£15/£12

Kindly supported by the RVW Trust
Commission kindly supported by the Bransford Trust

Hannah Atherton  soprano
Wilhelm Theunissen  tenor
Shulah Oliver  violin
Ian King  piano
Elizabeth Keetley-Smith  piano
with Claire King & Theresa Mountain  violin

Ian King Country Rounds
Ian King/Trad. English Winter's Frozen Droplets/Scarborough Fair
Vaughan Williams ‘The Vagabond’ (Songs of Travel)
Gurney ‘Sleep’ (Five Elizabethan Songs)
Howells ‘Lambert’s Fireside’ and ‘Hughes’s Ballet’ (Lambert's Clavichord) Op. 41
Vaughan Williams Romance, viola and piano
Elgar Une Idylle, violin and piano
Ian King A Worcestershire Song Cycle with words by Chris Jaeger (world premiere, festival commission)

£15

Paolo Oreni

Liszt Fantasy and fugue on the Name BACH (syncretic version by Jean Guillou)
Liszt Symphonic Poems No 5 ‘Prometheus’ (transcription by Jean Guillou)
Liszt Ad nos, ad salutarem undam
Paolo Oreni Improvisation

An international concert organist and winner of several international organ competitions, Paolo performs more than 100 concerts per year. It is a real privilege to welcome him to the Three Choirs Festival for the first time.

£6

To St Martin’s Church. The coach will depart from King Street.

£22.50

Iain Burnside speaker

Open to all festival-goers and promoted by the Finzi Friends. Iain will give a talk entitled ‘Passing it on: working with young singers’.

£5

James Luxton

The last in a series of four recitals given by prize-winning young players selected by the Royal College of Organists.

Hot and cold drinks and snacks will be available in the church before and after this concert.  

£8

To Tewkesbury Abbey. Coaches will depart from King Street.

Ticket Price: £25/£20/£10

Eton Choral Course
Tim Johnson  conductor
Tom Winpenny organ

Kindly supported by Miss Katharine Wedgbury

Weelkes Hosanna to the Son of David
Byrd Justorum animae
Tomkins When David heard
Mendelssohn Prelude and Fugue in C minor (organ solo)
Elgar The Spirit of the Lord
Stanford Beati quorum via
Rubbra Magnificat in A flat
Howells Rhapsody No 1 in D flat (organ solo)
Howells I love all beauteous things
Morten Lauridsen O magnum mysterium
Tavener A Hymn to the Mother of God
Finzi God is gone up

The Eton Choral Course provides vibrant vocal training and choral experience to enthusiastic young singers aged between 16 and 20 and we are delighted to welcome these young singers back to the Worcester festival.

Three Cathedral Choirs
Adrian Lucas conductor
Adrian Partington conductor
Christopher Allsop organ
Amy Swallow trumpet

Richard Lloyd Christ is the Morning Star
Richard Shephard Responses
Parry Evening Service in D (‘the Great’)
Richard Shephard Ye choirs of new Jerusalem

£39/£34/£27/£18/£10

Festival Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra
Geraint Bowen conductor

Elizabeth Watts soprano
William Dazeley baritone
The Very Reverend Peter Atkinson, Dean of Worcester narrator

Supported by CryoService in association with Air Products

Vaughan Williams An Oxford Elegy (supported by the Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust)
Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem

Supported by CryoService in association with Air Products

Immediately after the evening concert, make your way onto College Green (on the south side of the cathedral) for this wonderful display.