The Three Choirs Festival 2025
The Three Choirs Festival has just announced the full programme for this year; by rotation, the Festival will be staged in Hereford between 26 July and 2 August.
John Quinn
The Three Choirs Festival ends with an exceptional performance of The Kingdom
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)
Interesting and challenging works by McDowall and Venables for the Three Choirs Festival Youth Choir
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)
Bob Chilcott’s The Angry Planet at the Three Choirs Festiva
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
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
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)
The Three Choirs Festival Voices revive a neglected major work by Holst
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)
With a highly committed Stabat Mater, the Three Choirs Festival does Stanford proud
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)
