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Dorchester-on-Thames

The Eighteenth English Music Festival: 23 to 26 May at Dorchester-on-Thames

22/02/2025 by AUTHOR

THE EIGHTEENTH ENGLISH MUSIC FESTIVAL

Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire OX10 7HH
23 – 26 May 2025  

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The 17th English Music Festival at Dorchester Abbey from 24 to 27 May 2024

03/08/202416/03/2024 by AUTHOR

The Seventeenth ENGLISH MUSIC FESTIVAL, Dorchester Abbey, Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire OX10 7HH from 24 to 27 May 2024

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English Violin Sonatas in Dorchester Abbey

05/07/202330/05/2023 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Delius, Howells, Milford, Holst, Blackwood, Ireland: Rupert Marshall-Luck (violin), Peter Cartwright (piano).  Dorchester Abbey, Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, 27.5.2023. (CS)

Peter Cartwright and Rupert Marshall-Luck

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2019 English Music Festival Opens in Dorchester on Thames

19/06/201926/05/2019 by Rob Barnett

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom 2019 English Music Festival – Berners, Arnold, Stanford, Vaughan Williams, Delius, Milford: Sergey Levitin (violin), BBC Concert Orchestra / Martin Yates (conductor). The English Music Festival, Dorchester Abbey, Dorchester on Thames, 24.5.2019. (RBa)

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Eleventh English Music Festival Continues with Unflagging Confidence

09/06/201703/06/2017 by Rob Barnett

United KingdomUnited Kingdom English Music Festival – Vaughan Williams, Delius, Holst, Phillips: Ilona Domnich (soprano), BBC Concert Orchestra / Martin Yates (conductor), Dorchester Abbey, Dorchester-on Thames. 26.5.2017. (RBa)

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