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SUMMARY:2025 English Music Festival
DESCRIPTION:The English Music Festival celebrates the brilliance\, innovation\, beauty and rich musical heritage of Britain with a strong focus on unearthing overlooked or forgotten masterpieces of the late-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century. Join us in Dorchester-on-Thames for audience favourites and some new discoveries\, including World Premiere performances by guest artists including the BBC Concert Orchestra.
URL:https://www.abingdon.gov.uk/event/2025-english-music-festival
LOCATION:Dorchester Abbey\, High Street\, Dorchester on Thames\, OX10 7HH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Heritage
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SUMMARY:The English Music Festival
DESCRIPTION:The seventeenth annual English Music Festival (EMF) returns to Dorchester Abbey\, Oxfordshire from Friday 24 May until Bank Holiday Monday 27 May 2024. Celebrating anniversaries of two of Britain’s greatest composers across the event\, the opening concert\, given by the BBC Concert Orchestra and Conductor Martin Yates\, features Stanford’s Clarinet Concerto with soloist Michael Collins\, and Holst’s ‘Cotswold’ Symphony. Vaughan Williams’s ‘Richard II’ Concert Fantasy is given a World Premiere\, alongside works by Doreen Carwithen and Frederick Delius. Orchestral\, chamber and choral concerts continue throughout the weekend. \nThe English Music Festival celebrates the brilliance\, innovation\, beauty and rich musical heritage of Britain with a strong focus on unearthing overlooked or forgotten masterpieces of the late-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century. \nThe works of Gustav Holst (1874-1934) have been at the heart of Founder-Director Em Marshall-Luck’s programming at the EMF and remain a perennial favourite amongst audiences\, with many memorable performances of the composer’s often overlooked major works having been given\, as well as recorded by the Festival’s independent recording arm\, E M Records. This year\, the composer’s early Symphony\, ‘The Cotswolds’\, takes centre stage. \nOne of the leading musicians of his generation – as performer\, conductor\, composer\, teacher and writer\, Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) had a profound effect on the development and history of English music. In addition to the Directorship of the Royal College of Music\, amongst other august musical establishments\, and his influence on several generations of composition students who went on to became household names\, Stanford was a prolific composer\, completing seven symphonies\, eight string quartets\, nine operas\, more than 300 songs\, 30 large scale choral works and a large body of chamber music. \nThe centenary of his death this year provides an opportunity for evaluation of some works from the large canon that have fallen under the radar. For the EMF’s opening concert\, there will be a rare performance of Stanford’s Clarinet Concerto featuring one of today’s leading exponents of the instrument\, Michael Collins. \nWORLD PREMIERES \nFirst performances include the World Premiere of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s ‘Richard II’ Concert Fantasy; the complete incidental music the composer was commissioned to write for Frank Benson’s 1912-13 production at Stratford\, which will be performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra under Conductor\, Martin Yates. \nVaughan Williams first discovered Shakespeare as a child when he was given the complete edition by his relative\, Caroline Darwin\, and ‘Richard II’ become a favourite. The composer took Shakespeare’s many references to English folk-ballads as supporting his own ‘national’ approach to music\, saying “Shakespeare makes an international appeal for the very reason that he is so national and English in his outlook.” He went on to set and write over 20 Shakespeare texts and incidental music\, often using folk-songs and ballads\, and the well-known ‘Greensleeves’ appears in ‘Richard II’. \nCHORAL CELEBRATIONS  \nThe EMF regularly showcases live choral music. This year The Godwine Choir\, conducted by Hilary Davan Wetton\, bring a programme of popular favourites to Dorchester Abbey\, including a first modern performance of Edward Elgar’s ‘Give Unto the Lord’\, and Excalibur Voices perform works by Coleridge-Taylor\, Milford\, Dyson\, Bainton\, Walford Davies and