educating young musicians, students, and audiences. The Calidore serves as Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Delaware and the University of Toronto. It has conducted master classes and residencies at Princeton, Stanford, the University of Michigan, the Colburn School, Stony Brook University, UCLA, and Mercer University.  Recipient of a 2018 Avery Fisher Career Grant and a 2017 Lincoln Center Award for Emerging Artists, the Calidore String Quartet first made international headlines as winner of the $100,000 Grand Prize of the 2016 M-Prize Chamber Arts Competition. The quartet was the first North American ensemble to win the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship. They were BBC New Generation Artists and are currently in residence with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Bowers Program. In the 2019-20 season, the Calidore String Quartet celebrated both its 10th anniversary and the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth by presenting cycles of his string quartets at the Colburn School in Los Angeles and the Universities of Buffalo, Toronto and Delaware. In Europe, they performed Beethoven quartets in Antwerp, Dresden, and at the Rheingau Musik Festival.  

‘Four more individual musicians are unimaginable, yet these speak, breathe, think and feel as one.’ (The Washington Post)

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Thursday 26 November 2020 7.30pm

Amatis Piano TrioLea Hausmann violinSamuel Shepherd celloMengjie Han piano

Beethoven  Piano Trio in B flat, Op.11, Gassenhauer TrioSchumann  Piano Trio No.3 in G minor, Op.110Shostakovich  Piano Trio No.1 in C minor, Op.8Mendelssohn  Piano Trio No.1 in D minor, Op.49

The Amatis Piano Trio was founded in 2014 by German violinist Lea Hausmann, British cellist Samuel Shepherd and Dutch/Chinese pianist Mengjie Han. Only weeks after forming, the Trio won the audience prize at the Grachtenfestival Concours in Amsterdam which quickly led to their debut at the Royal Concertgebouw and concert engagements throughout the Netherlands. Most recently they were awarded 1st Trio at the International Joseph Joachim Competition in Weimar, Germany and named Dutch Classical Talent 2016. Soon afterwards, they were selected as BBC New Generation Artists 2016/2018. This young international trio has since emerged as one of the leading piano trios among the new generation, receiving enthusiastic responses from audiences and critics across the UK, Europe and Asia. For the 2018/2019 season, they were selected as ECHO Rising Stars by the European Concert Hall organisation, following their nomination by the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Konzerthaus Dortmund and the Philharmonic Cologne, which saw them perform in 23 of the most prestigious concert venues in Europe. The Amatis Piano Trio is committed to contemporary music and founded the ‘Dutch Piano Trio Competition’ prize in 2015, encouraging young composers to further the piano trio repertoire. Since 2015 they have worked intensively with Wolfgang Redik (Vienna Piano Trio) and Rainer Schmidt (Hagen Quartet) and are currently enrolled in the Piano Trio Master Studies at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg.

‘The Amatis Piano Trio is an outstanding ensemble on their way to establishing a great international career.’ (Daniel Hope, Beaux Arts Trio)

Thursday 21 January 2021 7.30pm

Emma Johnson and FriendsEmma Johnson clarinetMatt Denton violin Michelle Fleming violinEoin Schmidt-Martin viola Emma Denton celloChris West double bass Peter Francombe French hornPhil Gibbon bassoon

Howard Ferguson  Octet, Op.4Mozart  Clarinet Quintet in A, K.581Beethoven  Septet in E flat, Op.20

Emma Johnson is one of the few clarinettists to have established a busy career as a solo performer which has taken her to major European, American and Asian venues as well as to Africa and Australasia. Emma grew up in London and her career was launched when, at the age of 17, she won BBC Young Musician of the Year followed by the Young Concert Artists Auditions in New York. However, she decided to study Music and English at Cambridge University before embarking full time on a musical path. Emma was also the first woman to be made an Honorary Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge and to have her portrait painted for the college. She was appointed MBE in 1996. Her CD of sonatas by Brahms and Mendelssohn with John Lenehan was described as ‘definitive…triumphant…a landmark disc’ in The Observer and her much admired recording of the Finzi Concerto was nominated for a Gramophone Award whilst Pastoral was chosen as CD of the Year by BBC Music Magazine. Emma has appeared as soloist with many of the world’s leading orchestras, in repertoire which includes all the major clarinet works as well as pieces written especially for her by Sir John Dankworth, Will Todd and Michael Berkeley amongst others. She has collaborated with artists such as Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Dame Cleo Laine and the Takacs Quartet and she directs her own group, Emma Johnson and Friends, whose recent live recording of the Schubert Octet was described as ‘a winner’ by Music Web International. We are delighted to welcome Emma back to Malvern together with The Carducci String Quartet and her other Friends.

