MUSIC APPRECIATION GROUP
MUSIC APPRECIATION GROUP meetings are open to all u3a members with a love of music. You don't need to be able to read music or play an instrument, or have played an instrument in the past to enjoy what's on offer. All that is needed is to like listening to and learning about music. We aim for a level somewhere between Radio 3 and Classic FM. If you haven't been to any of our meetings before, or you haven't been for a while, you would be more than welcome to attend.
Tchaikovsky's concertos for piano and orchestra are well known and very popular. Not so well known or appreciated are his pieces for solo piano. His The Seasons, Op. 37, is a set of twelve short, impressionistic pieces for solo piano, one for each month of the Russian year, which Tchaikovsky composed on commision in 1875-6.
Click on the arrow in the centre of the picture to watch and listen. Remember to put the sound on!
Click on the arrow in the centre of the picture to watch and listen. Remember to put the sound on!
2022
All meetings are now held monthly, on the first Friday of each month, at 10.15 a.m.
Our next meeting on Friday, February 4 will be a presentation on
Aspects of the Life and Work of Tchaikovsky
With the current uncertainty surrounding the rapid spread of the Covid virus and its potential effect on the older population, the above meeting will only go ahead if government rules permit and if group members are comfortable about meeting in Sandringham Court at this time.
If the meeting does go ahead all safety precautions - mask wearing, safe distancing, sanitizing and ventilation - will be in place.
Unless otherwise stated, meetings are held in Sandringham Court on the first Friday of each month and commence at 10.15am.
Coffee, tea and biscuits are available before the music presentation begins at 10.30.
Group Leader is Richard Searle
email: rhs.clarinet12@btinternet.com telephone: 01305 269204 January 2022
This webpage is maintained by Richard Searle