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A Gulbenkian scholar in London, he furthered his
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Horenstein. In 1974/5 he won 2nd prizes in the Rupert
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Symphony

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with the BBC were as notable for his orchestral work,
including 40 broadcasts with the BBC Symphony
Orchestra, as for his choral performances. He toured

Switzerland and Belgium and conducted the final
London concert of the BBCSO’s 50th anniversary
season in 1981. His Proms debut was the much

The tenor William Kendall is regularly heard in the

major concert halls of Britain. His busy and varied
schedule
has
recently
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with
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BBC Radio 3 and Radio France and performances of
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Brussels, Paris, Amsterdam and Vienna.
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Canterbury and was a choral scholar at St John’s
College, Cambridge. He graduated there in music in

acclaimed revival of Liszt’s “Christus”, and in 1982 he
won particular praise for his interpretation of Berlioz’s

“Grande Messe des Morts”.

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1 June 1988
Tippett: The Mask of Time
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music.

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Beethoven: Choral Fantasia Op 80

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Hummel: Piano Concerto in A Minor Op
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Beethoven: Mass in C Major Op 86

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Music, where
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Whilst

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of the
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus. He also
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and will be
conducting in Denmark this summer.

Missa

THERE IS NO INTERVAL DURING
THIS PERFORMANCE

on The

Requiem op 5 ‘Grande Messe des Morts’

he wrote, ‘I should crave mercy for the Messe des Morts.

Berlioz 1803-1869

This Requiem expresses no deep personal faith and
gives no voice to spiritual experience. Berlioz lacked
the former and hence denied the possibility of the
latter. Christian ritual forms the basis of the music and
Berlioz did not hesitate to revise the liturgical phrasing
where it suited his purpose. Nor did he have any
ecstatic visions. All he saw was the graveyard; all he
felt was the melancholy of mortality.

It has become fashionable to consider Berlioz as the
prototype of romanticism but even specifically he was
a man of classic stature, morally and spiritually as well
as musically and artistically, and it is no accident that
Paganini called him publicly the successor to
Beethoven. To Berlioz life made sense, but he was
also well aware that in his own age forces had been
unleashed, for the first time in history, which
imperilled the old moral and social values: the
Industrial
Revolution,
mass
civilisation,
the
dominance of science. He was much too wise,
however, to turn his back on the new forces and set
out to capture this whole intermingled world of old
and new in the sounds of his music.
During his lifetime his music was denegrated in France,
when it was not ignored, yet the establishment was so
impressed by the Requiem that he received the cross
of the Legion d’Honeur.

Berlioz was born at Dauphine in December 1803, the
son of a country doctor. His father formed his taste
in literature — Virgil, La Fontaine and Shakespeare
were his favourite authors — but did nothing to
encourage his musical gifts. At 18 he studied the
principles of harmony and learned several instruments,
eventually becoming a student at the Paris Conservatoire and winning the Prix de Rome.

He fell in love with the English actress Harriet
Smithson and his passion for her led him to write the
Symphonie Fantastique. Love died, however, soon after
their marriage in 1833 but despite a new attachment
Berlioz waited until her death in 1852 before marrying
again. He enjoyed a European reputation, touring
widely and counting amongst his friends and admirers
Liszt and Wagner. Although his works were less
successful in France he continued to live in Paris until
his death.

The
Requiem,
commissioned
by
the
French
Government in 1836, was to have been performed at
Les Invalides on the next anniversary of 1830
Revolution. Berlioz completed the score in the spring
of 1837 but the performance, fixed for July 28th, was
abandoned - there is a suggestion that Cherubini, who
enjoyed a better reputation, ‘conspired’ to have one
of his own works substituted — although it was
eventually premiered in December 1837 at a memorial
service for General Damremont and the French
soldiers who had fallen during the seige of Constantine
in the Algerian campaign.

The function was a great success: the newspapers, with
very few exceptions, gave favourable accounts. Berlioz
said of the ‘Tuba Mirium’ with its five orchestras, that
the ‘grandeur was “incroyable’”’. In passing he
mentioned that one of the choristers had a nervous
seizure at this point!

