United Kingdom Saint Cecilia Singers 70th Anniversary Concert: Saint Cecilia Singers / Jonathan Hope (conductor), Christopher Allsop (organ). Gloucester Cathedral 2.3.2019. (JQ)
Gloucester
The Premiere of an Important Setting of the Requiem Mass by Ian Venables
United Kingdom Ian Venables, Requiem (first performance: sung during the All Souls’ Requiem Eucharist, Gloucester Cathedral): Jonathan Hope (organ), Choir of Gloucester Cathedral / Adrian Partington (conductor), 2.11.2018. (JQ)
The Parry Centenary Fittingly Celebrated in Gloucester
United Kingdom Parry and his Pupils: A Centenary Festival: Eleanor Dennis (soprano), Gloucester Choral Society, members of the Oxford Bach Choir, Choristers of Gloucester Cathedral Jonathan Hope (organ), Philharmonia Orchestra / Adrian Partington (conductor), Gloucester Cathedral 5.5.2018; and Derek Harris (piano), Saint Cecilia Singers/Jonathan Hope (conductor), Gloucester Cathedral 6.5.2018. (JQ)
With Mahler’s ‘Symphony of a Thousand’ the 2016 Three Choirs Festival Ends Magnificently
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival (15) – Mahler: Hye-Youn Lee (soprano – Magna Peccatrix); Mary Plazas (soprano – Una poenitentium); Jennifer France (soprano – Mater gloriosa); Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano – Mulier Samaritana); Madeleine Shaw (mezzo-soprano – Mater Aegyptica); Peter Auty (tenor – Doctor Marianus); Gary Griffiths (bass – Pater ecstaticus); Stephan Loges (bass – Pater Profundus); Jonathan Hope (organ); Three Choirs Festival Youth Choir; Three Cathedral Choirs; Three Choirs Festival Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra / Adrian Partington (conductor). Gloucester Cathedral, 30.7. 2016. (JQ)
The Three Choirs and Philharmonia Celebrate Mozart’s Musical Legacy
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival (14) – Mozart: Emma Johnson (clarinet)*, Alexandra Hutton (soprano), Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano), Nick Pritchard (tenor), John Savournin (bass), Three Cathedral Choirs, Philharmonia Orchestra / Simon Halsey (conductor), Three Choirs Festival, Cathedral, Gloucester, 28.7.2016. (RJ)
A Vital Performance of Carmina Burana at the Three Choirs Festival
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival (13) – Phibbs, Elgar. Walton, Orff: Ilona Domnich (soprano), Russell Painter (tenor), David Stout (baritone), Gloucester Cathedral Junior Choir/Nia Llewellyn Jones (conductor); Three Choirs Festival Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra/Adrian Partington (conductor). Gloucester Cathedral, 30.7. 2016. (JQ)
Stylish Rodolfus Choir Perform some Special Arrangements
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival (12) – Jackson, Mahler, Puccini, Tavener, Barber, Bach, Palestrina, Debussy, Chapman, Recknell, Allegri, Pärt, Howells: The Rodolfus Choir / Ralph Allwood (conductor), St Peter’s Church, Gloucester, 28.7.2016. (RJ)
Young Singers Bring Freshness to Rossini
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival (11) – Rossini: Mary Pope (soprano); Olivia Ray (mezzo-soprano); Mark Wilde (tenor); Timothy Nelson (baritone); Steven Kings & Christopher Allsop (piano); Peter Dyke (harmonium); Three Choirs Festival Youth Choir/Geraint Bowen (conductor), Gloucester Cathedral, 29.7. 2016. (JQ)