We are delighted to announce the programme for the 2024 May EMF. This year, for the first time, all our events will be held in Dorchester-on-Thames, with the concerts taking place in the glorious surroundings of Dorchester Abbey; the talks in the historic Village Hall.
The full programme, with details of venues, works and artists, is given below. Booking is now open to all: tickets are available by post or through our online Box Office.
If you are not already a member of the EMF Friends’ Scheme and would like to know more about how you can support the work of the Festival in this way, please visit this page for a description of the tiers and their benefits, together with information about how to join.
Stanford: The Complete Musician
JOHN COVELL
DOREEN CARWITHEN: Suffolk Suite
FREDERICK DELIUS: Idyll de Printemps
SIR CHARLES VILLERS STANFORD: Clarinet Concerto
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Richard II: A Concert Fantasy
WORLD PREMIÈRE PERFORMANCE
GUSTAV HOLST: Cotswold Symphony
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA
MARTIN YATES | conductor
MICHAEL COLLINS | clarinet
GUSTAV HOLST: A Song of the Night
SIR ARTHUR BLISS: Theme and Cadenza
HERBERT HOWELLS: Sonata no. 1 for Violin and Piano
ERNEST FARRAR: A Celtic Suite
SIR CHARLES VILLERS STANFORD: Sonata in A major for Violin and Piano
RUPERT MARSHALL-LUCK | violin
PETER CARTWRIGHT | piano
GERALD FINZI: Oh Fair to See
JOHN IRELAND: Piano Sonata
FRANK E. TOURS: From the Valley
FRANK E. TOURS: Mother o’ Mine
FRANK E. TOURS: West o’ the Sun
SIR ARTHUR SOMERVELL: Maud
BRIAN THORSETT | tenor
RICHARD MASTERS | piano
Farrar: The Beloved Vagabond
MALCOLM RILEY
PATRICK HADLEY: My Beloved Spake
EDGAR BAINTON: Open Thy Gates
EDGAR BAINTON: I Love the Jocund Dance
HERBERT HOWELLS: Magnificat from Collegium Regale
HAVERGAL BRIAN: The Dream
HAVERGAL BRIAN: Sweet Solitude
MALCOLM HAWKINS: Rosamundi
SIR CHARLES VILLERS STANFORD: Three Latin Motets
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: O Clap Your Hands
JOHN GARDNER: O Clap Your Hands
CECIL ARMSTRONG GIBBS: She Walks in Beauty
GUSTAV HOLST: Hymns from the Rig Veda, 3rd Group
ROBIN MILFORD: Easter Meditation no. 1: He Is Not Here but Risen
ROBIN MILFORD: Easter Meditation no. 6: For Thou, O Lord, Art with Me Still
HAVERGAL BRIAN: Lullaby of an Infant Chief
SIR THOMAS ARMSTRONG: Sweet Day
SIR EDWARD ELGAR: Give Unto the Lord
GODWINE CHOIR
HILARY DAVAN WETTON | conductor
DAVID GOODE | organ
ROBERT WHITE: Christe qui jux es et dies III
TOBIAS HUME: Lamentations
HENRY PURCELL: When I Am Laid in Earth
JOHN ECCLES: Air from The Mad Lover
HENRY ECCLES: Sonata Quinta in E minor
JOHN STANLEY: Sonata no. 2
JOHN HENRY MAUNDER: Espagnola
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Orpheus with His Lute
JOHN IRELAND: Cavatina
HERBERT HOWELLS: Luchinushka
JOHN W. DUARTE: English Suite no. 1
TRAD.: The Bonnie Banks o’ Loch Lomond
TRAD.: Wild Mountain Thyme
TRAD: The Bucks of Oranmore
THE FLUTES AND FRETS DUO
BETH STONE | flute; historical flutes
DANIEL MURPHY | lute; theorbo; guitar
ALAN RAWSTHORNE: Sonatina
JOHN IRELAND: Sarnia: An Island Sequence
YORK BOWEN: Toccata
ALAN RAWSTHORNE: Theme and Four Studies
SIR GEORGE DYSON: Four Twilight Preludes
KENNETH LEIGHTON: Six Studies (Study Variations)
PHILLIP LESLIE | piano
Arthur Bliss: Standing Out from the Crowd
PAUL SPICER
SACRED GODDESS
SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Song of Proserpine
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Spring Time of the Year
ROBIN MILFORD: Helen of Kirconnell
HERBERT HOWELLS: The Scribe
SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Summer is Gone
WHO TO ONE GOD ALL BELONG
