| FRIDAY 24 MAY | |||
| 4.45pm Dorchester Village Hall |
PRE-CONCERT TALK: Searching for English music | Lewis Foreman | £4.00 |
| 7.30pm Dorchester Abbey |
PARRY: Jerusalem BRITTEN: Canadian Carnival VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Solent WORLD PREMIÈRE PERFORMANCE VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Serenade in A minor WORLD PREMIÈRE PERFORMANCE HOLST: A Winter Idyll WALFORD DAVIES: Symphony no.2 in G major World PremiÈrE performance |
BBC Concert Orchestra Martin Yates (conductor) |
£22.00 |
| SATURDAY 25 MAY | |||
| 10.45am Dorchester Abbey |
HOWELLS: Violin Sonata no.1 in E major, op.18 DELIUS: Violin Sonata no.1 HAVERGAL BRIAN: Legend DARKE: Violin Sonata no.3 FIRST performance of new edition by jonathan clinch BRITTEN: Suite, op.6 |
Rupert Marshall-Luck (violin) Matthew Rickard (piano) |
£17.50 |
| 1.00pm New Pavilion Radley College |
EMF GALA LUNCHEON Buffet lunch to include sparkling wines/soft drinks |
£15.00 | |
| 2.15pm Silk Hall Radley College |
Programme to include: HOLST: A Moorside Suite BANTOCK: From the Far West ALWYN: Sinfonietta for Strings FINZI: Romance for String Orchestra IRELAND: Elegiac Meditation BRITTEN: Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge |
London Chamber Strings Bjorn Bantock (conductor) |
£17.50 |
| 5.00pm Dorchester Village Hall |
PRE-CONCERT TALK: The music of The Golden Legend | Martin T. Yates | £4.00 |
| 7.00pm Dorchester Abbey |
SULLIVAN: The Golden Legend | Elena Xanthoudakis (soprano) Jean Rigby (mezzo-soprano) Daniel Norman (tenor) Grant Doyle (bass) ESO Harpenden Choral Society John Andrews (conductor) |
£22.00 |
| 9.30pm Dorchester Abbey |
MUSIC FOR A MAY EVENING Programme to include: ELGAR: Chanson de Matin ELGAR: Chanson de Nuit DELIUS: Intermezzo from Hassan MACKENZIE: Benedictus SULLIVAN: The Lost Chord and music by RICHARD JONES and KETELBEY |
Edmund Taylor (violin) Martin T. Yates (piano) |
£10.00 |
| SUNDAY 26 MAY | |||
| 10.45am Silk Hall Radley College |
MOERAN: Stalham River MOERAN: Rune BAX: Piano Sonata no.3 in G-sharp minor BRITTEN: Night Piece HOWELLS: Sonatina DOWNES: In Memoriam Herbert Howells STANFORD: Nocturne in G minor STANFORD: Ballade in G minor FLEISCHMANN: Suite for Piano |
Duncan Honeybourne (piano) | £17.50 |
| 1.00pm New Pavilion Radley College |
EMF BUFFET LUNCH wines/soft drinks included |
£10.00 | |
| 2.15pm The Chapel Radley College |
PARRY: Blest Pair of Sirens STANFORD: Beati quorum via PARRY: I was glad STANFORD: Eternal Father PARRY: There is an old belief STANFORD: For lo, I raise up PARRY: Lord, let me know mine end STANFORD: Magnificat for double choir |
Elysian Singers | £17.50 |
| 5.00pm Dorchester Village Hall |
PRE-CONCERT LAUNCH EVENT Launching EM Records’ Parry String Quartet disc: with discussion and wine |
The Bridge Quartet | £4.00 |
| 7.00pm Dorchester Abbey |
DYSON: Three hymns of Praise VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Rhosymedre FINZI: God is gone up GARDNER: Stabat Mater BRITTEN:Rejoice in the Lamb VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five Mystical Songs |
City of London Choir The Holst Orchestra Lucy Hall (soprano) Thomas Humphreys (baritone) Hilary Davan Wetton (conductor) |
£22.00 |
| 9.30pm Dorchester Abbey |
To include music by: NOËL COWARD, IVOR NOVELLO, NOËL GAY, RAY NOBLE, HUBERT GREGG, ROSS PARKER, SANDY WILSON, and FLANAGAN & ALLEN |
New Foxtrot Serenaders | £10.00 |
| MONDAY 27 MAY | |||
| 10.45am All Saints’ Church Sutton Courtenay |
ELIZABETH TO ELIZABETH 450 years of English history and music to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s coronation BYRD: The Queene’s Alman DOWLAND: A Prayer for the Queene’s most excellent Majesty GERMAN: O peaceful England GERMAN: Long live Elizabeth BRITTEN: Prayer from Gloriana ANON: The Vicar of Bray PURCELL: Fairest Isle HANDEL: God save the King HANDEL: My heart is inditing ARNE: Rule, Britannia! BALFE: I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls SULLIVAN: Festival Te Deum HOLST: In loyal bonds united VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: O taste and see JAMIESON: In a golden coach FLANDERS & SWANN: Excelsior SULLIVAN: The Olympic Hymn BINGE: Elizabethan Serenade The National Anthem |
In Voice and Verse Lance Pierson (speaker) Belinda Yates (soprano) Heather Chamberlain (piano) |
£17.50 |
| 2.30pm Silk Hall Radley College |
To include: BRITTEN: String Quartet no.3 PURCELL (arr. Warlock): Two Fantasias IRELAND: Phantasie (Trio no.1) in A minor ELGAR: Piano Quintet |
Thamyse Quartet Danielle Salamon |
£17.50 |
| 5.00pm Dorchester Village Hall |
PRE-CONCERT FORUM: The EMF New Commissions Composers: a discussion of the works to be premiered in the main evening concert | £4.00 | |
| 7.00pm Dorchester Abbey |
NEW COMMISSIONS CONCERT RICHARD BLACKFORD: Spirited PHILIP LANE: Aubade Joyeuse CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT: Legend PAUL CARR: And suddenly it’s evening† PAUL LEWIS: Norfolk Suite BEN PALMER: Sinfonietta DAVID MATTHEWS: White Nights† DAVID OWEN NORRIS: Symphony ALL WORLD PREMIÈRE PERFORMANCES |
The Orchestra of St Paul’s Rupert Marshall-Luck (violin)† Ben Palmer (conductor) |
£22.00 |
| The EMF reserves the right to change the programme or the artists without prior notice. | |||