THE BERLIOZ SOCIETY




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(founded 1952)

President: Professor Jacques Barzun

Patron: Sir Colin Davis CH







 

Chairman and  Bulletin Editor:

David Cairns CBE

 

  

Hon. Secretary:

 Simon Jones

 

  

Hon. Treasurer:

 Alastair Aberdare

 

  

Administrator:

 Dr. Harold Hughes OBE

 

  

Media Manager:

 Simon Holder

 

  

Website Co-ordinator:

 Brian Godfrey

















--  Who we are  --

The Berlioz Society is a non-profit-making organisation of persons with an 

interest in and a love of the music of the great French Composer Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869).

Chaired by David Cairns, author of the definitive two-volume life of the composer, the Society has an

international membership including the world-renowned conductor Sir Colin Davis

and Professor Hugh Macdonald, editor of the New Berlioz Edition.



--  What we do  --


The Society's aim is to increase the public's awareness of the life and works

of this great composer, especially the lesser known works.

To this end the Society organises meetings, weekends, 

conferences and publications, and other events.


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After years of being considered an eccentric outsider in classical music, Berlioz is now recognised as a true original and one of the greatest innovators ever. Even his detractors have always had to concede his supremacy as an orchestrator, but now, with all his large scale works available on recordings, his great melodic gifts and unique compositional imagination are in the public arena for all to appreciate.  In addition, his writings display the warmth and wit of his personality and his immense critical intelligence, showing him to be one of the most engaging of the great composers. 

 

"Which of these two powers, love or music, can elevate man to the sublimest heights? 

Why separate them? They are the two wings of the soul."  Hector Berlioz 1803–1869 


-- On other pages --
 
Complimentary free membership competition Click here
The ladies in Berlioz' life Click here to see more.
Reviews Click here
Members' Weekend 2008, advance news Click here
Concessionary tickets Click here
To see more on Berlioz himself, visit http://www.hberlioz.com

 

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Special offer - for a limited period!   New members of the Society will receive a free copy of a 32-page illustrated
     monograph by Dr Philip Mansel on Paris in the Age of Berlioz, published by the Society in November 2006.
    
If you wish to join the Society, or obtain more information, please contact us as below.  

To contact the Society, email to
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This page last updated 20th April 2008

This website prepared and maintained by Ian Hickman Partners (Eur. Ing. D.I. H. May BSc.Hons, C.Eng, MIEE, MIEEE, and D. M. May B.A.Hons, A.I.L.)  www.ianhickman.org.uk