During his last years, after his creative career was
ended, the composer looked upon the work as the one
most fitted to represent him. ‘If I were threatened with
the destruction of the whole of my works save one’,

What the Requiem lacks in spiritual depth it atones for
in size. Thoughts of religious ritual always intoxicated
Berlioz’s imagination, leading him on to dreams of the
fabulous. The very cast of the music seems to suggest
mighty spaces and immense celebrations. Undeniably
the Messe des Morts is a work of genius: the vastness
and mood are maintained through section after
section, in terms as different from one another as they
are different from all musical styles.
It is evident that Berlioz strove to emphasise the
remarkable suggestion of vastness which much of the
music conveys. An enormous orchestra is demanded,
although the full strength is reserved for a few
notorious passages. The Requiem has acquired a
reputation for the loudness of its noises. This, however,
does the work an injustice, or at any rate is true only
of a comparatively small part. The great forces are
handled with restraint throughout the major portion.
The original score specifies (chorus) eighty sopranos
and altos, sixty tenors and seventy basses, and (orchestral) fifty violins, twenty violas, twenty cellos,
eighteen double basses, four flutes, two oboes, two
english horns, eight bassoons, four clarinets, twelve
horns, four cornets, twelve trumpets, sixteen
trombones, six tubas (originally the now obsolete
ophicleides), sixteen kettledrums, two big drums, four
gongs and five pairs of cymbals. The composer added
that these numbers are ‘only relative’ and that the
chorus may be doubled or even tripled, with proportionate increases in the orchestra — ‘in the case of a
chorus numbering 700 or 800, however, only 400 need
be employed in most movements, the full strength
being reserved for the great moments’. Apart from the
horns, the brass is divided into four small orchestras,
posted at distances from the various corners of the
main body.

The Messe des Morts is a remarkable work: uneven like
the rest of Berlioz. Much of the music has an unearthly
(almost sepulchral) beauty and cannot be compared
to the devotional works of other composers. It is
simply not ‘religious’ music in the accepted sense. With
a total outlook that is dramatic and materialistic, it is
a work to be acquainted with, not lived with. Its
attractions are too exotic to hold the ordinary man in
constant thrall: he could not remain for long keyed
up to its unique pitch.

No. 1 Requiem et Kyrie

Andante un poco lento
Requiem aeternam dona eis,

Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord: and

Domine: et lux perpetua luceat eis.

let thy perpetual light shine upon them. A

Te decet hymnus, Deus, in Sion,
et tibi reddetur votum in
Jerusalem: exaudi orationem
meam, ad te omnis caro veniet.

hymn, O God, becometh Thee in Sion; and
avow shall be paid toThee in Jerusalem:
hear my prayer: all flesh shall come to
Thee.

Requiem aeternam dona defunctis,

Eternal rest give unto the dead, O Lord,

Domine: et lux perpetua luceat eis.

and let perpetual light shine upon them.

Kyrie, eleison!

Lord have mercy upon us!

Christe, eleison!
Kyrie, eleison!

Christ have mercy upon us!
Lord have mercy upon us!

No. 2 Dies irae

Moderato
Diesirae, diesilla

Day of wrath! O day of mourning,

Solvet saeclum in favilla;
Teste David cum Sybylla.

Heaven and earth in ashes burning.

Quantus tremor est futurus,
Quando judex est venturus,

When from heaven the Judge descendeth,

Cuncta stricte discussurus!

On whose sentence all dependeth!

See fulfilled the prophets’ warning;
O, what fear man’s bosom rendeth,

Andante maestoso — Pui largo
Tuba mirum spargens sonum

Wondrous sound the trumpet flingeth,

Per sepulcra regionum,
Coget omnes ante thronum.

Through earth’s sepulchres it ringeth,

All before the throne it bringeth.

Mors stupebit et natura,

Deathis struck and nature quaking,

Cum resurget creatura,
Judicantiresponsura.

All creation is awaking,
Toits Judge an answer making.

Liber scriptus proferetur,

Lo! the book exactly worded,

In quo totum continetur,
Unde mundus judicetur.

Wherein all hath been recorded;
Thence shall judgement be awarded.

Judex ergo cum sedebit,

When the Judge his seat attaineth,

Quidquid latet apparebit;

And each hidden deed araigneth,

Nil inultum remanebit.

Nothing unavenged remaineth.

No. 3 Quid sum miser

Andante un poco lento
Quid sum miser tunc dicturus?

What shall I, frail man, be pleading,

Quem patronem rogaturus,

Who for me be interceding,

Cum vix justus sit securus?

When the just are mercy needing?

Recordare, Jesu pie,

Think, good Jesu, my salvation

Quod sum causa tuae viae;

Caused thy wondrous Incarnation,

Ne me perdasilla die.

