The Society was established in 1996 to provide a means for the extensive body of Three Choirs Festival enthusiasts to actively demonstrate their support and belief in the Festival ethos.
To read more about Julian Lloyd Webber's appreciation of Delius and to find out more about the composer, click here for his article 'Delius: beauty in the ear of the beholder' in the Guardian.
Julian Lloyd Webber will be performing Delius Cello Concerto at 7.45pm on Sunday 22 July in Hereford Cathedral with the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by the young Venezuelan conductor Diego Matheuz.
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Peter Nardone as Organist and Director of Music at Worcester Cathedral, and thus our new Worcester Festival Artistic Director. Peter Nardone will take up the position after Easter.
This year we are introducing the Three Choirs Festival gift voucher. Redeemable on tickets for any of the concerts in our internationally renowned programme, this fantastic gift idea will help you to give somebody a top-class musical experience in 2012.
A warm welcome to the Three Choirs festival. An international classical
music festival presented in July/August each year by rotation in the
cathedral cities of Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester.
Choral & orchestral music at its exhilarating and uplifting best, in a
quintessentially English setting.
Varied and inspiring programmes performed by world-class artists and
ensembles to audiences that keep coming back for more..
Hereford 2012 marks the start of the Philharmonia Orchestra’s three-year Residency at the Festival, ensuring not only the Orchestra’s presence at Gloucester 2013 and Worcester 2014, but opening up a whole host of supporting activity which will reach beyond the concert platform.
"The Three Choirs Festival is one of the Crown Jewels of British music-making. It has always
been a huge privilege for the Philharmonia Orchestra to be involved with a festival of this
quality and heritage. Our closer partnership opens up so many new opportunities for
developing the work that we have established over the last years and we look forward
enormously to working to bring our many joint ambitions to fruition."
David Whelton, Managing Director
