The 16th annual English Music Festival opens in Dorchester
Abbey on 26 May and will run until the evening of 29 May,
with a visit by the BBC Concert Orchestra on opening night
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. The English Music Festival celebrates
the rich musical heritage of Britain with a strong focus on

unearthing overlooked or forgotten masterpieces of the late-
nineteenth to mid-twentieth century. Further information at:

www.englishmusicfestival.org.uk/2023-may-festival/programme.
php Tickets are now on sale via
www.englishmusicfestival.org.uk/2023-may-festival/box-office.
php and by means of a postal booking form.