Leave me not to reprobation.

Oro supplex et acclinis,

Low
I kneel, with heart submission; -

Cor contritum quasi cinis;
Gere curam mei finis.

Help me in my last condition.

See, like ashes my contrition;

No. 4 Rex tremendae

Andante maestoso
Rex tremendae majestatis,
Qui salvandos salvas gratis,

King of majesty tremendous,
Who dost free salvation send us,

Salva me, fons pietatis.

Fount of pity, then befriend us.

Recordare, Jesu pie,

Think, good Jesus, my salvation

Quod sum causa tuae viae;
Ne me perdasilla die.

Leave me not to reprobation.

Caused thy wondrous Incarnation.

Confutatis maledictis, (Jesu),

While the wicked are confounded,
Doomed to flames of woe unbounded,

Flammis acribus addictis
Vocame...

Callme...

Et de profundo lacu, Libera me
de ore leonis, ne cadem in
obscurum, ne absorbeat me tartarus.

And from the deep pit, Deliver me
from the lion’s mouth, that I may not fall into
darkness, that hell may not swallow me up.

No. 5 Quarens me

Andarte sostenuto
Quarens me, sedisti lassus:
Redemisti crucem passus:
Tanto labor non sit cassus.

Faint and weary Thou hast sought me,

Juste judex ultionis.

Righteous Judge! for sin’s pollution

On the cross of suffering bought me;
Shall such grace be vainly brought me.

Donum fac remissionis

Grant Thy gift of absolution.

Ante diem rationis.

Ere that day of retribution.

Ingemisco tamquam reus:

Guilty, now I pour my moaning.

[Culpa rubet vultus meus:]

[All my shame with anguish owning;:]

Suplicanti parte, Deus.

Spare, O God, Thy suppliant groaning.

Preces meae non sunt dignae;

Worthless are my prayers and sighing;

Sed tu bonus fac begnigne,
Ne perenni cremer igne.

Yet, good Lord, in grace complying,
Rescue me from fires undying.

Qui Mariam absolvisti,

Thou the sinful women savedst;

Etlatronem exaudisti,

Thou the dying thief forgavest;

Mihi quoque spem dedisti.

Add to me a hope vouchsafest.

Inter oves locum presta,

With Thy favoured sheep O place me,

Et ab haedis me sequestra,

Nor among the goats abase me,

Statuens in parte dextra.

But to Thy right hand upraise me.

No. 6 Lacrymosa

Andante non troppo lento
Lacrymeosa diesilla,

Ah! that day of tears and mourning!

Qua resurget ex favilla

From the dust of earth returning

Judicandus homo reus.

Man from judgement must prepare him!

Pie Jesu Domine,

Lord, all pitying, Jesu blest,

Dona eis requiem aeternam.

Grant them Thine eternal rest.

No. 7 Offertorium

Moderato

Domine Jesu Christe, Rex

O Lord Jesus Christ, King of

gloriae, liber animas omnium

fidelium defunctorum de poenis;
Domine, libera eas de poenis
ipferm et de profundo lapu;
11.ber_a eas! Et sanctus Ml(;hael

signifer repreasentet eas in

,

Glory, deliver the souls of all
the faithful departed from the
pains, O Lord, deliver them from the pains
of hell and from the deep pit;
deliver them! And the holy standard-bearer Michael

lead them into the holy light;

lucem sanctam; Quam olim Abrahae

which thou didst promise to Abraham

et semini ejus promisisti,

and to his seed,

Domine Jesu Christe. Amen.

O Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

No. 8 Hostias
Andante non troppo lento

Hostias et preces tibi laudis

offerimus: suscipe pro animabus
illis quarum hodie memoriam

facimus.

We offer to thee sacrifices and

prayers: do thou receive them on
behalf of those souls whom we

commemorate this day.

No. 9 Sanctus

Andante un poco sostenuto e maestoso
Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus,

Holy, Holy, Holy

Deus Sabaoth,

Lord of hosts,

Pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua.

Heaven and earth are full of Thy Glory.

Allegro non troppo—Tempo 1 —
Allegro non troppo
Hosanna in excelsis.

Hosanna in the highest!

No. 10 Agnus Dei

Andante un poco lento
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata

Lamb of God, who takest away the

mundi, dona eis requiem

sin of the world, give them rest
eternal.

sempiternam.