GUSTAV HOLST: This Have I Done for My True Love
PETER WARLOCK: Corpus Christi Carol
SIR GEORGE DYSON: Live Forever, Glorious Lord
EDGAR BAINTON: The Wilderness
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Valiant-for-Truth
TINGE THE SULLEN WAVE
GUSTAV HOLST: I Love My Love
SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: The Lee Shore
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Mermaid
HERBERT HOWELLS: Thee Will I Love
BEYOND THE SPHERE OF GRIEF
SIR HENRY WALFORD DAVIES: Magdalen at Michael’s Gate
SIR EDWARD ELGAR: Death on the Hills
SIR CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD: Heraclitus
CECILIA McDOWALL: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lover’s Ghost
EXCALIBUR VOICES
DUNCAN ASPDEN | conductor
FINGER PRINTS
HAYDN WOOD: Longing
JACK WILSON: Shadows on the Moon
FRANK BRIDGE: Berceuse
PEGGY COCHRANE: Busy Day
SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN: Thoughts
BILLY MAYERL: Shy Ballerina
JACK STRACHEY: Anna’s Polka
AMY WOODFORDE-FINDEN: Kashmiri Song
CECIL MACKLIN: The Cockney Crawl
SIR EDWARD GERMAN: Polish Dance
JACK WILSON: Phantom Fingers
RICHARD ADDINSELL: Blithe Spirit Waltz
PAUL GUINERY | piano
SIR GEORGE DYSON: Barcarolle
SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Demande et Reponse
JOHN IRELAND: Bagatelle
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Suite for Viola and Piano
BENJAMIN BRITTEN: Lachrymae
REBECCA CLARKE: Viola Sonata
ROSALIND VENTRIS | viola
RICHARD UTTLEY | piano
GUSTAV HOLST: Greeting
FREDERICK DELIUS: Over the Mountains High
FREDERICK DELIUS: Caprice and Elegy
PERCY HILDER MILES: Piano Trio
REBECCA CLARKE: Piano Trio
JOHN IRELAND: Phantasie
ENSEMBLE KOPERNIKUS
There’s a Lot More to Holst than The Planets
CHRIS COPE
HERBERT HOWELLS: Serenade
SIR GEORGE DYSON: Woodland Suite
GERALD FINZI: Romance
FREDERICK DELIUS: Air and Dance
EDGAR BAINTON: Pavane, Idyll and Bacchanal
ROBIN MILFORD: Elegy: Duke of Monmouth
PETER WARLOCK: Capriol Suite
CECIL ARMSTRONG GIBBS: Shade and Shine
DOREEN CARWITHEN (arr. KENNETH WOODS): Lento for Strings
SIR ARTHUR BLISS: Two Contrasts
JOHN IRELAND: Elegy from The Downland Suite
PETER WARLOCK: Serenade
ALAN RAWSTHORNE: Light Music for Strings
ENGLISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JOHN ANDREWS | conductor
THE EMF RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THE PROGRAMME DETAILS IN ANY WAY WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE.
Booking for the 2024 May EMF is now open to all. As always, discounts are available for residents local to the Festival’s home, Dorchester-on-Thames; and these special prices may be obtained by entering your postcode at the Box Office’s front page. To book your tickets, please follow this link.
We are delighted to announce the programme for the 2024 May EMF. This year, for the first time, all our events will be held in Dorchester-on-Thames, with the concerts taking place in the glorious surroundings of Dorchester Abbey; the talks in the historic Village Hall. The full programme, with details of venues, works and artists, may be seen on this page. Booking for Friends of the Festival will open in early March, with general booking opening two weeks later; tickets will be available by post or through our online Box Office.
We have recently introduced a new tier to our Friends’ Scheme for Corporate Friends — so, if you own, or help to run, a company or a similar organisation, and would like to enjoy the special benefits that this tier offers, please do consider joining at this level. For more details about our Friends’ Scheme, please follow this link for a description of the tiers and their benefits, together with information about how to join.