PRE-CONCERT TALK
The Mystic Trumpeter: the road to absolute greatness
CHRIS COPE
DRINKS RECEPTION
for EMF Friends and Vice-Presidents
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Henry V Overture (orchestral version)
WORLD PREMIÈRE PERFORMANCE
DELIUS: In a Summer Garden (original version)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: EFDS Folk-Song March
WORLD PREMIÈRE PERFORMANCE
HOLST: The Mystic Trumpeter
STANFORD: Concert Overture
WORLD PREMIÈRE PERFORMANCE
MONTAGUE PHILLIPS: Symphony in C minor
WORLD PREMIÈRE PERFORMANCE
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA
MARTIN YATES | conductor
ILLONA DOMNICH | soprano
O BE JOYFUL: A CELEBRATION OF ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
STANFORD: Te Deum in C
BAIRSTOW: Save us, O Lord
STANFORD: Pray that Jerusalem
WALFORD DAVIES: Prelude on Jesu dulcis memoria
PARRY: Long since in Israel’s plenteous land
BAINTON: And I saw a new Heaven
TALLIS: O nata lux
BRITTEN: Jubilate in C
MILFORD: Chorale Prelude on Rockingham
ELGAR: O salutaris hostia
ELGAR: Ave verum
WARLOCK: Bethlehem Down
HOWELLS: O mortal Man
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Call
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Antiphon
WORCESTER COLLEGE CHAPEL CHOIR
THOMAS ALLERY | director
DANIEL MATHIESON | organ
ALEXANDER PALOTAI | organ
JULIA ALSOP | organ
EMF LUNCH
Wine and non-alcoholic drink included
MOERAN: Piano Trio in D major
WILLIAMS: Piano Trio
HARTY: Two Fantasiestücke
STANFORD: Piano Trio no.3 in A major, op.158
FIDELIO TRIO
PRE-CONCERT TALK
Vaughan Williams – the makings of a genius
JOHN FRANCIS
DYSON: Three Songs of Praise
MACFARREN: Orpheus with his Lute
MACFARREN: Blow, blow, thou winter wind
HAWKINS: Four Carols
HOLST: Toccata
HOLST: Nunc dimittis
BRIAN: It was a lover and his lass
BRIAN: The Dream
FINZI: Lo, the full, final sacrifice
HOLST: Hymns from the Rig Veda (third group)
BRIAN: Sweet Solitude
HOLST: Hymn to Agni
HOLST: Hymn to Soma
BLISS: Toccata
GARDNER: O clap your hands
TIPPETT: Five Spirituals
GODWINE CHOIR
HILARY DAVON WETTON | conductor
TIMOTHY END | piano
PER ASPERA AD ASTRA: ANCIENT AND MODERN MUSIC FOR TWO GUITARS
PURCELL: Suite
DOWLAND: Lachrimae antiquae pavan
DOWLAND: Lachrimae antiquae novae
PHILIPS: Pauana dolorosa tregian
JOHNSON: The flat pavin
JOHNSON: Greensleeves
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves
MAXWELL DAVIES: Three Sanday Pieces
PHIBBS: Serenade
PHIBBS: New work
WORLD PREMIÈRE PERFORMANCE
DODGSON: Promenade 1
DUO GUITARTES
EMF SERVICE OF EUCHARIST
ORGAN VOLUNTARY | VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Rhosymedre
INTROIT | TYE: O come, ye servants of the Lord
ANTHEM | STANFORD: O for a closer walk with God
COMMUNION MOTET | ELGAR: Ave verum
JEREMY BOUGHTON: Gloria; Alleluias; Sanctus; Agnus Dei
HYMNS
Father, hear the prayer we offer
(Sussex: trad. arr. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS)
Author of Love Divine
(Rhosymedre: JOHN EDWARDS)
Come down, O Love Divine
(Down Ampney: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS)
All creatures of our God and King
(Laß uns erfreuen: arr. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS)
Let all mortal flesh keep silence
(Picardie: arr. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS)
ORGAN VOLUNTARY | LANG: Tuba Tune
EMF LUNCH
Wine and non-alcoholic drink included
FINZI: To a Poet
YOUNG: Lie still: Three songs for bass-baritone and piano
HOWELLS: Five songs for low voice and piano
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The House of Life
CHRISTOPHER FOSTER | bass
TIMOTHY END | piano
PRE-CONCERT TALK
Delius: English music’s outsider
DR LIONEL CARLEY
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Dives and Lazarus
BRITTEN: Simple Symphony
BRIDGE: Nocturne from Suite for Strings
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Serenade to Music (choral version)
CARR: Requiem for an Angel
BATH CAMERATA
BRISTOL ENSEMBLE
BENJAMIN GOODSON | conductor
JOHANE ANSELL | soprano
ALEX OTTERBURN | baritone
THE BRITISH POPULAR SONG: 1900–1960
The sun has got his hat on; The fleet’s in port again; South of the border; We’ll gather lilacs; Sahara; If love were all; First World War medley; Every little while; Bless ’em all; The touch of your lips; Smile when you say goodbye; Wireless signature tunes
NEW FOXTROT SERENADERS
DELIUS: Summer Eve
DELIUS: Twilight Fancies
DELIUS: Young Venevil
DELIUS: Longing
BRITTEN: A Charm of Lullabies, op.41
BLISS: from Seven American Poems
Gone, gone again is summer; Fair Annet’s Song; Siege
HEAD: Three Songs of Venice
The Gondolier; St Mark’s Square; Rain storm
BOUGHTON: Symbol Songs
Mother May; Honeysuckle; Blue in the Woods; Fierce Love Song; The New Madonna
DRING: from Seven Shakespeare Songs
It was a lover and his lass; Take, O take those lips away; Crabbed age and youth; Blow, blow, thou winter wind
ANNA HUNTLEY | mezzo-soprano
EMMA ABBATE | piano
THE FULL HEART
WARLOCK: The Full Heart
DELIUS: On Craig Ddu
IRELAND: The peaceful western wind
DELIUS: Frühlingsanbruch
MOERAN: Songs of Springtime
DELIUS: To be sung of a summer night on the water
WARLOCK (arr. Tomlinson): Three Belloc Songs
BAX: Five Greek Folksongs
IRELAND: They told me, Heraclitus
IRELAND: Twilight Night
THE CARICE SINGERS
GEORGE PARRIS | conductor
PRE-CONCERT TALK
Performing and programming British music in post-Brexit Britain
GEORGE PARRIS
PURCELL: The Fairy Queen: Suite I
WALTON: Two Pieces from Henry V
FINZI: Let us garlands bring
PURCELL: The Fairy Queen: Suite II
ELGAR: Sospiri
TIPPETT: Little Music for Strings
ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN
DAVID CURTIS | conductor
DAVID PIKE | baritone
This year was the first year we have held The English Music Festival entirely in Dorchester-on-Thames, and this was only possible because of the support and encouragement of all those at Dorchester Abbey and at Dorchester Village Hall, as well as of the local community: our heartfelt thanks to you all for your help before and during the Festival, and for welcoming us so warmly. Sincere thanks, too, to the artists, for the energy and commitment of their performances; to all the volunteers who assisted with general administration, staffing the Box Office, stage-managing and stewarding, and without whose help running the Festival would simply not be possible; and, of course, to our audiences, whose enthusiasm and financial and moral support all continue to mean so much to us.
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.