others. \nINTERNATIONAL APPEAL \nReturning to the EMF is South African pianist Peter Cartwright\, who joins violinist Rupert Marshall-Luck in recital to perform works by Holst\, Farrar\, Stanford\, Bliss and Howells. \nAmerican tenor Brian Thorsett and pianist Richard Masters\, who enjoy a particular association with British music\, are making their first appearance at the EMF with a programme of Finzi\, Ireland\, Frank Tours and Somervell. \nRELAXED LISTENING \nJohn Andrews raises the baton for the English Symphony Orchestra in a programme of works by Finzi\, Delius\, Howells\, Milford\, Dyson and Warlock\, while Piano Trio\, Ensemble Kopernikus\, performs Delius\, Holst\, Rebecca Clarke\, John Ireland and Percy Hilder Miles. \nPianist and British music specialist\, Phillip Leslie\, performs works by Rawsthorne\, Bowen\, Dyson\, Leighton\, and John Ireland’s masterpiece\, ‘Sarnia’. \nRosalind Ventris and Richard Uttley’s showcase includes Rebecca Clarke’s Viola Sonata and Vaughan Williams’ glorious Suite for the instrument. Rosalind’s album ‘Sola’ has been nominated for a BBC Music Magazine award in the 2024 ‘Premiere’ category. \nAlways a popular fixture\, late-evening recitals are a special feature of the EMF\, with the ancient warmth of Dorchester Abbey providing the perfect setting for audiences to relax in and enjoy a performance from The Flutes & Frets Duo – Beth Stone (historical flutes) and Daniel Murphy (lute; theorbo and guitar)\, and for a discovery of the lighter side of British composers when pianist Paul Guinery returns to the keyboard. Informative talks include those on anniversary composers\, Stanford and Holst\, as well as Farrar and Bliss. \nFURTHER INFORMATION \nFurther information\, including the full programme\, is available on the EMF’s website.\nTickets are on sale via the website and by means of a postal booking form. Full Festival and Day Passes are also available. Tickets for individual concerts will be available on the door\, subject to availability. DISCOUNT FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS \n 
URL:https://www.abingdon.gov.uk/event/the-english-music-festival-2
LOCATION:Dorchester Abbey\, High Street\, Dorchester on Thames\, OX10 7HH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Heritage,Sports & Leisure
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SUMMARY:English Music Festival
DESCRIPTION:The seventeenth annual English Music Festival (EMF) returns to Dorchester Abbey\, Oxfordshire from Friday 24 May until Bank Holiday Monday 27 May 2024. Celebrating anniversaries of two of Britain’s greatest composers across the event\, the opening concert\, given by the BBC Concert Orchestra and Conductor Martin Yates\, features Stanford’s Clarinet Concerto with soloist Michael Collins\, and Holst’s ‘Cotswold’ Symphony. Vaughan Williams’s ‘Richard II’ Concert Fantasy is given a World Premiere\, alongside works by Doreen Carwithen and Frederick Delius. Orchestral\, chamber and choral concerts continue throughout the weekend. \nThe English Music Festival celebrates the brilliance\, innovation\, beauty and rich musical heritage of Britain with a strong focus on unearthing overlooked or forgotten masterpieces of the late-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century. \n“Each year audience feedback proclaims the latest EMF the best yet and we are delighted to be able to continue developing and improving our now much-loved Festival”\, says Em Marshall-Luck\, Festival Founder-Director. “This year’s is typical EMF programming\, in the range from solo piano recitals to full orchestra and choral concerts\, and from early music through to contemporary\, while we retain our focus on the EMF’s raison d’etre\, those overlooked and forgotten works by British composers of the Golden Renaissance.   \n“We are delighted to have been able to attract top performers from abroad\, with musicologist\, tenor and English-music expert Brian Thorsett joining us from the USA and brilliant pianist Peter Cartwright from South Africa\, where the EMF has a collaboration with the University of Witswatersrand in Johannesburg. I am particularly looking forward to their concerts\, as well as – in particular – the Vaughan Williams premiere with the BBC Concert Orchestra\, and the first modern performance of a gorgeous work by Sir Thomas Armstrong\, as well as pianist and Radio 3 presenter\, Paul Guinery’s late-night recital\, which celebrates the release of his third disc of Light Piano Music for the Festival’s own record label\, EM Records.”  \nThe works of Gustav Holst (1874-1934) have been at the heart of Founder-Director Em Marshall-Luck’s programming at the EMF and remain a perennial favourite amongst audiences\, with many memorable performances of the composer’s often overlooked major works having been given\, as well as recorded by the Festival’s independent recording arm\, E M Records. This year\, the composer’s early Symphony\, ‘The Cotswolds’\, takes centre stage. \nOne of the leading musicians of his generation – as performer\, conductor\, composer\, teacher and writer\, Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) had a profound effect on the development and history of English music. In addition to the Directorship of the Royal College of Music\, amongst other august musical establishments\, and his influence on several generations of composition students who went on to became household names\, Stanford was a prolific composer\, completing seven symphonies\, eight string quartets\, nine operas\, more than 300 songs\, 30 large scale choral works and a large body of chamber music. \nThe centenary of his death this year provides an opportunity for evaluation of some works from the large canon that have fallen under the radar. For the EMF’s opening concert\, there will be a rare performance of Stanford’s Clarinet Concerto featuring one of today’s leading exponents of the instrument\, Michael Collins. \nWORLD PREMIERES \nFirst performances include the World Premiere of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s ‘Richard II’ Concert Fantasy; the complete incidental music the composer was commissioned to write for Frank Benson’s 1912-13 production at Stratford\, which will be performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra under Conductor\, Martin Yates. \nVaughan Williams first discovered Shakespeare as a child when he was given the complete edition by his relative\, Caroline Darwin\, and ‘Richard II’ become a favourite. The composer took Shakespeare’s many references to English folk-ballads as supporting his own ‘national’ approach to music\, saying “Shakespeare makes an international appeal for the very reason that he is so national and English in his outlook.” He went on to set and write over 20 Shakespeare texts and incidental music\, often using folk-songs and ballads\, and the well-known ‘Greensleeves’ appears in ‘Richard II’. \nCHORAL CELEBRATIONS  \nThe EMF regularly showcases live choral music. This year The Godwine Choir\, conducted by Hilary Davan Wetton\, bring a programme of popular favourites to Dorchester Abbey\, including a first modern performance of Edward Elgar’s ‘Give Unto the Lord’\, and Excalibur Voices perform works by Coleridge-Taylor\, Milford\, Dyson\, Bainton\, Walford Davies and others. \nINTERNATIONAL APPEAL \nReturning to the EMF is South African pianist Peter Cartwright\, who joins violinist Rupert Marshall-Luck in recital to perform works by Holst\, Farrar\, Stanford\, Bliss and Howells. \nAmerican tenor Brian Thorsett and pianist Richard Masters\, who enjoy a particular association with British music\, are making their first appearance at the EMF with a programme of Finzi\, Ireland\, Frank Tours and Somervell. \nRELAXED LISTENING \nJohn Andrews raises the baton for the English Symphony Orchestra in a programme of works by Finzi\, Delius\, Howells\, Milford\, Dyson and Warlock\, while Piano Trio\, Ensemble Kopernikus\, performs Delius\, Holst\, Rebecca Clarke\, John Ireland and Percy Hilder Miles. \nPianist and British music specialist\, Phillip Leslie\, performs works by Rawsthorne\, Bowen\, Dyson\, Leighton\, and John Ireland’s masterpiece\, ‘Sarnia’. \nRosalind Ventris and Richard Uttley’s showcase includes Rebecca Clarke’s Viola Sonata and Vaughan Williams’ glorious Suite for the instrument. Rosalind’s album ‘Sola’ has been nominated for a BBC Music Magazine award in the 2024 ‘Premiere’ category. \nAlways a popular fixture\, late-evening recitals are a special feature of the EMF\, with the ancient warmth of Dorchester Abbey providing the perfect setting for audiences to relax in and enjoy a performance from The Flutes & Frets Duo – Beth Stone (historical flutes) and Daniel Murphy (lute; theorbo and guitar)\, and for a discovery of the lighter side of British composers when pianist Paul Guinery returns to the keyboard. Informative talks include those on anniversary composers\, Stanford and Holst\, as well as Farrar and Bliss.
