Bury & District Recorded Music Circle

Jim's programme consisted of slides with musical accompaniment. He began with a visit to Switzerland with its snow- capped mountains and deep ravines, Marmots and Chamois, (you wonder what these animals find to eat ) brought to life through Jim's magnificent photography, and Mozart's Symphony no 3.

Next we visited north west Scotland, Wester Ross and Sutherland, again some breathtaking scenery accompanied with music by Ron Calverley. We next visited Barcelona, with its magnificent architecture, including the church of the "Sagrada Familia" under construction since 1882 and still decades away from completion. Here we heard guitar and harp music, ending with the Olympic's ballad Barcelona by Mercury and Caballe.

After the interval we were off to the island of Mauritius. Here we saw street markets, coastlines and wonderful sunsets accompanied by Rimsky-Korsakovs, Sheherezade.

Next we visited Dubai on the edge of the Persian Gulf, a city of extremes. The Bedouins have forsaken the camels for BMWs, and desert safaris are popular tourist events. Jim selected some local music to this section which enhanced the mood. Finally we visited Peru a strange, mysterious country with awesome scenery (which Jim made the most of ). It never rains in the capital Lima and it is shrouded in a permanent mist. Guinea pig is the local delicacy and the presidential guards do the goosestep when changing the guard.

We visited Lake Titicaca which at 13,000 ft is the highest navigable lake in the world, several ruined cities and saw the huge statue of Christ high in the mountains looking down on the city of Cusco, (this was donated by Poland after some of their troops were stranded there during the war). The music to this section was traditional and added to the mood of the country.

Jim was warmly applauded for a truly wonderful programme, brilliant photography and music to suit the mood.