Festivals

Mozart night at the Three Choirs Festival

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Three Choirs Festival 2026 [11] – Mozart:  Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay (director/violin), Scott Dickinson (viola), Aoife Miskelly (soprano), Annabella-Vesela Ellis (mezzo-soprano), Gwilym Bowen (tenor), Alex Jones (bass), Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Andrew Reid (conductor). Gloucester Cathedral, 31.7.2026. (JQ)

Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay (violin) and Scott Dickinson (viola) © TCF/Dale Hodgetts

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Fine Three Choirs Festival recital of string quartets by Herbert Howells and Charles Wood

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Three Choirs Festival 2026 [10] – Howells, Wood: London Chamber Ensemble String Quartet (Madeleine Mitchell, Godon Mackay [violins], Bridget Carey [viola], Joseph Spooner [cello]). St Nicholas’ Church, Gloucester, 31.7.2026. (JQ)

London Chamber Ensemble String Quartet © TCF/Dale Hodgetts

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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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OHP’s Die Fledermaus: disappointing production, though there is pleasure in the singing

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Opera Holland Park 2026 – Johann Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus: Soloists, Chorus of Opera Holland Park, City of London Sinfonia / George Jackson (conductor). Opera Holland Park, London, 29.7.2026. (KMcD)

Matthew Siveter (Frank) and Robert Burt (Frosch) © Craig Fuller

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