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Three Choirs Festival in Worcester

Three Choirs Festival Worcester 2011This year the Cathedral city of Worcester will host the annual popular three choirs festival, an international Classical music festival that has been held in rotation with the cities of Hereford & Gloucester since the early eighteenth century.

The Three Choirs Festival is one of the oldest classical choral music festivals in the World and as such is a British musical festival not to be missed. Last year the Three Choirs Festival 2010 was held in Hereford and in 2012 it will be the turn of Gloucester to play host to the musical stars that attend this prestigious event.

The festival will run for a week starting on Saturday 6th August with an Opening Service at Worcester Cathedral at 11.30am with the Bishop of Bath & Wells, The Right Revd Peter Price, the Worcester Cathedral Choir & the festival Chorus.

The aim of the festival in Worcester is to combine excellent performances with popular involvement, bringing musical education to the people of Worcester who live and work in a City with strong historic ties to one of the Worlds greatest composers Edward Elgar. Top international orchestras and artists will perform throughout the week alongside groups and younger performers. The festival is not just for the residents of Worcester as it is likely to attract music lovers from all over the UK bringing a boost to tourism and trade in Worcester. For those travelling from further away to the Three Choirs Festival, accommodation can be found in the many hotels available in Worcester.

There will be many opportunities to get involved and enjoy the varied programme of events for the three choirs festival 2011.  During the days there will be plenty of opportunties to listen to recitals in chamber music, opera, theatre, organ recitals & jazz. In edition there will be many educational workshops, lectures and exhibitions held throughout Worcester. The festival is using many various venues throughout the week including Great Witley Church, Tewkesbury Abbey, St Martin's church, Croome Court, Malvern College, Kings School theatre, Huntington Hall,  College Hall, Elgar School of music, the Swan theatre & Worcester Guildhall.

With out doubt though the highlight and most anticipated part of each day at the Three Choirs Festival is the evening performance. Each evening in Worcester Cathedral there will be a concert combining British Classical favourites as well as music with a more international musical appeal.

 

On the evening of Saturday 6th August 2011 the concert will be:-

 

Worcester Cathedral Chamber Choir - Elgar ‘Dream of Gerontius' Sarah Connolly, John Graham-Hall,  Alan Opie , Philharmonia, Orchestra, Adrian Lucas

 

Sunday 7th August 2011

 

Worcester Cathedral Choir - Barber ‘Adagio for strings', Adams ‘On the Transmigration of Souls', Mahler ‘Adagietto', Mozart ‘Requiem', Roderick Williams, Simon Wall, Philharmonia Orchestra, Adrian Partington.

 

Monday 8th August 2011

Gloucester Cathedral Choir Pre-concert lecture ‘ Big is Beautiful - Mahler's 3rd Symphony' with Peter Medhurst, Mahler ‘Symphony No 3', Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Philharmonia Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki

 

 

Tuesday 9th August 2011

 

Music from the Orthodox Tradition The Sixteen Harry Christophers, Late Night Organ Recital Elgar ‘Symphony No 2' (transcription), David Briggs, World première & festival commission

 

 

Wednesday 10th August 2011

The BBC will be broadcasting this concert - Three Cathedral Choirs - Elgar ‘Caractacus' Judith Howarth, Peter Savidge, Matthew Best, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis

Thursday 11th August 2011

 

Hereford Cathedral Choir - Beethoven ‘Overture Coriolan', Beethoven ‘Mass in C', Bruch ‘Violin Concerto', Tai Murray, Three Choirs Festival Youth Choir,  Philharmonia Orchestra, Adrian Partington

 

Friday 12th August 2011

 

Three Cathedral Choirs - Vaughan Williams ‘An Oxford Elegy', Brahms ‘Ein Deutches Requiem', Elizabeth Watts, William Dazeley, Philharmonia Orchestra, Geraint Bowen

 

Saturday 13th August 2011

 

Eton Choral Course - Ralph Allwood ‘A Night at the Opera' Sir Thomas Allen, Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Adrian Lucas

 

 


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