The Ralph Vaughan Williams Society (www.rvwsociety.com) invite you to a pre-concert Drinks Reception to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first performance of the Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis (conducted by the composer, Ralph Vaughan Williams in Gloucester Cathedral)

Guest-of-honour - Michael Kennedy

Refreshments will be served

Simon Carrington
Musica Beata - Chamber Choir

Your chance to hear the hard earned fruits of the student's labours from the earlier Masterclass of excerpts from Handel's Messiah with Simon Carrington. 

A 15-minute taster concert!

No experience is necessary for this stimulating pipe and tabor workshop.

To participate in this workshop you will need a tabor pipe. These will be available for purchase at the workshop for £6.

Eluned Pierce - Harp
Hugh Webb - Harp

G.F.Handel Suite
B. Andres Parvis
J.M. Damase Sonatine
Faure Berceuse
Debussy En Bateau
J. Thomas  Scenes of Childhood

Kindly supported by Miss Anwen Walker

Your chance to enjoy the breathtaking skill of the Philharmonia principal harp Hugh Webb and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra principal harpist, Eluned Pierce.

David Whelton - Speaker

This lunch is open to Society members only.

David Whelton is Managing Director of the Philharmonia Orchestra and has played a crucial role  in supporting the Festival over the last decade. 

Edward Symington ARCO - organ

Bach Prelude and Fugue in C minor BWV 546 
Schumann Sketch for Organ Op.58 No.I “Nicht schnell und sehr markiert”  
Buxtehude Canzona BuxWV 170 
Benjamin Cosyn Fantasia
Buxtehude Canzona BuxWV 171 
Schumann Sketch for Organ Op.58 No.III “Lebhaft” 
Vierne Symphony No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 14 for Organ: Final  

The first in a series of 4 recitals by young organists selected by the Royal College of Organists on achieving their ARCO Diploma.

Philharmonia Orchestra
Sir Roger Norrington - Conductor
Philippe Graffin - Violin

Vaughan Williams Tallis Fantasia
Holst St Paul's Suite
Elgar Violin Concerto

The Three Cathedral Choirs
His Majestys Sagbuts and Cornetts
Harry Bicket - Conductor

His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts:

Jeremy West - Cornett
Jamie Savan - Cornett
Abigail Newman - Alto & Tenor Sackbut
Adam Woolf - Alto & Tenor Sackbut
Steve Saunders - Bass Sackbut

(Personnel may be subject to change)

This concert kindly supported by Joanna Brickell, Trading Edge Worldwide & Bishop Wood Financial Management

This vibrant concert will recreate the excitement, acoustic and atmosphere of St Mark's Basilica in Venice in the late 16th century/early 17th century with music by Andrea & Giovanni Gabrieli, Grillo and Monteverdi.

The programme will not only highlight the individual members of the cathedral choirs with numerous solo opportunities, but  demonstrate the lush polyphonic effects of the time and the newly emerging baroque style of the 17th century.