Three Choirs Festival

We are absolutely delighted to hear that Richard Blackford is a nominee in the Best Vocal and Choral Composition category at this year's Ivor's Composer Academy Awards for his magnificent piece The Black Lake.

The piece is a 50 minute cantata The Black Lake, a Three Choirs Festival commission, and received its premiere with BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Three Choirs Festival Chorus and soprano Elizabeth Watts at Hereford 2025. This was a co-commission by the Three Choirs Festival, the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts.

Our fingers are crossed for Richard and the award ceremony which takes place 17 November 2026. Good luck!