John Quinn

A memorable Three Choirs Festival performance of Neil Cox’s Requiem Canticles

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Three Choirs Festival 2026 [9] – Venables, Bernstein, Cox: Tom Lilburn (countertenor), Piers Maxim (organ), Cecily Beer (harp), Jack Redman (piano), Diggory Seacome, Anna Newman (percussion), Saint Cecilia Singers / Jonathan Hope (conductor). Gloucester Cathedral, 30.7.2026. (JQ)

Jonathan Hope conducts the Saint Cecilia Singers and musicians © TCF/James O’Donnell

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Anniversary celebrations of Rubbra and Cecilia McDowall at the Three Choirs Festival

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Three Choirs Festival [6] – McDowall, Rubbra, Beethoven:  Charlotte Bowden (soprano), Olivia Ray (mezzo-soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor), John Savournin (bass). Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Samuel Hudson (conductor). Gloucester Cathedral, 29.7.2026. (JQ)

Composer Cecilia McDowall at the Three Choirs Festival © TCF/James O’Driscoll

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Roderick Williams and the Three Choirs Festival Youth Choir crest the waves

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Three Choirs Festival [5] – Mendelssohn, Wood, Elgar, Sumsion, McDowall, Stanford: Roderick Williams (baritone), Hannah Etherington (soprano), Three Choirs Festival Youth Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins (conductor). Gloucester Cathedral, 28.7.2026. (JQ)

Baritone Roderick Williams, conductor Martyn Brabbins, TCFYC and Philharmonia Orchestra © TCF/Dale Hodgetts

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Sophisticated Poulenc and seismic Janáček at the Three Choirs Festival

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Three Choirs Festival [4] – Elgar, Poulenc, Janáček: Katelyn Emerson (organ), Rachel Nicholls (soprano), Hilary Summers (contralto). Gwyn Hughes Jones (tenor), Ashley Riches (bass), Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Adrian Partington (conductor). Gloucester Cathedral, 27.7.2026. (JQ)

Katelyn Emerson at the Three Choirs Festival © TCF/Dale Hodgetts

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An idiomatic, memorable performance of Rachmaninov’s All-Night Vigil by Ex Cathedra

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Three Choirs Festival [3] – Rachmaninov, Skidmore: Martha McLorinan (mezzo-soprano), James Robinson (tenor), Simone Rebello (bells), Ex Cathedra / Jeffrey Skidmore (conductor). Gloucester Cathedral, 26.7.2026. (JQ)

Ex Cathedra and conductor Jeffrey Skidmore (front l, alto soloist Martha McLorinan) © TCF/James O’Driscoll

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