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Welcome 2025 May Festival Programme Box Office Past Festivals 2019 Report Oxfordshire Festivals Autumn Festivals Johannesburg EMF Friends EMF Friends Scheme Join Spirited About Spirited Subscribe Guidelines for contributors Press About us EMF Endeavours VicePresidents Contact us Contact us Artist proposals Internships THE ENGLISH MUSIC FESTIVAL celebrates Britains rich musical heritage by showcasing the brilliance innovation and beauty of English music. FOUNDERDIRECTOR EMMARSHALLLUCK It was established to give a platform to those many powerful and lovely works by British composers primarily of the latenineteenth to midtwentieth centuries that for so many years were alltoorarely heard. Yet although the focus of the Festival is the Golden Renaissance of English Music our programmes span from mediaeval music and the timeless delights of Tallis and Byrd through to contemporary music indeed the Festival has commissioned numerous thrilling and accessible new works from some of Britains most admired contemporary composers. We are proud to have staged the world premire performances not just of these new pieces but also of important works by Frederick Delius Ralph Vaughan Williams Sir Edward Elgar Sir Charles Villiers Stanford Arnold Bax Sir Arthur Bliss Herbert Howells Benjamin Britten York Bowen E.