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Dorchester Abbey
High Street
Dorchester on Thames
Oxfordshire
OX10 7HH
England
Tickets
Programme
John Blackwood McEwen – Nugae
Edward Elgar – Piano Quintet, Op.84
Dorothy Howell – String Quartet in D minor
Frank Bridge – Three miniatures for piano trio
Performers
Simon Callaghan – piano
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Programme Note
The 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.
Further piano works follow when the Berkeley Ensemble is joined by Simon Callaghan for a programme entitled ‘Dorothy Howell’s World’. The Berkeley Ensemble has long championed the music of Dorothy Howell (1898-1982) and their recital programme explores her music alongside works by her teachers at the Royal Academy of Music, Tobias Matthay and John Blackwood McEwen, and that of Elgar whose grave she tended in the Malvern Hills. Known as the “English Richard Strauss”, following the success of her symphonic poem, ‘Lamia’, Howell’s work is becoming better-known and she has recently featured as BBC Radio 3’s ‘Composer of the Week’
Tickets are on sale from the website and by means of a postal booking form. Tickets for individual concerts will also be available on the door, subject to availability. Full Festival and Day Passes are also available.
Dorchester Abbey is the venue for the duration of the long weekend with talks taking place in the Village Hall as well as a Festival Lunch (pre-booking required). A dedicated mini-bus shuttle operates to/from Didcot Parkway rail station - bookings should be made via the website when the timetable is published.