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Sunday 14 February 2021 3.00pm

Pavel Kolesnikov pianoSchumann  Kinderszenen Op.15Beethoven  Piano Sonata No.30 in E, Op.109J S Bach  Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

Following Russian pianist Pavel Kolesnikov’s Wigmore Hall debut in January 2014, The Telegraph gave his recital a rare five-star review and called it ‘one of the most memorable of such occasions London has witnessed in a while’. Since becoming Prize Laureate of the Honens Prize for Piano in 2012, Pavel has been winning hearts around the world. A live recording of his prize-winning performances was released on the Honens label in March 2013, about which the BBC Music Magazine wrote ‘tremendous clarity, unfailing musicality and considerable beauty’. His debut studio recording was released on the Hyperion label to critical acclaim. The Sunday Times described his playing on this all-Tchaikovsky disc as having ‘affection and élan’. Significant recital and festival appearances resulting from the Honens Prize include Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, Berlin’s Konzerthaus, the Louvre, Vancouver Recital Society, La Jolla Music Society, Spoleto Festival USA, Canada’s Ottawa ChamberFest and Banff Summer Festival, and the United Kingdom’s Plush Music Festival. Orchestral appearances include Russia’s National Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira and Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Pavel was born in Siberia into a family of scientists. He studied both the piano and violin for ten years, before concentrating solely on the piano. He has studied at Moscow State Conservatory with Sergey Dorensky, at London’s Royal College of Music with Norma Fisher and at Brussels’ Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel with Maria João Pires, thanks to the generous support of Mr Christopher D Budden, the RCM Scholarship Foundation and Hattori Foundation. He returns to Malvern Concert Club following his stellar performance in 2019.

Thursday 18 March 2021 7.30pm

Sheku Kanneh-Mason celloIsata Kanneh-Mason pianoBeethoven  Cello Sonata in C, Op.102, No.1 Britten  Tema ‘Sacher’Bridge  Cello Sonata, H.125Bridge  Scherzo, H.19a, Mélodie, H.99, Spring Song, H.104 No.2 Britten  Cello Sonata, Op.65

Sheku Kanneh-Mason shot to fame as the winner of the 2016 BBC Young Musician competition, the first black musician to win the award since its launch in 1978. He then became a household name after being invited to perform at the 2018 wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Sheku continues to study cello at the Royal Academy of Music with Hannah Roberts. He enjoys an increasingly busy schedule of international concert performances, including playing at illustrious venues such as Wigmore Hall London, Carnegie Hall New York, and Théâtre des Champs-Elysées Paris. He was appointed MBE in 2019.

Isata Kanneh-Mason is a Postgraduate at The Royal Academy of Music, studying piano with Carole Presland, having been awarded the Gwendolyn Reiche Memorial Scholarship. Isata was in the Piano Category Final of The BBC Young Musician 2014. She has won The Royal Academy Iris Dyer Piano Prize four times and won the Mrs Claude Beddington Prize 2016 for outstanding recital results at The Royal Academy. She is also winner of The Royal Academy Christian Carpenter Recital Prize 2018, the Harold Craxton Chamber Music Prize 2018 and the Wilfred Parry (Brahms) Prize 2018 at The Royal Academy. She has performed around the UK and abroad, with concerto appearances, in solo recitals and in chamber ensembles, including at Wigmore Hall, The Royal Festival Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields, The Duke’s Hall (Royal Academy), The Royal Concert Hall Nottingham, in the Netherlands, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, Canada and Switzerland.

This Sunday afternoon concert at Malvern Theatres is excluded from the six-concert subscription. Please see pages 13-15.

