Enchanted Evening concert this weekend, it will herald a new chapter in the annual event's development.

So popular has this series of concerts become that this year the venue is being changed to the Ruth Seaton James Centre in Prospect.

"It is a testament to the love all Bermudians have for good music,'' a delighted Dr. Karol Sue Reddington, a member of the conservatory, noted of the new location. "What started as a pilot project to have a chamber music evening has now blossomed because there has been such a good response.'' In addition to the larger seating capacity, Dr. Reddington said the Ruth Seaton James Centre also offered superior acoustics, an attractive setting, and use of the brand new Steinway concert grand piano.

"I have played it and it is a wonderful instrument,'' she enthused.

Tomorrow's programme, which Dr. Reddington describes as"incredible'', will feature works by Schubert, Franck, Ives, Arvo Part and Ravel, and will be performed by visiting artists, German-born violinist Mathias Boegner and Dutch-born violinist Paul de Jong, as well as the Bermuda Conservatory of Music faculty.

Mr. Boegner, who has received numerous awards and recognitions throughout his distinguished career, is visiting from Switzerland, where he is currently Concertmaster of the Winterthur Philharmonic.

Mr. de Jong lives in New York, where he not only performs as a cellist, but also composes in various media (sound, text, image, video and film), and has worked extensively with his own music and theatre groups. Through his interest in classical and contemporary works for cello, he has appeared in many music festivals, both in Europe and the United States.

The opening work of tomorrow's programme, Schubert's Notturno in E flat, Op.

148, will be performed by Mr. Boegner, Mr. de Jong, and Bermuda Conservatory piano teacher Nikki Herbst.

"It has a grandeur which sets it apart in terms of Schubert's two trios,'' Dr. Reddington explained.

Franck's Sonata for Violin and Piano, which follows, promises to be a concert highlight. Regarded as one of the pinnacle works for violin, Mr. Boegner describes it as "a wonderful piece -- almost like an opera, with its recitative for the violin -- and an extremely rich work. It has a full range of emotion, from almost prayerful to great passion''. The fact that the artist, who will be joined by Dr. Reddington on piano, is playing his 1786 Guadagnini violin will doubtless enrich the listening experience.

A group of songs by American composer Charles Ives, written for mezzo-soprano and piano, will be sung by Joan Budden, the Conservatory's voice teacher, accompanied by faculty piano teacher Tatiana Dran. The songs include Down East, Serenity, Dreams and popular At the River.

"Ives was a unique and unusual person, and these pieces hark back to the old American hymn pieces,'' Dr. Reddington noted.

Fratres (Brothers), written in 1980 by Estonian composer Arvo Pa prt, will have special meaning for Miss Herbst, who once met the composer at a new music festival in Winnipeg.

"I had not played it before, but it is such a nice piece that I am happy to oblige,'' the cellist said, indicating that its inclusion in the programme was by special request.

The intensely beautiful passages of Ravel's Trio for Piano, Violon and Violoncello, with their flavours of Spain, will unite the talents of Mr. de Jong, whose Giagliano cello is 200 years old, violinist Mr. Boegner, and Dr.

Reddington, and bring the evening to a charming conclusion.

Some Enchanted Evening will begin at 8 p.m., and tickets (Patrons $40, Adults $20, Seniors/students $10) are available from Meyer Travel, Opus Encore, Piano Plus, and the Bermuda Conservatory on Trott Road.

The Music Makers: (from left) Mathias Boegner, Dr. Karol Sue Reddington, Nikki Herbst and Paul de Jong are among the fine musicians who will be featured in the Bermuda Conservatory of Music concert, Some Enchanted Evening, at Ruth Seaton James Centre tomorrow evening.