URL:https://www.abingdon.gov.uk/event/english-music-festival-2
LOCATION:Dorchester Abbey\, High Street\, Dorchester on Thames\, OX10 7HH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Heritage
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SUMMARY:English Music Festival
DESCRIPTION:A day of concerts plus lunch at Radley College\, featuring works for wind trio in the morning and a piano recital in the afternoon. Lunch takes place in the New Pavilion. Book for all or part of the day. Concerts continue into the evening at Dorchester Abbey. \nThe English Music Festival celebrates the brilliance\, innovation\, beauty and rich musical heritage of Britain with a strong focus on unearthing overlooked or forgotten masterpieces of the late nineteenth to mid twentieth century. \n 
URL:https://www.abingdon.gov.uk/event/english-music-festival
LOCATION:Silk Hall\, Radley College\, Abingdon\, Kennington Road\, Radley\, Abingdon\, Oxfordshire\, OX14 2HR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230530
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SUMMARY:English Music Festival at Radley College\, Sutton Courtenay and Dorchester Abbey
DESCRIPTION:The sixteenth annual English Music Festival opens in Dorchester Abbey\, Oxfordshire with a highly anticipated visit by the BBC Concert Orchestra on opening night to perform major works by E. J. Moeran and Ralph Vaughan Williams\, as well as World Premières by William Lloyd Webber\, William Alwyn and Paul Lewis. Concerts continue at Dorchester Abbey\, Radley College Silk Hall and at All Saints’ Church\, Sutton Courtenay\, with a mini-bus transfer provided between venues. Full details on the website.
URL:https://www.abingdon.gov.uk/event/english-music-festival-at-radley-college-sutton-courtenay-and-dorchester-abbey
LOCATION:Silk Hall\, Radley College\, Abingdon\, Kennington Road\, Radley\, Abingdon\, Oxfordshire\, OX14 2HR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Heritage
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SUMMARY:The Fifteenth English Music Festival
DESCRIPTION:The annual English Music Festival celebrates the brilliance\, innovation\, beauty and rich musical heritage of Britain with a strong focus on unearthing overlooked or forgotten masterpieces of the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century. \nFor 2022\, the English Music Festival makes a welcome return to Dorchester Abbey with the BBC Concert Orchestra under Martin Yates\, presenting first performances and rarely-heard works by Sir Edward Elgar\, Frederick Delius\, William Alwyn and R O Morris. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s lush and lyrical Violin Concerto takes centre stage with a first presentation of a new performing edition\, (to be published by EM Publishing)\, prepared and played by soloist Rupert Marshall-Luck. Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ralph Vaughan Williams\, Martin Yates gives a rare public outing of his light-hearted folk-infused ballet for orchestra\, Old King Cole. \nLive choral music is to feature in three major programmes this year. Vaughan Williams’s ‘Five Mystical Songs’ feature alongside a highly anticipated performance of Gustav Holst’s magnificent ‘The Cloud Messenger’\, setting a fifth-century Sanskrit love-story\, performed by the English Chamber Orchestra and Choir of King’s College\, London under their conductor Joseph Fort. \nThe rarely performed Pre-Raphaelite-inspired cantata ‘Willow-Wood’ by Ralph Vaughan Williams is to be performed by the celebrated baritone soloist Roderick Williams with the Godwine Choir and Holst Orchestra conducted by Hilary Davan Wetton. The concert will also feature works by Edgar Bainton\, George Dyson\, Gerald Finzi\, Herbert Howells and John Ireland. \nThe Addison Singers under David Wordsworth programme one of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s best loved works – his Mass in G minor. Also included are pieces by Sir Arthur Bliss\, Charles Wood\, John Ireland\, George Dyson\, John Gardner\, Sir Charles Villiers Stanford\, and Walter Cecil Macfarren. \nThe beautiful and historic church of All Saints’ at Sutton Courtenay will provide a fitting venue for a concert celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee\, when the Elysian Singers will perform ‘A Garland for the Queen’; the part-song collection commissioned for the coronation from leading