Spirited is the Gazette of The English Music Festival and this immaculately presented, clearly set and cleanly designed publication brings to a global audience insightful, thought-provoking and stimulating articles on all subjects pertaining to English music and works by British composers. Further essays on British art, landscape, literature and culture serve to place the composers in their cultural context and provide a deeper level of interest and enlightenment. Each issue also features CD and book reviews, interviews with artists appearing at the Festival, and news of the Festival’s burgeoning UK and European Concerts Series, as well as a wealth of information from the large number of societies, organisations and museums which are a part of the EMF’s ground-breaking British Composer Organisations Scheme. No aficionado of English music can afford to be without this cornucopia of riches.
Please follow the links below to download a PDF version of the first issue; or, if you would like to submit an article to the Editor, please refer to the Guidelines for Contributors.
SPRING 2011 | ISSN 2049‑5587
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If you are a member of the EMF Friends’ Scheme at the level of Advocate or above, you will receive a copy of Spirited by post, free of charge. Otherwise, there are four rates of subscription. If you live in the UK, a year’s subscription to the print edition costs £12.00; for subscribers who live in mainland Europe, a subscription costs £18.00; and if you live outside the UK or mainland Europe, the rate is £21.00. Alternatively, you may prefer to receive your copy in electronic format: for this, a year’s subscription costs £10.00, irrespective of your country of residence.
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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.
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