Three Choirs Festival 2024 – Seen and Heard International

The Three Choirs Festival ends with an exceptional performance of The Kingdom

05/08/2024 by John Quinn

United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival [7] – Elgar: Anita Watson (The Blessed Virgin – soprano), Rebecca Afonwy-Jones (Mary Magdalene), Toby Spence (St John), Alex Jones (St Peter), Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Adrian Partington (conductor). Worcester Cathedral, 3.8.2024. (JQ)

Adrian Partington conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra © Michael Whitefoot

Interesting and challenging works by McDowall and Venables for the Three Choirs Festival Youth Choir

04/08/202404/08/2024 by John Quinn

United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival [6] – McDowall, Stanford (arr. Dibble), Venables: Ben Cooper (narrator), Three Choirs Festival Youth Choir; Jonathan Hope (organ), Philharmonia Orchestra / Adrian Partington (conductor) Worcester Cathedral 2.8.2024. (JQ)

Adrian Partington conducts the Three Choirs Festival Youth Choir and the Philharmonia Orchestra

Bob Chilcott’s The Angry Planet at the Three Choirs Festiva

03/08/202403/08/2024 by John Quinn

United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival [5] – Whitacre, Stanford, Mealor, Chilcott: Florence Price (soprano), Three Cathedral Choirs / Samuel Hudson (conductor). Worcester Cathedral, 1.8.2024. (JQ)

Sofi Jeannin conducts a challenging, rewarding, superbly performed Three Choirs Festival concert

03/08/202401/08/2024 by John Quinn

United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival [4] – Arakelyan, Britten/Lapwood, Poulenc, Weir: Mark Padmore (tenor), Charles Gibbs (narrator), Anna Lapwood, Nicholas Freestone (organ), BBC Singers, Philharmonia Orchestra Ensemble / Sofi Jeannin (conductor). Worcester Cathedral 30.7.2024. (JQ)

The UK premiere of Snider’s Mass for the Endangered at the Three Choirs Festival

03/08/202431/07/2024 by John Quinn

United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival [3] – Biles-Liddell, Weir, Elgar, Snider: Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Samuel Hudson (conductor). Worcester Cathedral, 29.7.2024. (JQ)

Samuel Hudson conducts the Three Choirs Festival Chorus and the Philharmonia © Dale Hodgetts

The Three Choirs Festival Voices revive a neglected major work by Holst

03/08/202429/07/2024 by John Quinn

United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival [2] – Dearden, Weir, Respighi, Holst: Beth Taylor (mezzo-soprano), Three Choirs Festival Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra / Geraint Bowen (conductor) Worcester Cathedral 28.7.2024. (JQ)

Three Choirs Festival Voices © Dale Hodgetts

Gil Shaham, Adele Anthony and Aspen friends top the week’s efforts

03/08/202429/07/2024 by Harvey Steiman

United States Aspen Music Festival [6]: Aspen, Colorado. (HS)

Gil Shaham seems to be enjoying interplay with young musicians at his Aspen recital © Diego Redel

With a highly committed Stabat Mater, the Three Choirs Festival does Stanford proud

03/08/202428/07/2024 by John Quinn

United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival [1] – Grace-Evangeline Mason, Holst, Stanford: Rebecca Hardwick (soprano), Marta Fontanals-Simmons (mezzo-soprano), Nicky Spence (tenor), Themba Mvula (baritone), Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Worcester Cathedral Choristers, Philharmonia Orchestra / Samuel Hudson (conductor) Worcester Cathedral, 27.7.2024. (JQ)