composers of the day\, including Sir Arthur Bliss\, Sir Arnold Bax\, Sir Michael Tippett\, Ralph Vaughan Williams\, John Ireland\, Herbert Howells\, Gerald Finzi\, Lennox Berkeley\, Alan Rawsthorne and Edmund Rubbra. The concert will also include works by Sir Richard Rodney Bennett and Robin Milford. \nThe English Music Festival has a long tradition of supporting young up-and-coming artists; and 2022 is no exception. Kathleen Ferrier Award-winner\, baritone Gareth Brynmor John\, will give this year’s song recital showcasing the composer Havergal Brian; perhaps best-known for his grand-scale Gothic Symphony (the first of 32). Brynmor John will be accompanied by Grammy award-winning pianist\, Christopher Glynn. \nChamber recitals have always played an important part in the re-discovery of neglected works\, particularly with the excellent facilities at Radley College’s Silk Hall\, and a convivial EMF lunch in the splendid New Pavilion. This year works by Robin Milford\, Cecil Armstrong Gibbs and Sir Edward Elgar feature alongside the World Premiere of Ivor Gurney’s D major Violin Sonata\, performed by Rupert Marshall-Luck with pianist Nathan Williamson. \nThe Festival’s traditional late-night platform offers two opportunities for relaxed listening when guitarist Michael Poll performs evocative works by Benjamin Britten and John Dowland together with William Walton’s characteristic Bagatelles. In a lighter vein\, songs by Noel Coward are to be presented by acclaimed singer and pianist\, Michael Law. \nInformative and entertaining talks\, setting the composers and music in context\, take place in Dorchester Village Hall. This year BBC Radio 3 broadcaster and journalist Stephen Johnson will discuss different aspects of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s music and personality in ‘The Shadow and the Light’; composer Philip Lancaster gives a tantalising view of ‘Ivor Gurney and the chamber work Secrets’\, while composer John Pickard celebrates ‘Havergal Brian Fifty Years On - Myths\, Misconceptions and Mysteries’. \nTickets are now on sale via the website\, a postal booking form\, and on the door during the Festival\, subject to availability.  \nA convenient Festival mini bus transfer operates between venues and Didcot Parkway station. \nEM Records is the recording label of the English Music Festival\, which includes many première recordings
URL:https://www.abingdon.gov.uk/event/the-fifteenth-english-music-festival-3
LOCATION:Silk Hall\, Radley College\, Abingdon\, Kennington Road\, Radley\, Abingdon\, Oxfordshire\, OX14 2HR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Heritage,Sports & Leisure
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SUMMARY:The Fifteenth English Music Festival
DESCRIPTION:The annual English Music Festival celebrates the brilliance\, innovation\, beauty and rich musical heritage of Britain with a strong focus on unearthing overlooked or forgotten masterpieces of the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century. \nFor 2022\, the English Music Festival makes a welcome return to Dorchester Abbey with the BBC Concert Orchestra under Martin Yates\, presenting first performances and rarely-heard works by Sir Edward Elgar\, Frederick Delius\, William Alwyn and R O Morris. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s lush and lyrical Violin Concerto takes centre stage with a first presentation of a new performing edition\, (to be published by EM Publishing)\, prepared and played by soloist Rupert Marshall-Luck. Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ralph Vaughan Williams\, Martin Yates gives a rare public outing of his light-hearted folk-infused ballet for orchestra\, Old King Cole. \nLive choral music is to feature in three major programmes this year. Vaughan Williams’s ‘Five Mystical Songs’ feature alongside a highly anticipated performance of Gustav Holst’s magnificent ‘The Cloud Messenger’\, setting a fifth-century Sanskrit love-story\, performed by the English Chamber Orchestra and Choir of King’s College\, London under their conductor Joseph Fort. \nThe rarely performed Pre-Raphaelite-inspired cantata ‘Willow-Wood’ by Ralph Vaughan Williams is to be performed by the celebrated baritone soloist Roderick Williams with the Godwine Choir and Holst Orchestra conducted by Hilary Davan Wetton. The concert will also feature works by Edgar Bainton\, George