Te decet hymnus, Deus, in Sion,
et tibi reddetur votum in
Jerusalem: exaudi orationem
meam, ad te omnis caro veniet.

Ahymn, O God, becomethThee in Sion:

and a vow shall be paid toThee in
Jerusalem: Hear my prayer: all flesh shall
come toThee.

Requiem aeternam dona defunctis.

Eternal rest give unto the dead, O Lord.

Domini, et lux perpetua luceat

and let perpetual light shine upon them.

eis. Requiem aeternam dona eis.

Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord; and

Domine: et lux perpetua luceat

let perpetual light shine upon them. With

eis. Cum sanctis tuis in

Thy saints forever. O Lord, for thou art
Thy saints forever, O Lord, for thou art merciful.
Amen.

aeternam. Domine, quia pius es.
Amen.

Wednesday 16 March 1988 at 7.30 pm
CHARTERHOUSE SCHOOL HALL,

GODALMING
(Promoted by the Guildford Philharmonic Society)
Recital — East Meets West
The Park Lane Sextet

Admission free to Subscribers/Guildford Philharmonic
Society members. Guest tickets £2 (including wine and
cheese). From the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra

Office, The Lodge, Allen House Grounds, Chertsey
Street, Guildford GU1 4HL. Tel: 573800.

Sunday 10 April 1988 at 3.00 pm
Civic Hall, Guildford
Symphony No. 3 ‘Pastoral’

Vaughan Williams

Violin Concerto

Elgar

Vernon Handley

Conductor

Nigel Kennedy

Soleist Soprano

Janice Watson

Soprano

Tickets: £7.00, £6.00, £5.00, £4.40
(Children aged 16 and under half price)
Box Offices: Civic Hall, Guildford. Tel: 67314/5
Orpheus & Bacchus, Chapel Street, Guildford
Tel: 576277

Sunday 20 March 1988 at 3.00 pm
Civic Hall, Guildford

Concertone for Two Violins K190 Mozart
(with John Ludlow)
Violin Concerto No.4in D K218

Mozart

Haffner Serenade in D K250

Mozart

Sascho Gawriloff

Director/Soloist

Tickets: £6.50, £5.50, £4.40, £3.70
(Children aged 16 and under half price)

Box Offices, Civic Hall, Guildford. Tel: 67314/5
Orpheus & Bacchus, Chapel Street, Guildford
Tel: 576277

GUILDFORD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Principal Conductor: SIR CHARLES GROVES
Conductor Emeritus: VERNON HANDLEY

First Violins:

Cellos:

Associate Leaders:
Hugh Bean, John Ludlow

Geoffrey Thomas
John Stilwell
Christina Macrae
John Hursey
John Kirby
Ian Pressland
Rhian Isaacson

Phillip Augar

Christopher Bearman
Susan Borrett
Emer Calthorpe
Andrew Davies
Hywel Davies
Christopher Horner
Alex Suttie
Rosemary Van der Werff
Donald Weekes
Ginny Wray

Second Violins:
Nicholas Maxted Jones
Rosemary Roberts
Andrew Bentley
Timothy Callaghan
Ruth Dawson
Stephen Dinwoodie
Marilyn Downs
Peter Fields
Peter Hemborough
Ruth Knell
Alan Pook
Claire Sansom
Violas:

John Meek
Eric Sargon
Justin Ward
Jean Burt

Frederick Campbell
David McCreadie
Paul Appleyard
Karen Demmel

Basses:

Michael Brittain
Jeremy Gordon
Stephen Mair
Peter Box
Domenic Black
Nicky Street
Flutes:

Horns:
Peter Clack

Administrator:
Kathleen Atkins

Geo'r ge Woodcock

Concerts Assistant:
Paul Hilliam

David Clack

Duncan Hollowood
Philip Thorne

Ron Harris
Bass Group 1:

Michael Hinton Cornet
William O’Sullivan Cornet

Michael Crowther Trombone
Stephen Aitken Trombone
Martin Knowles Titba
Brass Group 2:

Colin Moore Trumpet
Dennis Edwards Trumpet

Henry Messent

Malcolm Frammingham Trombone

Philip Rowson
Katie Thomas

Ian Fasham Trombone

Jane Parry

Oboes:
John Barnett
Ann Greene

Cor Anglais:
Janice Knight
Helen McQueen
Clarinets:
Hale Hambleton

Victor Slaymark
Bassoons:

