Three Choirs Festival Gloucester

Saturday 7 - Friday 13 August 2010

 The Three Choirs Festival is one of the oldest festivals in the world. For nearly three hundred years the cathedral cities of Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester have taken turns to host an annual 'music meeting'.



The original performers were the three cathedral choirs, who remain at the heart of the festival, but the large-scale choral repertoire at today's concerts is performed by the festival chorus drawn from the three cities, joined by an array of international artists and ensembles to provide a diversity unimagined in the eighteenth century.

During the festival there will be three concerts each day. We are offering six evening concerts, with morning and afternoon concerts as an option.
The programme for the evening concerts is as follows:

Philharmonia Orchestra and Festival Chorus
Elgar: The Kingdom
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Philharmonia Orchestra
Mahler: Symphony no 2
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Philharmonia Orchestra and Festival Chorus
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture  Joubert: An English Requiem  
Beethoven: Symphony no5
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Philharmonia Orchestra conductor Roger Norrington  
Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia   Holst: St.Paul's Suite 
Elgar: Violin Concerto soloist Philippe Graffin
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Music for Awhile and Festival Chorus
Mozart: Symphony no 38 "Prague"   Mozart: Mass in Cminor
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New London Consort director Philip Pickett
Monteverdi: Orfeo
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Optional concerts/events include:
Festival Eucharist
Corelli Ensemble and Evelyn Tubb - Haydn, Arne, Handel
Ashley Grote organ recital
Trio Severn - Schumann, Mendelssohn piano trios
Three Cathedral Choirs - "Venetian Splendour" Gabrielli, Monteverdi
Dante Quartet - Gurney, Vaughan Williams, Venables
Orchestral Concert cond. Martyn Brabbins -
Schumann: Piano Concerto   Mendelssohn:"Scottish Symphony


Staying at 4* Queen's Hotel Cheltenham
There will be lifts provided from Cheltenham Spa station and to the concerts in Gloucester (20 minutes drive).
We will also be organising a sightseeing tour.

Cost per person: £1175 (based on 2 people sharing a room)   Single room supplement £210

The cost of this holiday will cover the following:

  • >6 nights B & B in Hotel
  • >Admission to 6 performances
  • >Sightseeing trip
  • >Transfers to concerts
  • >Pick up from Cheltenham Spa station
  • >3 Meals with wine
  • Travel to Cheltenham and insurance is not included
Travel insurance is not included

Details are correct at time of publishing (October 2009) but may be subject to change.

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