THE past 15 months have been a difficult time for all involved with music performance. Ilkley Concert Club has not been able to present a concert since March 2020 although we have kept our members and supporters supplied with on-line performances. We are grateful to all the musicians who recorded concerts and made them available to Ilkley Concert Club and are happy that we were able to support them financially in exchange. However, the King’s Hall is now open again and the Club looks forward to presenting a new season of concerts for 2021—22. This prospect is inevitably tinged with sadness at the recent announcement of the death, at the age of 93, of David Pyett, for many years an outstanding chairman of the Club. Nevertheless this present loss makes us even more determined to bring back chamber music to Ilkley, as David would have wished. We are cautiously optimistic that as near to a normal season will be presented, although we must remain flexible to respond to changes in circumstances if they arise: safety will always be the first consideration.