The English Music Festival is delighted to return to magnificent Truro Cathedral for a day of concerts, including Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending and Elgar’s Salut d’Amour; celebrated baritone Neal Davies singing Vaughan Williams’s Songs of Travel; a fascinating talk on music engraving; and the St Mary’s Singers in glorious works by Walton, Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Orlando Gibbons.
The concerts will take place throughout the day on Saturday 9 July. The full programme is listed below; and booking can be made through our Online Box Office.
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending
FREDERICK DELIUS: Légende
SIR EDWARD ELGAR: Salut d’Amour
SIR EDWARD ELGAR: Chanson de Nuit
SIR EDWARD ELGAR: Chanson de Matin
JOHN IRELAND: Sonata no. 1 in D minor
RUPERT MARSHALL-LUCK | violin
NATHAN WILLIAMSON | piano
SIR ARTHUR SOMERVELL: A Shropshire Lad
JOHN IRELAND: April
JOHN IRELAND: Month’s Mind
FREDERICK DELIUS (arr. MAURICE RAVEL): Prelude and Duet from Margot la Rouge
FREDERICK DELIUS (arr. ROBERT THRELFALL): Nocturne from Florida Suite
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Songs of Travel
NEAL DAVIES | baritone
NATHAN WILLIAMSON | piano
From Woodblocks to Sibelius — A Brief History of Music Engraving
RUPERT MARSHALL-LUCK
SIR WILLIAM WALTON: Coronation Te Deum
ORLANDO GIBBONS: O Clap Your Hands
PERCY WHITLOCK: Sonata for Organ in C minor — Canzona
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Mass in G minor
SIR EDWARD ELGAR: Extracts from The Light of Life
HERBERT HOWELLS: Rhapsody no. 1 in D-flat
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five Mystical Songs
ST MARY’S SINGERS
ALDEN WRIGHT | organ
THE EMF RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THE PROGRAMME DETAILS IN ANY WAY WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE.
Thank you to all who made the 2022 May EMF such a success: to all those at the venues for their invaluable help and support and for welcoming us so warmly; to the artists, for the energy and commitment of their performances; to all the volunteers who assisted with general administration, staffing the Box Office, stage-managing and stewarding, and without whose help running the Festival would simply not be possible; and, of course, to our audiences, whose enthusiasm and financial and moral support all continue to mean so much as live music-making returns and we begin to plan for the future.
The English Music Festival is delighted to return to magnificent Truro Cathedral on Saturday 9 July for a day of concerts. The programme, which includes Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending and choral works by Walton, Elgar and Orlando Gibbons, may be viewed on this page; and booking can be made through our Online Box Office.
If you would like more details about our Friends’ Scheme, please follow this link to our ‘Friends’ Scheme’ page for a description of the tiers and their benefits, together with information about how to join.