Nicholas Hunka
Anna Meadows
Sandra Hilliam
Olwen Griffin

Brass Group 3:
Simon Smith Trumpet
John Pickles Trumpet

Christopher Guy Trombone
David Gordon Trombone
Brass Group 4:

Andrew Crowley Trumpet
Dick Kauffmann Trumpet
David Hissey Trombone

Allan Gout Trombone
Owen Slade Tuba
Andrew Grappy Tuba
Timpani:

Roger Blair
Chris Nall
Rachel Gledhill
Chris Hind
Percussion:
Keith Bartlett

Felicia Lane

The audience may be interested to know that the violin
sections are listed in alphabetical order after the first
desk because a system of rotation of desks is adopted
in this orchestra so that all players have the opportunity
of playing in all positions in the section.

Guildford Philharmonic Society
(Charity Registration 288295)

The Guildford Pnilharmonic Society is the ‘Supporters Club’ of the
Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra and was originally founded with the
prime object of encouraging not only its members but also the general
public in the awareness of and to attend the season of concerts in the
Civic Hall by the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra. It still has this main
object but also the Society assists with the provision of the finances
for considerable extra publicity for the concert season. The Society is
a registered charity and welcomes the payment of subscriptions by a
Deed of Covenant, as payment by this method also ensures that the
subscription is not raised for four years. Members receive certain
benefits in return for a very modest minimum annual subscription
and these facilities include:

This Season in addition to its Guildford
Concerts the GUILDFORD PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA will perform in Canterbury,
Rye, Dorking, Folkestone, Chatham, etc.
under the management of the SOUTH EAST

MUSIC

TRUST.

In

this

the

Trust

acknowledges with gratitude the generous

support of the MUSICIANS" UNION.

Priority booking at the beginning of each concert season
AN ADDITIONAL DISCOUNT
on Subscription Series Tickets
The Society’s newsletter
Special Events such as visits to other concert venues, musical
evenings in members’ homes and certain social gatherings during
the season
The opportunity to attend rehearsals of the Orchestra by applying
to the Orchestra’s Office
Certain discount facilities at Record Corner, Godalming on records
and cassettes
New Members to the Society are always welcome and by being a
member you are also helping to ensure the continued success of the
Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra.
The membership rates are as follows:

Annual Subscription (minimum)
Husband/Wife—Joint Subscription (minimum)
Persons under the age of 18 (minimum)
Retirement Pensioner (minimum)
If you would like to join the Society, Covenant forms are obtainable
from the General Administrator below or you may send a cheque for
your subscription together with your name and address to:
Mr R A Forrow
Flat No 3, 6 Mareschal Road,
Guildford, Surrey GU2 5JF Tel: Guildford 575274
Alternatively you may enrol at the Society’s stand in the foyer of the

Civic Hall on concert days.

SUPPORT YOUR

ORCHESTRA!

IT

NEEDS YOU!

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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
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Access, Visa, American Express, Diners Cards.
Large cheap car parks, free on Saturdays.

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3 Station Approach, West Byfleet, Surrey KT14 6NG. Tel: Byfleet 51165 (24hrs) and 51614
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Mail Order Dept now at: 3 Claremont Road, West Byfleet, Surrey KT14 6DY
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A COMPREHENSIVE SERVICE

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Work with conductors Sir Charles Groves, Brian

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Chorus Master, Neville Creed, is also Chorus Master

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Assistant Chorus Master of The London

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Rehearsals Monday Evenings (7.30pm — 9.45pm)
at Methodist Hall, Woodbridge Road, Guildford

10 QUARRY STREET,

GUILDFORD, GU1 3XA.

Further details from the Choir’s Office:
The Lodge, Allen House Grounds
Chertsey Street, Guildford
With financial support from
Surrey GU1 4HL
Tel: 0483 573800
Guildford Borough Council

Tel: 65244

£9—
* = Leisure

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The top professional
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Tel: G.

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Admission

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Admission free. Tel: G.

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503497.

Parks &
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The

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the present day. Open
Mon-Sat 11am - 5pm.

Parks, gardens and open

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For full details of these and other places and events, contact:

Tourist Information Centre, Civic Hall, Guildford. Tel: G. 67314.
(Open 9.30am - 5pm Mon - Fri; 9.30 - 4.30pm Sat. )

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The Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra
& South East Music Trust
acknowledges the generous
support of the

Musicians’ Union
for the 1987/88 Season