OX10 7HH
The Festival will be held in Oxfordshire, with events held in the glorious surroundings of Dorchester Abbey as well as at the Silk Hall at Radley College and the historic All Saints’ Church at Sutton Courtenay.
The full programme, with details of venues, works and artists, is given below. The English Music Festival | 2023 May Festival | PROGRAMME
Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, OX10 7HR
“THERE ARE WONDERFUL THINGS WE COULD DO TOGETHER”: MOERAN AND COETMORE — A MUSICAL PARTNERSHIP
Hitherto, writers have not been kind in their analyses of the Moeran–Coetmore marriage, describing it variously as “doomed” or “a disaster” — even citing Moeran himself in these assessments. However, forensic examination of all the evidence suggests a different reality. This talk will present the Moeran–Coetmore relationship and its principal outcome, the Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, in a context that challenges earlier misconceptions.
DR IAN MAXWELL
PAUL LEWIS: A Celebratory Overture
WORLD PREMIÈRE PERFORMANCE
WILLIAM LLOYD WEBBER (realised by MARTIN YATES): Scenes from Childhood
WORLD PREMIÈRE PERFORMANCE
E.J. MOERAN: Cello Concerto
WILLIAM ALWYN: Serenade for Orchestra
WORLD PREMIÈRE PERFORMANCE
FREDERICK DELIUS: Two Pieces for Small Orchestra
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (arr. ADRIAN WILLIAMS): A Road All Paved with Stars
WORLD PREMIÈRE PERFORMANCE
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA
MARTIN YATES | conductor
RAPHAEL WALLFISCH | cello
ROBIN MILFORD: Rhapsody in A minor
WORLD PREMIÈRE PERFORMANCE
FREDERICK DELIUS: Sonata no. 3 for Violin and Piano
HERBERT HOWELLS: Sonata no. 3 for Violin and Piano
GUSTAV HOLST: Five Pieces
JOHN IRELAND: Sonata no. 2 in A minor
RICHARD BLACKFORD: Tango
WORLD PREMIÈRE PERFORMANCE
RUPERT MARSHALL-LUCK | violin
PETER CARTWRIGHT | piano
BOYD NEEL AND THE FOUNDATION AND IMPACT OF THE FIRST MODERN STRING CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: PART I
Dr Louis Boyd Neel is a little-known name these days in classical music circles. However, the foundation of the Boyd Neel String Orchestra in the 1930s led to a dramatic revival of forgotten Baroque string music and the commissioning of new string works from composers such as Benjamin Britten which are now a key part of the standard classical music repertoire. Using unique material from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation archives, his interesting life story will be outlined from pre-2nd World War Britain to his appointment as Director of the Royal Conservatoire in Toronto, Canada.
DR DAVID GREEN
EDWARD ELGAR: Introduction and Allegro
HERBERT HOWELLS: Requiem
GEORGE DYSON: Songs for Sailors
CECIL ARMSTRONG GIBBS: Miniature Dance Suite
JOHN IRELAND: The Hills
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Valiant-for-Truth
GUSTAV HOLST: Two Psalms
THE HOLST ORCHESTRA
GODWINE CHOIR
HILARY DAVAN WETTON | conductor
JOHN DOWLAND: Preludium
JOHN DOWLAND: Fortune My Foe
FRANCIS CUTTING: Two Variations on “Greensleeves”
JOHN DOWLAND: The Frog Galliard
JOHN DOWLAND: Mr Dowland’s Midnight
WILLIAM BYRD: La Volta
JOHN DOWLAND: A Fancy
RICHARD STORY: The Guitarist’s Prayer
WORLD PREMIÈRE PERFORMANCE
ERNEST SHAND: The Gnomes
BENJAMIN BRITTEN: Nocturnal, after John Dowland
FÁBIO FERNANDES | guitar, lute and theorbo
Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, OX10 7HR
BOYD NEEL AND THE FOUNDATION AND IMPACT OF THE FIRST MODERN STRING CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: PART II
Dr Louis Boyd Neel is a little-known name these days in classical music circles. However, the foundation of the Boyd Neel String Orchestra in the 1930s led to a dramatic revival of forgotten Baroque string music and the commissioning of new string works from composers such as Benjamin Britten which are now a key part of the standard classical music repertoire. Using unique material from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation archives, his interesting life story will be outlined from pre-2nd World War Britain to his appointment as Director of the Royal Conservatoire in Toronto, Canada.
DR DAVID GREEN
Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, OX10 7HH
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Sea Songs
MONTAGUE PHILLIPS: Hampton Court
ERNEST TOMLINSON: Dick’s Maggot from Folk Song Suite no. 2
WILLIAM WALTON: Spitfire Prelude
MALCOLM ARNOLD: English Dances (Set 2)
GUSTAV HOLST: Second Suite in F for Military Band
ARTHUR SULLIVAN / CHARLES MACKERRAS: Extracts from Pineapple Poll
JOHN ANSELL: Plymouth Hoe
ERIC COATES: Third movement of From Meadow to Mayfair
FREDERICK CURZON: The Boulevardier
EDWARD ELGAR: Salut d’Amour
ARTHUR BLISS: Suite: Things to Come
ERIC COATES: Knightsbridge
GUARDS ASSOCIATION BAND
TOM HIGGINS | Director of Music
RAY NOBLE: Cherokee
RONNIE ALDRICH: If I Only Had Wings
ALBERT ERIC MASCHWITZ / MANNING SHERWIN: A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
HARRY PARR-DAVIES: Smile When You Say Goodbye
KENNETH ALFORD: Colonel Bogey
TED HEATH: That Lovely Weekend
ERIC COATES: Dambusters March
NOEL GAY: There’s Something about a Soldier
HUBERT GREGG: I’m Going to Get Lit Up
PHIL PARK / HARRY PARR-DAVIES: Wish Me Luck
NOEL GAY: Lambeth Walk
RAY NOBLE: Goodnight, Sweetheart
FLANAGAN AND ALLEN MEDLEY
THE NEW FOXTROT SERENADERS
Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, OX10 7HH
FREDERICK DELIUS: Four Old English Lyrics
GERALD FINZI: A Young Man’s Exhortation
ETHEL SMYTH: The Clown
ETHEL SMYTH: Possession
ETHEL SMYTH: On the Road
JOHN IRELAND: The Land of Lost Content
DANIEL NORMAN | tenor
SHOLTO KYNOCH | piano
