PRE-CONCERT TALK
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LEWIS FOREMAN
DRINKS RECEPTION
for EMF Friends and Vice-Presidents
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
WALFOR DAVIES: Symphony no.2 in G major
WORLD PREMIÈRE PERFORMANCE
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA
MARTIN YATES | conductor
HOWELLS: Sonata for Violin and Piano no.1 in E major, op.18
DELIUS: Sonata for Violin and Piano no.1
BRIAN: Legend
DARKE: Sonata for Violin and Piano no.3
BRITTEN: Suite, op.6
RUPERT MARSHALL-LUCK | violin
MATTHEW RICKARD | piano
EMF GALA LUNCHEON
Sparkling wine and non-alcoholic drink included
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
PRE-CONCERT TALK
The music of The Golden Legend
MARTIN T. YATES
SULLIVAN: The Golden Legend
ESO
HARPENDEN CHORAL SOCIETY
JOHN ANDREWS | conductor
ELENA XANTHOUDAKIS | soprano
JENA RIGBY | mezzo-soprano
DANIEL NORMAN | tenor
GRANT DOYLE | bass
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
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
EMF LUNCH
Wine and non-alcoholic drink included
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
PRE-CONCERT LAUNCH EVENT
The launch of EM Records’ disc of Parry String Quartets
THE BRIDGE QUARTET
DYSON: Three Hymns of Praise
VAUGAHN 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
HILARY DAVAN WETTON | conductor
LUCY HALL | soprano
THOMAS HUMPHREYS | baritone
To include music by:
NOËL COWARD; IVOR NOVELLO, NOËL GAY, RAY NOBLE, HUBERT GREGG, ROSS PARKER, SANDY WILSON and FLANAGAN & ALLEN
NEW FOXTROT SERENADERS
ELIZABETH TO ELIZABETH
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 AND SWANN: Excelsior
SULLIVAN: The Olympic Hymn
BINGE: Elizabethan Serenade
The National Anthem
IN VOICE AND VERSE
BELINDA YATES | soprano
HEATHER CHAMBERLAIN | piano
LANCE PIERSON | speaker
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 | piano
PRE-CONCERT FORUM
The EMF New Commissions Composers: a discussion of the works to be premièred in the main evening concert
NEW COMMISSIONS CONCERT
RICHARD BALCKFORD: 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
ORCHESTRA OF ST PAUL’S
BEN PALMER | conductor
RUPERT MARSHALL-LUCK | violin
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.