The British Police Symphony Orchestra
Spring Concert
conducted by Thomas Hammond

Tewkesbury Abbey

Saturday March 13th, 2010 at 7.30pm

The Three Choirs Festival, Europe’s oldest choral festival, is seeking to attract young classical singers from Bristol to Birmingham aged 16 to 25 to be part of an exciting new venture, the Three Choirs Festival Singers.

22 days left to watch a special edition of Sioe Gelf, celebrating the career of one of the most significant figures in Twentieth Century Welsh music - the late composer and conductor Arwel Hughes.

Visit the Gloucester 2010 page to see our new detailed programme information. Select a day from the right hand drop down menu to find out more about each performance listed, from performers, interesting facts you had no idea about, and biographical gems....

To see the winners of the 2009 Festival Prize Draw.....

For the first time in living memory, next year's Festival in Gloucester was formally launched during the Hereford Festival with a reception in the Festival marquee and a presentation by Adrian Partington.

Elijah was a perennial favourite at the Three Choirs Festival for many years. In his authoritative book Three Choirs, A History of the Festival (1992), Anthony Boden includes a list of all significant works performed at the Festival between 1890 and 1991. The entry for Elijah reads "every Festival from 1890 (and some prior) until 1929" and then lists a further twelve outings for the work up to 1986.....I'm not sure how often Elijah has been programmed at Festivals since 1986 but I suspect it's not been given that frequently....Why should this be so, given the work's stature among oratorios?

We have had so many wonderful e-mails from our regular supporters following the Hereford Festival, that I couldn't resist sharing this e-mail from Stephanie Martin, Associate Professor of Music at York University in Toronto...