Thursday 29 April 7.30pm

Van Kuijk QuartetNicolas Van Kuijk violin Sylvain Favre-Bulle violinEmmanuel François viola François Robin cello

Haydn String Quartet in F minor, Op.20, No.5Shostakovich String Quartet No.10 in A flat, Op.118Mendelssohn String Quartet No.2 in A minor, Op.13

Founded in 2012 in Paris, the Van Kuijk Quartet has been accumulating awards for several years, contributing to its growing fame. Elected Rising Stars for the 2017/2018 season for the ECHO network which brings together the largest European concert halls, the Quartet won in 2015 the first prize of the Wigmore Hall String Quartet competition with the Haydn and Beethoven prizes and they were BBC New Generation Artists from 2015 to 2017. The Quartet won the first prize and the audience prize at the Trondheim International Competition and is also the HSBC Laureate of the Aix en Provence Festival. The Van Kuijk Quartet studied at the Paris Conservatoire in the Ysaye Quartet class and followed Günter Pichler’s courses at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía with the support of the International Institute in Madrid. It also took part in master classes of the legendary quartets of Berg, Hagen and Artemis, and participated in numerous academies: Verbier Festival, Académie Internationale de Montréal with Michael Tree of the Guarneri Quartet and André Roy, the International Academy of Weikerscheim with Heime Muller and the Vogler Quartet. The Quartet has recorded an album dedicated to Mozart on the Alpha Classics label, which has been hailed unanimously by international critics. The Van Kuijk Quartet has performed at Wigmore Hall, the Champs Elysées Theatre, the Louvre Auditorium, the Vienna Musikverein, the Philharmonie Berlin, in Luxembourg, Cologne, Hamburg and Paris and in many other international venues, including the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, the Lincoln Center New York, Phillips Collection Washington DC and Salle Bourgie Montreal.

‘Van Kuijk have style, energy and a sense of risk ... these four young French people make music smile’. (The Guardian)

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This one-hour concert at Elmslie House is excluded from the six-concert subscription. Please see pages 13-15.

Friday 9 April 2020 10.30 for 11.15amAt Elmslie House COFFEE AND CAKE CONCERT

Iain Simcock harpsichordBach and the DanceFrench Suite No.5 in G, BWV 816Partita No.6 in E minor, BWV 830French Overture, BWV 831

‘It’s a fascinating journey through Bach’s evermore complex approach to dance-forms’.

Iain Simcock was Organ Scholar at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle and Christ Church, Oxford, before being appointed Sub-Organist at Westminster Abbey and, for seven years, Assistant Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral. He was the first British prize-winner in the Chartres International Organ Competition, as well as prize-winner in competitions in St Omer in France and Odense in Denmark. He studied with David Sanger in London and Jean Langlais in Paris. In 1994, Iain was appointed Professor of Choral Singing at the Conservatoire National in Angers, France and Organist at the Abbey of Saint Pierre in Solesmes, whilst continuing his solo freelance career. He performed the complete organ works of Bach in Angers in 1996, recording a solo CD of highlights from the performances. He also performed all Bach’s major harpsichord works, including the Goldberg Variations on the famous Taskin harpsichord in the Russell Collection at the Edinburgh Festival. From 2001-2014 he was the Musical Director of the Académie Vocale de Paris, performing weekly concerts with the choir as well as concerts in many major festivals. He was instigator of two major Radio France programmes featuring the monks of Solesmes and the Académie Vocale, focusing on the great Solesmes tradition of the restoration of Gregorian chant. He also worked with the opera houses in Nantes, Lyon and Bordeaux, preparing young singers for roles in Britten A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Turn of the Screw, Debussy Pelléas et Mélisande, Berlioz Damnation of Faust, Mozart Magic Flute and as assistant to Jane Glover and harpsichordist for Handel’s Jephtha.

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Where our concerts are held The Forum Theatre, Malvern Theatres, Grange Road, Malvern WR14 3HB All Thursday evening Series Concerts

The TheatresFrom their origin in 1885, Malvern Theatres have undergone many changes, and are now a modern, attractive and dynamic centre for the performing arts. The Forum Theatre is the main auditorium for musical performance, and its flexible space and largely tiered seating offer excellent acoustics, visibility and comfort. As configured for Club concerts, the Forum accommodates about 600. All seats are unreserved.On weekdays, the Theatres are open at 9.30am; for Sundays please check with Theatres. For Club concerts, doors to the Forum Theatre open at 7.00pm.Refreshments Malvern Theatres offer a restaurant, Scene Bistro, and two licensed bars. Pre-concert suppers are available from 5.30pm on weekdays (malverntheatresbistro.com or 01684 567751 for details). The bars are open before and after the concerts, and interval drinks may be ordered in advance.

AccessMalvern Theatres welcome people with disabilities and are committed to ensuring that your visit is easy, enjoyable and straightforward. Please advise the box office if you need any special assistance. Wheelchair spaces are available in the Forum Theatre. Other areas are accessible to wheelchairs and there are WC facilities on all levels.

