BLISS: Sonata for Piano and Violin
HOWELLS: Sonata no.3 in E minor for Violin and Piano
ALWYN: Sonatina
ELGAR: Sonata for Violin and Piano, op.82
RUPERT MARSHALL-LUCK | violin
DUNCAN HONEYBOURNE | piano
IRELAND: Sonatina
DYSON: Primrose Mount
DYSON: Four Preludes
BAINTON: Willows
WORLD PREMIÈRE PERFORMANCE
BAINTON: The Making of the Nightingale
WORLD PREMIÈRE PERFORMANCE
BAINTON: Visions
ARMSTRONG GIBBS: Ballade in D-flat
BAX: Piano Sonata no.2
DUNCAN HONEYBOURNE | piano
BLOW: Lysander, I pursue in vain
PURCELL: Music for a while
PURCELL: Bess of Bedlam
FROBERGER: Lamentations
ECCLES: I burn, my brain consumes to ashes
HUMFREY: A Hymn to God the Father
PURCELL: Not all my torments
HANDEL: Sarai contenta un dì
PURCELL: How long, great God?
PURCELL: Evening Hymn
HANDEL: Occhi miei, che faceste?
PURCELL: From rosy bow’rs
BETHANY SEYMOUR | soprano
PETER SEYMOUR | harpsichord
PURCELL: Funeral Sentences
PURCELL: Remember not, Lord, our offences
PURCELL: I was glad
PURCELL: Hear my Prayer, O Lord
PURCELL: Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei!
PURCELL: O Dive custos
PURCELL: Evening Hymn
PURCELL: The Blessed Virgin’s Expostulation
PURCELL: How long, great God?
BLOW: Salvator mundi
BLOW: Behold, O God our Defender
BLOW: Epicedium for Queen Mary
YORKSHIRE BACH CHOIR
PETER SEYMOUR | conductor; harpsichord
FINZI: Earth and Air and Rain, op.15
GURNEY: Snow
GURNEY: Desire in Springtime
TRIMBLE: Green Rain
GURNEY: The Fiddler of Dooney
WARLOCK: The Fox
WARLOCK: Jillian of Berry
IRELAND: Three Songs to Poems by Thomas Hardy
IRELAND: The Trellis
IRELAND: My true love hath my heart
DELIUS: The Bird’s Song
DELIUS: I-Brasil
ELIZABETH THOMPSON | soprano
LORNA DAY | mezzo-soprano
PETER LIDBETTER | bass-baritone
DAVID JONES | piano
HOLBROOKE: Come, let us make love deathless
HOLBROOKE: I came at morn
HOLBROOKE: Homeland
HOLBROOKE: Killary
HOLST: selection from Twelve Humbert Wolfe Songs
LAMBERT: Trois pièces nègres pour les touches blanches
WALTON: Siesta
LAMBERT: Eight Poems by Li Po
WALTON (arr. Constant Lambert): Façade Suites no.s 1 and 2
JAMES GEER | tenor
ANDREW WEST | piano
RONALD WOODLEY | piano
The 2021 May EMF is scheduled for the Spring Bank Holiday weekend (28 to 31 May) and will most certainly be going ahead as a “live” event if public gatherings are permitted. Due to the ongoing restrictions relating to COVID-19, the Festival will be rather different in format to our usual May Festivals, with more of an emphasis on chamber-music and song recitals. The full programme is available at this page.
Booking for the 2021 May Festival is now open to all — the online Box Office may be found here. Day and Full Festival Passes are available in addition to individual tickets to concerts and talks; and tickets can be held for collection at the Box Office or posted to you for a modest additional charge.
Tickets for the drinks reception and CD launch of EMR CD065, ‘Those Blue Remembered Hills’, which will take place as part of the 2021 May EMF, are now on sale to the general public. Please visit our online Box Office to book.
If you would like more details about our Friends’ Scheme, please follow this link to our ‘Friends’ Scheme’ page for a description of the tiers and their benefits, together with information about how to join.