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£8
To Croome Court. Coaches will depart from King Street.
Book Tickets
£5
A two- hour walk starting at the Elgar Statue and led by the qualified Blue & Green Badge Guides of Worcester, visiting the many sites in Worcester associated with Sir Edward.
These walks were immensly popular at the 2008 festival, and we are delighted to be able to offer two walks this week as part of our festival programme.
Book Tickets
£15
Marie McNally clarinet
Joanne Jefferis cello
Stephen Watkins piano
Beethoven Trio for clarinet, cello and piano in B flat Op. 11
D'Indy Trio for clarinet, cello and piano in B flat Op. 29
Book Tickets
£19
George Ewart violin
Jacqui Allen violin
Helen Roberts viola
Corinne Frost cello
John Joubert In Retrospect Op. 159
Elgar Three Pieces Op. 4
Elgar La Capricieuse Op. 17
Elgar Quartet in E minor Op. 83
The concert will be followed by a chance to look round the house and grounds of this unique National Trust property.
Book Tickets
£6
To St Martin’s Church. The coach will depart from King Street.
Due to unforseen circumstances, this event has been cancelled
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£5
Evelyn Tinker
The first 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.
Book Tickets
£8
To Tewkesbury Abbey. Coaches will depart from King Street.
Book Tickets
£19
Kindly supported by the Perry Family Charitable Trust
Shakespeare's Globe on Tour
Dominic Dromgoole director
Jonathan Fensom designer
Laura Forrest-Hay composer
Sian Williams choreography
William Shakespeare Hamlet
This is the third appearance at the festival by this world renowned touring company, the first appearance being in their founding year at the Worcester festival in 2008 with two performances of The Winter’s Tale.
Book Tickets
£25/£20/£10
Royal Holloway College Chapel Choir
English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble
Rupert Gough conductor & organ
English Exiles
A programme by this award-winning choir of late renaissance masterpieces by Englishmen forced to work in exile in the Netherlands during the 17th century.
Peter Philips 1560–1628
Gaudent gaudebo in domino a 8
Ave Maria a 5
Richard Dering c 1580–1630
Duo seraphim a 2
Factum est silentium a 6
Peter Philips
Dolorosa Pavan and Galliard
John Bull 1563–1628
Fantasia (organ solo)
In the departure of the Lord a 4
Richard Dering
And the King was moved a 5
Peter Philips
Beati estis a 8
John Bull
The Bull Masque
Peter Philips
Ascendit deus a 5
Veni Sancte Spirito (organ solo)
Cecilia virgo a 8
Pavan and Galliard
Richard Dering
Ave virgo gloriosa a 5
John Bull
Prelude and Carol ‘Laet ons met herten reijne’ (organ solo)
Peter Philips
Hodie nobis de caelo a 8
Gloucester Cathedral Choir
Adrian Partington conductor
Ashley Grote organ
Mark Blatchly Anima Christi
Sumsion Responses
Howells Gloucester Service
Parry Lord, let me know mine end
Book Tickets
£10
‘Big is Beautiful - Mahler’s Third Symphony’
A City of Worcester DFAS festival lecture with Peter Medhurst
Peter Medhurst, musician and scholar, introduces and discusses the many fascinating aspects of Mahler's longest symphony.
Book Tickets
£39/£34/£27/£18/£10
Ladies of the Festival Chorus
Choristers of the Three Cathedral Choirs
Philharmonia Orchestra
Susanna Mälkki conductor
Catherine Wyn-Rogers mezzo-soprano
This concert is kindly supported by the Elmley Foundation
Mahler Symphony No 3
Book Tickets
£10
The Lay Clerks of Worcester, Hereford and Gloucester cathedrals
Programme to be announced.
What do those lay clerks get up to when they're not singing liturgical repertoire? Come and find out for yourselves …