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World Premières and a Panoply of English Music at 2014 English Music Festival

06/06/201413/02/2014 by Stan

World premières and a panoply of English Music at 2014 English Music Festival – 23-26h May 2014

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‘A Contemporary Hero of British Choral Music’: Bob Chilcott in Conversation with John Quinn

21/01/202010/11/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom ‘A contemporary hero of British Choral Music’: Bob Chilcott in conversation with John Quinn

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Bob Chilcott. Image © Mike Henley

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Categories Articles & Interviews, Do Not Print in Recent Reviews, Interviews, Interviews Not on Front Page, Previously Published Tags Oxfordshire Leave a comment

Rarely Heard Bantock and Alwyn from London Chamber Strings

29/05/201327/05/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Holst, Bantock, Alwyn, Finzi, Ireland, Britten: London Chamber Strings / Bjorn Bantock (conductor), English Music Festival, Silk Hall, Radley College, Oxfordshire, 25.5.2013 (RB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Oxfordshire, Rob Barnett

Two Notable World Premieres at English Music Festival

05/06/201203/06/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Parry, Matthew Curtis, Vaughan Williams, Ireland, Delius, Moeran/Yates: Mark Bebbington (piano), BBC Concert Orchestra, Martin Yates (conductor), English Music Festival, Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire, 1.6.2012.(RJ)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Oxfordshire, Roger Jones

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