Dyson\, Gerald Finzi\, Herbert Howells and John Ireland. \nThe Addison Singers under David Wordsworth programme one of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s best loved works – his Mass in G minor. Also included are pieces by Sir Arthur Bliss\, Charles Wood\, John Ireland\, George Dyson\, John Gardner\, Sir Charles Villiers Stanford\, and Walter Cecil Macfarren. \nThe beautiful and historic church of All Saints’ at Sutton Courtenay will provide a fitting venue for a concert celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee\, when the Elysian Singers will perform ‘A Garland for the Queen’; the part-song collection commissioned for the coronation from leading composers of the day\, including Sir Arthur Bliss\, Sir Arnold Bax\, Sir Michael Tippett\, Ralph Vaughan Williams\, John Ireland\, Herbert Howells\, Gerald Finzi\, Lennox Berkeley\, Alan Rawsthorne and Edmund Rubbra. The concert will also include works by Sir Richard Rodney Bennett and Robin Milford. \nThe English Music Festival has a long tradition of supporting young up-and-coming artists; and 2022 is no exception. Kathleen Ferrier Award-winner\, baritone Gareth Brynmor John\, will give this year’s song recital showcasing the composer Havergal Brian; perhaps best-known for his grand-scale Gothic Symphony (the first of 32). Brynmor John will be accompanied by Grammy award-winning pianist\, Christopher Glynn. \nChamber recitals have always played an important part in the re-discovery of neglected works\, particularly with the excellent facilities at Radley College’s Silk Hall\, and a convivial EMF lunch in the splendid New Pavilion. This year works by Robin Milford\, Cecil Armstrong Gibbs and Sir Edward Elgar feature alongside the World Premiere of Ivor Gurney’s D major Violin Sonata\, performed by Rupert Marshall-Luck with pianist Nathan Williamson. \nThe Festival’s traditional late-night platform offers two opportunities for relaxed listening when guitarist Michael Poll performs evocative works by Benjamin Britten and John Dowland together with William Walton’s characteristic Bagatelles. In a lighter vein\, songs by Noel Coward are to be presented by acclaimed singer and pianist\, Michael Law. \nInformative and entertaining talks\, setting the composers and music in context\, take place in Dorchester Village Hall. This year BBC Radio 3 broadcaster and journalist Stephen Johnson will discuss different aspects of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s music and personality in ‘The Shadow and the Light’; composer Philip Lancaster gives a tantalising view of ‘Ivor Gurney and the chamber work Secrets’\, while composer John Pickard celebrates ‘Havergal Brian Fifty Years On - Myths\, Misconceptions and Mysteries’. \nTickets are now on sale via the website\, a postal booking form\, and on the door during the Festival\, subject to availability.  \nA convenient Festival mini bus transfer operates between venues and Didcot Parkway station. \nEM Records is the recording label of the English Music Festival\, which includes many première recordings
URL:https://www.abingdon.gov.uk/event/the-fifteenth-english-music-festival-2
LOCATION:Silk Hall\, Radley College\, Abingdon\, Kennington Road\, Radley\, Abingdon\, Oxfordshire\, OX14 2HR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Heritage,Sports & Leisure
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SUMMARY:The Fifteenth English Music Festival
DESCRIPTION:The annual English Music Festival celebrates the brilliance\, innovation\, beauty and rich musical heritage of Britain with a strong focus on unearthing overlooked or forgotten masterpieces of the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century. \nFor 2022\, the English Music Festival makes a welcome return to Dorchester Abbey with the BBC Concert Orchestra under Martin Yates\, presenting first performances and rarely-heard works by Sir Edward Elgar\, Frederick Delius\, William Alwyn and R O Morris. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s lush and lyrical Violin Concerto takes centre stage with a first presentation of a new performing edition\, (to be published by EM Publishing)\, prepared and played by soloist Rupert Marshall-Luck. Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ralph Vaughan Williams\, Martin Yates gives a rare public outing of his light-hearted folk-infused ballet for orchestra\, Old King Cole. \nLive choral music is to feature in three major programmes this year. Vaughan Williams’s ‘Five Mystical Songs’ feature alongside a highly anticipated performance of Gustav Holst’s magnificent ‘The Cloud Messenger’\, setting a fifth-century Sanskrit love-story\, performed by the English Chamber Orchestra and Choir of King’s College\, London under their conductor Joseph Fort. \nThe rarely performed Pre-Raphaelite-inspired cantata ‘Willow-Wood’ by Ralph Vaughan Williams is to be performed by the celebrated baritone soloist Roderick Williams with the Godwine Choir and Holst Orchestra conducted by Hilary Davan Wetton. The concert will also feature works by Edgar Bainton\, George Dyson\, Gerald Finzi\, Herbert Howells and John Ireland. \nThe Addison Singers under David Wordsworth programme one of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s best loved works – his Mass in G minor. Also included are pieces by Sir Arthur Bliss\, Charles Wood\, John Ireland\, George Dyson\, John Gardner\, Sir Charles Villiers Stanford\, and Walter Cecil Macfarren. \nThe beautiful and historic church of All Saints’ at Sutton Courtenay will provide a fitting venue for a concert celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee\, when the Elysian Singers will perform ‘A Garland for the Queen’; the part-song collection commissioned for the coronation from leading composers of the day\, including Sir Arthur Bliss\, Sir Arnold Bax\, Sir Michael Tippett\, Ralph Vaughan Williams\, John Ireland\, Herbert Howells\, Gerald Finzi\, Lennox Berkeley\, Alan Rawsthorne and Edmund Rubbra. The concert will also include works by Sir Richard Rodney Bennett and Robin Milford. \nThe English Music Festival has a long tradition of supporting young up-and-coming artists; and 2022 is no exception. Kathleen Ferrier Award-winner\, baritone Gareth Brynmor John\, will give this year’s song recital showcasing the composer Havergal Brian; perhaps best-known for his grand-scale Gothic Symphony (the first of 32). Brynmor John will be accompanied by Grammy award-winning pianist\, Christopher Glynn. \nChamber recitals have always played an important part in the re-discovery of neglected works\, particularly with the excellent facilities at Radley College’s Silk Hall\, and a convivial EMF lunch in the splendid New Pavilion. This year works by Robin Milford\, Cecil Armstrong Gibbs and Sir Edward Elgar feature alongside the World Premiere of Ivor Gurney’s D major Violin Sonata\, performed by Rupert Marshall-Luck with pianist Nathan Williamson. \nThe Festival’s traditional late-night platform offers two opportunities for relaxed listening when guitarist Michael Poll performs evocative works by Benjamin Britten and John Dowland together with William Walton’s characteristic Bagatelles. In a lighter vein\, songs by Noel Coward are to be presented by acclaimed singer and pianist\, Michael Law. \nInformative and entertaining talks\, setting the composers and music in context\, take place in Dorchester Village Hall. This year BBC Radio 3 broadcaster and journalist Stephen Johnson will discuss different aspects of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s music and personality in ‘The Shadow and the Light’; composer Philip Lancaster gives a tantalising view of ‘Ivor Gurney and the chamber work Secrets’\, while composer John Pickard celebrates ‘Havergal Brian Fifty Years On - Myths\, Misconceptions and Mysteries’. \nTickets are now on sale via the website\, a postal booking form\, and on the door during the Festival\, subject to availability.  \nA convenient Festival mini bus transfer operates between venues and Didcot Parkway station. \nEM Records is the recording label of the English Music Festival\, which includes many première recordings
URL:https://www.abingdon.gov.uk/event/the-fifteenth-english-music-festival
LOCATION:Silk Hall\, Radley College\, Abingdon\, Kennington Road\, Radley\, Abingdon\, Oxfordshire\, OX14 2HR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Heritage,Sports & Leisure
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SUMMARY:The English Music Festival
DESCRIPTION:The annual English Music Festival celebrates the brilliance\, innovation\, beauty and rich musical heritage of Britain with a strong focus on unearthing overlooked or forgotten masterpieces of the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century.
