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2024 English Music Festival
The annual English Music Festival celebrates the brilliance, innovation, beauty and rich musical heritage of Britain with a strong focus on unearthing overlooked or forgotten masterpieces of the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century, and is set in the heart of rural Oxfordshire.
The seventeenth annual English Music Festival (EMF) returns to Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire from Friday 24 May until Bank Holiday Monday 27 May 2024. Celebrating anniversaries of two of Britain’s greatest composers across the event, the opening concert, given by the BBC Concert Orchestra and Conductor Martin Yates, features Stanford's Clarinet Concerto with soloist Michael Collins, and Holst's ‘Cotswold’ Symphony. Vaughan Williams’s 'Richard II' Concert Fantasy is given a World Premiere, alongside works by Doreen Carwithen and Frederick Delius. Orchestral, chamber and choral concerts continue throughout the weekend.
Tickets are available via the website or on the door (subject to availability)
Designated parking is signed in Dorchester-on-Thames, and a mini-bus shuttle service operates from Didcot Parkway station (please book in advance - details on the website).
The seventeenth annual English Music Festival (EMF) returns to Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire from Friday 24 May until Bank Holiday Monday 27 May 2024. Celebrating anniversaries of two of Britain’s greatest composers across the event, the opening concert, given by the BBC Concert Orchestra and Conductor Martin Yates, features Stanford's Clarinet Concerto with soloist Michael Collins, and Holst's ‘Cotswold’ Symphony. Vaughan Williams’s 'Richard II' Concert Fantasy is given a World Premiere, alongside works by Doreen Carwithen and Frederick Delius. Orchestral, chamber and choral concerts continue throughout the weekend.
Tickets are available via the website or on the door (subject to availability)
Designated parking is signed in Dorchester-on-Thames, and a mini-bus shuttle service operates from Didcot Parkway station (please book in advance - details on the website).
Concerts and talks continue throughout the day - please refer to the website for times and prices.
£8 - £29.00
£8 - £29.00
Dorchester Abbey
High Street
Dorchester-on-Thames Oxfordshire OX10 7HH
Fri 24 May, Mon 27 May
Website:
www.englishmusicfestival.org.uk/
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