In Adrian's final year as Artistic Director of the Worcester Three Choirs Festival, we would like to express our profound appreciation for his 15 years of dedicated service encompassing 5 Worcester Festivals.

In his time as Artistic Director, Adrian has worked with 2 Hereford Festival and 3 Gloucester Festival Artistic Directors as well as 3 Worcester Committee Chairmen and 5 Worcester Committees. We thank him for his artistic brilliance and leadership, his forbearance and his unfailing good humour.

We wish him every success with his new recording company, Acclaim Productions (www.acclaimproductions.co.uk) and hope that as many of you as possible will turn out to support him during Festival week.

His final concert, the Opera Gala Night with Sir Thomas Allen on August 13th at 7.45pm in the Cathedral with the full festival chorus and Philharmonia Orchestra should be a particularly festive and appropriate send off!