Three Choirs Festival 2026
We return to our residency at the Three Choirs Festival, held in Gloucester this year, for six fantastic concerts.
Three Choirs Festival: Belshazzar's Feast
Adrian Partington – conductor
Three Choirs Festival Chorus
- Higgins Fanfare Americana (UK premiere)
- Elgar Symphony No. 1
- Walton Belshazzar's Feast
Three Choirs Festival: Glagolitic Mass
Adrian Partington – conductor
Katelyn Emerson – organ
Rachel Nicholls – soprano
Hilary Summers – contralto
Gwyn Hughes Jones – tenor
Ashley Riches – bass
Three Choirs Festival Chorus
- Elgar Overture, Cockaigne
- Poulenc Organ Concerto
- Janáček Glagolitic Mass
Three Choirs Festival: Songs of the Sea
Martyn Brabbins – conductor
Roderick Williams – baritone
Three Choirs Festival Youth Choir
- Mendelssohn Overture, The Hebrides
- Wood Never weather-beaten sail
- Elgar Sea Pictures
- Sumsion They that go down to the sea in ships
- McDowall Ave Maris Stella
- Stanford Songs of the Fleet
Three Choirs Festival: Beethoven Mass in C
Samuel Hudson – conductor
Charlotte Bowden – soprano
Olivia Ray – mezzo-soprano
Mark Padmore – tenor
John Savournin – bass
Three Choirs Festival Chorus
- McDowall A Song for St Cecilia
- Rubbra Symphony No. 10, 'Sinfonia da Camera'
- McDowall Rain, Steam and Speed
- Beethoven Mass in C
Three Choirs Festival: Mozart Requiem
Andrew Reid – conductor
Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay – director/violin
Scott Dickinson – viola
Aoife Miskelly – soprano
Annabella-Vesela Ellis – mezzo-soprano
Gwilym Bowen – tenor
Aidan Smith – bass
Three Choirs Festival Chorus
- Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra
- Mozart Requiem
Three Choirs Festival: The Dream of Gerontius
Adrian Partington – conductor
Niamh O’Sullivan – mezzo-soprano
John Findon – tenor
David Ireland – bass-baritone
Three Choirs Festival Chorus
- Wagner Prelude to Act 1 from Parsifal
- Elgar The Dream of Gerontius