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BBC Concert Orchestra at Dorchester Abbey
Opening concert of English Music Festival
Part of the English Music Festival 2023
Add to my Calendar 26-05-2023 19:30 26-05-2023 21:30 36 BBC Concert Orchestra at Dorchester Abbey The sixteenth annual English Music Festival opens with a highly anticipated visit by the BBC Concert Orchestra to perform major works by E. J. Moeran and Ralph Vaughan Williams, as well as World Premières by William Lloyd Webber, William Alwyn and Paul Lewis. Concerts continue at Dorchester Abbey, Radley College Silk Hall and at All Saints' Church, Sutton Courtenay, with a mini-bus transfer provided between venues - check availability on website. A pre-concert talk by Moeran's biographer, Ian Maxwell takes place in Dorchester Village Hall. Dorchester Abbey, Dorchester on Thames DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Dorchester Abbey
High Street
Dorchester on Thames
Oxfordshire
OX10 7HH
England
Programme
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Symphonic Fantasy 'A Road all Paved with Stars' (arr. from The Poisoned Kiss, World Premiere)
Frederick Delius – 2 Pieces for Small Orchestra
William Alwyn – Serenade for Orchestra (world premiere)
Ernest John Moeran – Cello Concerto
William Lloyd Webber – Serenade (realised by Martin Yates)
Paul Lewis – A Celebratory Overture (world premiere)
Performers
Raphael Wallfisch – Cello
Martin Yates – Conductor
BBC Concert Orchestra
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Programme Note
The sixteenth annual English Music Festival opens with a highly anticipated visit by the BBC Concert Orchestra to perform major works by E. J. Moeran and Ralph Vaughan Williams, as well as World Premières by William Lloyd Webber, William Alwyn and Paul Lewis. Concerts continue at Dorchester Abbey, Radley College Silk Hall and at All Saints' Church, Sutton Courtenay, with a mini-bus transfer provided between venues - check availability on website.
A pre-concert talk by Moeran's biographer, Ian Maxwell takes place in Dorchester Village Hall.
