John Quinn

A Worthy Tribute to Will Harvey at the Three Choirs Festival

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Three Choirs Festival [12] – And There Grow Flowers: Remembering F. W. Harvey: Matthew Romain (reader), Sabrinensis Chamber Choir, Cranham Handbell Ringers, Gaudeamus Youth Strings, James Quinn (piano), George Gillow (organ) / Judith Sheridan (conductor). St Peter’s Church Minsterworth, 2.8.2019. (JQ)

F W Harvey

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Bob Chilcott’s Attractive New Oratorio Brings Christmas Early to Gloucester

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Three Choirs Festival [11] – Handl, Victoria, Britten, Chilcott: Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Nick Pritchard (tenor), Neal Davies (baritone), Three Cathedral Choirs; Philharmonia Players / Adrian Partington (conductor). Gloucester Cathedral, 1.8.2019. (JQ)

Christmas Oratorio at the Three Choirs Festival (c) Michael Whitefoot

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Three Choirs Festival Gives a Belated Handel Première – with a Mendelssohnian Twist

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Three Choirs Festival [8] – Handel/Mendelssohn: Susanna Fairbairn (soprano), Rebecca Afonwy Jones (mezzo-soprano), Jess Dandy (contralto), Stuart Jackson (tenor), James Newby (bass), Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Geraint Bowen (conductor). Gloucester Cathedral, 31.7.2019. (JQ)

Israel in Ägypten at the Three Choirs Festival (c) Michael Whitefoot

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A Thoughtfully Devised Recital of English and French Music at Three Choirs Festival

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Three Choirs Festival (7) – Venables, Ravel, Debussy, Vaughan Williams: James Gilchrist (tenor), Anna Tilbrook (piano), Carducci String Quartet, Cirencester Parish Church, 31.7.2019 (JQ)

Carducci Quartet (c) Tom Barnes

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John Joubert Eloquently Commemorated at the Three Choirs Festival

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Three Choirs Festival [6] – Berlioz, Elgar, Joubert: April Fredrick (soprano), Neal Davies (baritone), Natalie Clein (cello), Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Three Cathedral Choir Choristers, BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Adrian Partington (conductor). Gloucester Cathedral 30.7.2019. (JQ)

Natalie Clein (cello) and Adrian Partington (conductor) (c) Michael Whitefoot

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A Fallen Soldier of the Great War Movingly Commemorated by Joshua Ellicott and Simon Lepper

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Three Choirs Festival (5) – Finzi & From your ever-loving son, Jack: Joshua Ellicott (tenor), Simon Lepper (piano), St Catherine’s Church, Gloucester, 31.7.2019 (JQ)

3604 Rifleman Ellicott J, by courtesy of Joshua Ellicott

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