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Gloucester welcomes you as hosts of this years Three Choirs Festival. At the heart of our festival are the singers from Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester, performing daily alongside the Philharmonia, one of Europe's finest orchestras. The festival is framed by the final large-scale public statements of two of the twentieth century’s most significant composers: Britten and Mahler.

2007 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Edward Elgar, an occasion which will be recognised by many across the world. However, performances of his music given in one of the Three Cathedrals which the composer loved best will have extra spiritual, acoustic and architectural dimensions. Other quintessential English works, are Howells’ Hymnus Paradisi and Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music.

Other highlights include Bax conducted by Vernon Handley and Walton’s Sonata for Strings - a real discovery, UK première of a Debussy orchestration by our composer in residence, Robin Holloway, Crispian Steele-Perkins on both modern and natural trumpet and a line-up of the finest singers.

The daytimes too are packed with enticing events – John Scott on the organ, both the National Youth Choir and the Rodolfus Choir, song recitals by Roderick Williams and Catherine Bott, the Sorrel Quartet playing Elgar, and a chance to hear Holloway’s Gilded Goldbergs for two pianos. We give a platform to many other composers of our own day too, including Elizabeth Maconchy, Howard Skempton, Graham Whettam and Hugh Wood, all in their anniversary years. And, why not unwind at the end of the day with some late-night jazz in the festival club? There’s something for all tastes at Three Choirs, so do come and enjoythe unique ambience of the world’s oldest music festival amidst the beauty of Gloucestershire.

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Opening Service	Festival Eucharist Schubert Mass in G	National Youth Choir Works by Holst and Howells, Britten - Hymn to St Cecilia and Tallis - Spem in Alium	Organ Recital Robert Houssart Works by Elgar, Holloway and Bovet Catherine Bott & Friends Delectatio Angeli: Medieval and renaissance music of love, longing and lament	Rodolfus Choir Works by Elgar, Mahler and Debussy and Vaughan Williams - Shakespeare Songs		The Unknown Elgar David Owen Norris - Piano Amanda Pitt - Soprano Carducci Quartet Quartets by Whettam, Maconchy, Mozart and Beethoven	Organ Recital John Scott Works by Langlais, Buxtehude, Bach, Stanford, Hugh Wood and Duruflé
Gloucestershire Symphony Orchestra Works by Elgar, Delius, Howells and Gurney, and *Bridge* - The Sea Goldberg Variations - Bach Carole Cerasi - Harpsichord	St Cecilia Singers Strauss - Metamorphosen Haydn - Nelson Mass	Sorrel Quartet Quartets by Haydn and Simpson, and Elgar - Piano Quintet with Ian Brown Evensong Whettam - Coventry Service Hadley - My Beloved Spake	Micallef-Inanga Piano Duo Robin Holloway - Gilded Goldbergs Evensong Lassus - Septimi Toni Palestrina - Dum Complerentur	Okeanos Works by Maconchy, LeFanu and Vaughan Williams and with a new work by Howard Skempton Evensong live on BBC Radio 3 Blair in B minor Elgar - Give unto the Lord	Orchestral Concert Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending Elgar - Enigma Variations Bax - Symphony no.1	Three Cathedral Choirs concert Kuhnau (arr. Bach) - Der Gerechte kommt um Bach -Cantata no. 51 “Jauchzet Gott” Vivaldi - Magnificat Vivaldi - Gloria Evensong	Song recital Roderick Williams Iain Burnside - Piano Songs by Vaughan Williams, Hugh Wood, Gurney, Elgar and Williams (première) Evensong Stanford in C Balfour Gardiner - Evening Hymn
Evening Concert *Britten -* War Requiem	Evening Concert Rossini - Overture “The Silken Ladder” Tippett - Triple Concerto Elgar - Symphony no. 1 Compline sung by Lay Clerks of Gloucester Cathedral	Evening Concert Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music (16 solo voices) Debussy (orch. Holloway) - En Blanc et Noir UK Première Howells - Hymnus Paradisi	Evening Concert Elgar - The Dream Of Gerontius	Evening Concert Haydn - Trumpet Concerto Walton - Sonata for Strings Haydn - Theresienmesse	Evening Concert Monteverdi - Vespers Ex Cathedra His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts	Evening Concert Elgar - The Spirit of England Holst - The Planets	Evening Concert Mahler - Symphony no. 8

For further details on the Three Choirs Festival visit:- www.3choirs.org

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