TRAVEL INFORMATION Car Parking Short-stay car parks in Grange Road (2) (almost next to the Theatres),the Council House (Avenue Road) and Edith Walk (2); long-stay car parks in PrioryRoad (2) (pedestrian access to the Theatres through Priory Park) and Victoria Road.Normal charges apply before 4pm, including Sundays. A special charge applies in ALL car parks from 4pm to 8am. There is also free on-street parking in some nearbyroads.

Buses Bus 44 between Worcester Bus Station and Great Malvern, four an hourweekday daytimes, approximately hourly Sundays and all evenings.

Trains Great Malvern Station for West Midlands Railway and Great Western Railwaytrains. Trains can return you to Hereford, Worcester, Birmingham (always in daytimes,usually in evenings), Oxford and London Paddington after the concert.

Information correct as at 19 March 2020. Please check before travelling.

Malvern Concert Club also organises coach visits fromMalvern to selected concerts by the CBSO and otherorchestras at Symphony Hall, Birmingham.Participation is open to all, whether Club members or not.Members will automatically receive details; non-memberscan be added to the emailing list by contacting SimonPayton at treasurer@malvern-concert-club.co.uk

Elmslie House was built as ‘Falston’ in 1862 by the architect E W Elmslie for his own family use. In later life the building was a school, and had associations with Elgar and Troyte Griffth. It now hosts classes, art exhibitions and concerts, including what will be the fourth of the Club’s successful Coffee and Cake Concerts, this time a performance by Iain Simcock (harpsichord).

Seating (all unreserved) is limited to 80. The ticket price includes refreshments before the concert, kindly provided by Anna Taylor, the owner of Elmslie House. Please bear in mind that this is a family home and therefore not open at all times.

Elmslie House, 8 Avenue Road, Malvern WR14 3AGFriday 9 April 2021 at 10.30 for 11.15am

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Single Tickets for non-membersSeries Concerts on Thursdays 7.30pm, and additional concert on Sunday 14 February 2021 at 3.00pm, Malvern Theatres1

Full price per concert £23.50 (with booking fee2 £25.76)Students3 £6 (£6.72) On sale at Malvern Theatres Box in person or by phone 9.30am-8.00pm, Monday-Saturday), by post or online.Malvern Theatres, Grange Road, Malvern WR14 3HB Telephone 01684 892277 Online malvern-theatres.co.uk

Friday 9 April 2021 10.30 for 11.15 am, Elmslie House

Full price £15 Students3 £9including coffee & cake and programme. No booking fee.Online malvern-concert-club.co.ukor from Bryan Ratcliff, at Club concerts ormembership@malvern-concert-club.co.uk

On sale from 21 January 2021: availability at the door is unlikely. Strictly no admission before 10.30am.

Footnotes for pages 14-151 Prices include a £2 contribution to Malvern Theatres Heritage Fund, applicable to all performances in the Forum and Festival Theatres.2 Malvern Theatres charge a booking fee of 12% per ticket (as at March 2020). Members of the Theatres’ own membership schemes (except the Standby Club) are exempt from booking fees: details from Theatres.3 Age under 21 and in full-time education as at 1 September 2020. One free ticket for a teacher accompanying every five paying students. Details from Bryan Ratcliff, Membership Secretary (see p.16).4 Age as at 1 September 2020. The young person must be accompanied by a Member with parental responsibility. Please obtain special ticket from Bryan Ratcliff, Membership Secretary, on concert nights. Offer excludes concerts on 14 February and 9 April 2021.5 ‘New member’ means not a member in any of Seasons 115, 116 or 117, (2017-2020).

Club Membership pricesSeries Concerts on Thursdays 7.30pm, Malvern TheatresPrice for six-concert subscription (excl. 14 February and 9 April 2021)Full price £77 (£75 until 2 July 2020)Students3 £15 (£13 until 2 July 2020)A Membership Subscription offers:six evening concerts for less than the price of foura free seat for each concert for one young person under 18 4

the freedom to transfer your ticket to someone elseno Theatres Heritage Fund contribution or booking fees.

and to make joining even easier:an Early Joining Discount of £2 per person ora Reduced Subscription for new members5 who can’t attend all concerts: £10 reduction on subscription for each of up to three concerts you miss.

Sunday 14 February 2021 3.00pm, Malvern Theatres£18 (no concessions), Students3 £6One ticket per Member (two tickets, if purchased by 2 July 2020). May be ordered from 19 March 2020, by application form (see overleaf ), either simultaneously with subscription, or separately later.or Online malvern-concert-club.co.ukor from Bryan Ratcliff, at Club concerts from 30 April membership@malvern-concert-club.co.uk

Friday 9 April 2021 10.30 for 11.15 am, Elmslie HouseAs shown opposite. There are no reductions for Club members.

