| Friday Sept. 27th, 1996 | Friday Jan. 24th, 1997 |
| Introduction | Concerto Compôte |
| Gordon Wilkinson | Anne Mott |
| Friday Oct. 11th, 1996 | Friday Feb. 7th, 1997 |
| Memories | Brilliant Bizet |
| Ruth Roe | Margaret Boothman |
| Friday Oct. 25th, 1996 | Friday Feb. 21st, 1997 |
| In Tune Tonight | Poetic Licence |
| Edmund Hirst | Gordon Hall |
| Friday Nov. 15th, 1996 | Friday Mar. 7th, 1997 |
| Short Listed | "The Land Without Music" |
| Bill Broughton | Leo Brammer |
| Friday Nov. 22nd, 1996 | Friday Mar. 21st, 1997 |
| Masses of Masses | (Should have been 'Prix de Rome' by |
| Norman Lowe | Tony Rawnsley, but he was too ill to attend) |
| Friday Dec. 6th, 1996 | Friday Apr. 4th, 1997 |
| The Lancashire Connection | Music of the Ballet and Dance |
| Archie Wilkinson | Dorothy Slight |
| Friday Dec. 20th, 1996 | Friday Apr. 18th, 1997 |
| Members' Choice | Remembering Brahms |
| Presented by Marie Eccles | Milton Stott |
| Friday Jan. 10th, 1997 | Friday May 2nd, 1997 |
| Music Through the Ages - Part III | Russian Nationalists |
| Alan Bracewell | David Newby |
| Friday May 9th, 1997 | Annual General Meeting |