• 2025 English Music Festival

    Dorchester Abbey High Street, Dorchester on Thames, United Kingdom

    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.

    Concerts and talks are individually priced
  • The English Music Festival

    Dorchester Abbey High Street, Dorchester on Thames, United Kingdom

    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, […]

  • English Music Festival

    Dorchester Abbey High Street, Dorchester on Thames, United Kingdom

    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, […]

    Refer to the website for Individual concerts
  • The English Music Festival

    Dorchester Abbey High Street, Dorchester on Thames, United Kingdom

    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.

  • The Fifteenth English Music Festival

    Dorchester Abbey High Street, Dorchester on Thames, United Kingdom

    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. For 2022, the English Music Festival makes a welcome return to Dorchester Abbey with the BBC Concert Orchestra under Martin Yates, presenting […]

  • Orchestra of St John – Siegfried Idyll, Strings and Vocal concert

    Dorchester Abbey High Street, Dorchester on Thames, United Kingdom

    It's nearly 17th May and that means... concerts! To celebrate we've planned a joyful set of performances spanning classical music's long history, including much-loved favourites and hidden gems you'll love to discover. We'll be back at Dorchester Abbey (of course), and are also launching a new series of concerts at SJE Arts in Oxford. Each […]

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