The Society
Welcome to the British Music Society of York website. The BMS organises chamber music concerts in York, six every year from October through to March. Concerts take place in the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York. You can buy tickets for individual concerts (or reserve them online for collection on the door), or alternatively why not join the society? Members gain entry to all six concerts at a considerable saving.
The BMS York promote these concerts in association with the University of York, whose support we gratefully acknowledge. The University also promote their own series of concerts - details are available at www.YorkConcerts.co.uk.
The 2008-2009 season
The 2008-2009 concert season finished in March with an outstandingly musical and thrilling concert by the young French pianist Amandine Savary. The season began back in October with a concert given by the distinguished pianist Martin Roscoe, who delighted us with a programme including an authoritative virtuoso account of Nielsen's neglected masterpiece, the Suite Op. 45. We were treated to mellow Brahms and impassioned Schumann from the RTÉ Vanbrugh String Quartet in November, and a memorable, lively and moving programme from trumpeter Alison Balsom and pianist Tom Poster in December. In January two young artists, Victoria Davies (harp) and James Turnbull (oboe) played a fascinating variety of music, and in February the Doric String Quartet proved they are an ensemble to watch by demonstrating their magnificent unanimity of musicianship, particularly in their mastery of Janáček's difficult Second Quartet.
Planning for our 2009-2010 concert is well advanced, and details will appear here when all the artists have confirmed their availability.
Thank you for your interest in the Society. You can find out about becoming a member, about our history, or about some of our previous seasons' concert programmes by using the navigation links on the left.