URL:https://www.abingdon.gov.uk/event/the-english-music-festival
LOCATION:Dorchester Abbey\, High Street\, Dorchester on Thames\, OX10 7HH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Heritage
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SUMMARY:The Fifteenth English Music Festival
DESCRIPTION:The annual English Music Festival celebrates the brilliance\, innovation\, beauty and rich musical heritage of Britain with a strong focus on unearthing overlooked or forgotten masterpieces of the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century. \nFor 2022\, the English Music Festival makes a welcome return to Dorchester Abbey with the BBC Concert Orchestra under Martin Yates\, presenting first performances and rarely-heard works by Sir Edward Elgar\, Frederick Delius\, William Alwyn and R O Morris. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s lush and lyrical Violin Concerto takes centre stage with a first presentation of a new performing edition\, (to be published by EM Publishing)\, prepared and played by soloist Rupert Marshall-Luck. Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ralph Vaughan Williams\, Martin Yates gives a rare public outing of his light-hearted folk-infused ballet for orchestra\, Old King Cole. \nLive choral music is to feature in three major programmes this year. Vaughan Williams’s ‘Five Mystical Songs’ feature alongside a highly anticipated performance of Gustav Holst’s magnificent ‘The Cloud Messenger’\, setting a fifth-century Sanskrit love-story\, performed by the English Chamber Orchestra and Choir of King’s College\, London under their conductor Joseph Fort. \nThe rarely performed Pre-Raphaelite-inspired cantata ‘Willow-Wood’ by Ralph Vaughan Williams is to be performed by the celebrated baritone soloist Roderick Williams with the Godwine Choir and Holst Orchestra conducted by Hilary Davan Wetton. The concert will also feature works by Edgar Bainton\, George Dyson\, Gerald Finzi\, Herbert Howells and John Ireland. \nThe Addison Singers under David Wordsworth programme one of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s best loved works – his Mass in G minor. Also included are pieces by Sir Arthur Bliss\, Charles Wood\, John Ireland\, George Dyson\, John Gardner\, Sir Charles Villiers Stanford\, and Walter Cecil Macfarren. \nThe beautiful and historic church of All Saints’ at Sutton Courtenay will provide a fitting venue for a concert celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee\, when the Elysian Singers will perform ‘A Garland for the Queen’; the part-song collection commissioned for the coronation from leading composers of the day\, including Sir Arthur Bliss\, Sir Arnold Bax\, Sir Michael Tippett\, Ralph Vaughan Williams\, John Ireland\, Herbert Howells\, Gerald Finzi\, Lennox Berkeley\, Alan Rawsthorne and Edmund Rubbra. The concert will also include works by Sir Richard Rodney Bennett and Robin Milford. \nThe English Music Festival has a long tradition of supporting young up-and-coming artists; and 2022 is no exception. Kathleen Ferrier Award-winner\, baritone Gareth Brynmor John\, will give this year’s song recital showcasing the composer Havergal Brian; perhaps best-known for his grand-scale Gothic Symphony (the first of 32). Brynmor John will be accompanied by Grammy award-winning pianist\, Christopher Glynn. \nChamber recitals have always played an important part in the re-discovery of neglected works\, particularly with the excellent facilities at Radley College’s Silk Hall\, and a convivial EMF lunch in the splendid New Pavilion. This year works by Robin Milford\, Cecil Armstrong Gibbs and Sir Edward Elgar feature alongside the World Premiere of Ivor Gurney’s D major Violin Sonata\, performed by Rupert Marshall-Luck with pianist Nathan Williamson. \nThe Festival’s traditional late-night platform offers two opportunities for relaxed listening when guitarist Michael Poll performs evocative works by Benjamin Britten and John Dowland together with William Walton’s characteristic Bagatelles. In a lighter vein\, songs by Noel Coward are to be presented by acclaimed singer and pianist\, Michael Law. \nInformative and entertaining talks\, setting the composers and music in context\, take place in Dorchester Village Hall. This year BBC Radio 3 broadcaster and journalist Stephen Johnson will discuss different aspects of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s music and personality in ‘The Shadow and the Light’; composer Philip Lancaster gives a tantalising view of ‘Ivor Gurney and the chamber work Secrets’\, while composer John Pickard celebrates ‘Havergal Brian Fifty Years On - Myths\, Misconceptions and Mysteries’. \nTickets are now on sale via the website\, a postal booking form\, and on the door during the Festival\, subject to availability. \nA convenient Festival mini bus transfer operates between venues and Didcot Parkway station. \nEM Records is the recording label of the English Music Festival\, which includes many première recordings
URL:https://www.abingdon.gov.uk/event/the-fifteenth-english-music-festival-4
LOCATION:Dorchester Abbey\, High Street\, Dorchester on Thames\, OX10 7HH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Heritage
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