This summer’s festival is framed by the final large-scale works of two of the
twentieth century’s most significant composers: Britten and Mahler. We open
with Britten’s War Requiem, his response to the Second World War, and close with the colossal 8th Symphony by Mahler, stopping off with Howells, Vaughan Williams, Haydn and Monteverdi (among many others) along the way.
ELGAR ANNIVERSARY
2007 also marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Edward Elgar, and where better to hear The Dream of Gerontius or The Enigma Variations than in the spiritual, acoustic and architectural dimensions of one of Elgar’s three most loved cathedrals.
The daytimes too are packed with enticing events – John Scott on the organ, the National Youth Choir, the Rodolfus Choir, song recitals by Roderick Williams, Andrew Kennedy and Catherine Bott, the Sorrel Quartet playing Elgar, and a chance to hear works by our composer-in-residence, Robin Holloway, including his Gilded Goldbergs for two pianos, and the UK première of his orchestration of Debussy’s En blanc et noir.
There’s something for all tastes at Three Choirs, so come and enjoy the unique ambience of the world’s oldest music festival in the beauty of Gloucestershire.