See overleaf for how to apply for Membership

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How to apply for MembershipONLINEExisting and new members can apply and pay formembership online at malvern-concert-club.co.uk

The exception is new members wishing to use the specialoffer of choosing five, four or three concerts only - you candownload and print an application form from the website,or else follow the procedure below.

BY APPLICATION FORMEXISTING MEMBERS (as at Season 117, 2019-20)automatically receive information either by email or in theirmembership renewal packs at concerts. There is no need tocomplete the form in this brochure.

NEW MEMBERSPlease complete both sides of the application formopposite, detach, and submit it to Bryan Ratcliff,Membership Secretary, either

in person at our membership table in the lower foyer ofMalvern Theatres (not Theatres Box Office) at our concertsfrom 19 March 2020 onwards, or

by post to: Granary House, Upton Road, Callow End, WORCESTER WR2 4TE

According to the payment method you ticked:

Direct Bank Transfer: Bryan Ratcliff will email you withpayment instructions.Cheque: Enclose with the form your cheque payable to Malvern Concert Club.Cash: In person on concert evenings only.

SPECIAL OFFER FOR NEW MEMBERS ONLYIf you were not a member in any of the Seasons 115, 116 or 117 (2017-20), you can choose any five, four or three individual evening concerts. For two or more people, choose the same concerts, or else submit separate forms. We regret concert choices cannot be changed once your order is submitted.For ALL types of membership and methods of payment,please add £1 for postage (per application or extra ticketpurchase) if you would like your tickets posted to you.Otherwise, they will be held for you to collect from ourMembership Table at our concerts on 30 April, 10 June or from 24 September 2020 onwards.

Membership Enquiries: Bryan Ratcliff, 07970 569293 ormembership@malvern-concert-club.co.uk

Subscriptions are only available direct from the Club, not fromMalvern Theatres Box Office.

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2020-21 NEW MEMBERS’ APPLICATION FORM Side OnePlease read p.16 How to apply for Membership and p.15 GDPR

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Optional part-season Membership below is for NEW members only (ie not a member in any of the Seasons 115, 116 or 117 (2017-20))

ANY 5 EVENING CONCERTS £67 n/a

ANY 4 EVENING CONCERTS £57 n/a

ANY 3 EVENING CONCERTS £47 n/a

Please CIRCLE below the 5, 4 or 3 EVENING concerts you require

The daytime concert below may be booked by any 118th Season member, with subscription above, or subsequently. One ticket per member, subject to availability.

Sun 14 Feb 2021 3.00pm Pavel Kolesnikov

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Steinway Model D concert grand piano (Hamburg, 2003) supplied by Hereford Cider Museum Trust, administered by Holy Trinity Church, Hereford.

Piano tuning by Philip Kennedy Professional Piano Services, Hereford.

Photo credits: p.3 Roderick Williams © Benjamin Ealovegap.6 Amatis Trio © Marco Borggrevep.7 Emma Johnson © Helen Maybanks p.8 Pavel Kolesnikov © Eva Vermandel p.9 Sheku Kanneh-Mason © Jake Turney, Isata Kanneh-Mason © Robin Clewly p.11 Van Kuijk Quartet © Nikolaj Lund

Graphic Design by Mark Adkins.Printed by Richprint, Worcester. Website designed and maintained by Nepeta Consulting Ltd.Artists and programmes are subject to change at short notice for reasons beyond the control of the Club. Malvern Concert Club is a Registered Charity, No. 506329.

Malvern Concert Club wishes to thank:the management, staff and volunteers of Malvern Theatres for their invaluable support;advertisers in our concert programmes;the students of Malvern St James Girls’ School for their assistance in selling programmes at concerts;the Club Members who assist with various tasks at concerts and behind the scenes.

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Malvern Concert Club as at 19 March 2020President Roderick Williams OBE

Vice Presidents Joseph Brand, Linda Jennings,

Martin Knott, Michael Messenger OBE

Chairman John Gregory

Secretary Janet Lawton

Treasurer Simon Payton

Membership Secretary Bryan Ratcliff

Publicity & Marketing Officer Sarah Musgrave

Committee Members Patrick Aydon, Janet Hay, Linda McKinley,

Dick Stockford, Jean Upton, Hilary Winter

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