Music following the legendary story of ‘The Bisley Boy’

Saint Cecilia Singers
Jonathan Hope conductor

Mendelssohn Elijah

Gloucester Choral Society
Jonathan Hope organ
Adrian Partington conductor

Bernstein Chichester Psalms
Allegri Miserere mei
Neil Cox Requiem Canticles (world premiere)

Saint Cecilia Singers
Jonathan Hope conductor

J. S. Bach St Matthew Passion

Gloucester Choral Society
Musical and Amicable Society
Jonathan Hope organ continuo
Michael Bell Evangelist
Adrian Partington conductor

Christmas favourites for all. Admission free, retiring collection for charity

Gloucester Choral Society
Jonathan Hope organ
Adrian Partington conductor

Messiaen La Nativité du Seigneur (1935)

Centred around the stunning Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël by Poulenc, the concert features music by Byrd and Praetorius as well as Cecilia McDowall, Francis Pott, Gabriel Jackson and works by two of the choir’s own members: Charlotte Baskerville and William Armiger. Soak up the Christmas atmosphere and sing along with the audience carols in a treasure trove of seasonal gems.

Britten A Ceremony of Carols
Bob Chilcott Christmas Oratorio
plus Advent motets

Gloucester Choral Society
Jonathan Hope organ
Adrian Partington conductor

programme to be confirmed

Phantom of the Opera (1925)

Dora Pejačević Overture
Grace Williams Violin Concerto
Holst The Planets

Geneva Lewis violin
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jaime Martín conductor

Jonathan will be playing the organ part in Holst’s The Planets

Vierne Symphonie 1
Jonathan Hope Improvisation

Programme to be confirmed

Jonathan improvises to the Harold Lloyd’s 1926 comedy, ‘Safety Last’.
Tickets £10 (Under-18s free)
Available from Cradley village shop and John Parsons johnparsons@aol.com
Proceeds to Cradley Church and Herefordshire Historic Churches Trust

Elgar’s Arthur Suite

Ian Venables Requiem
William Grant Still Summerland
Elgar Mina
Michael Berkeley Visions of Piers Ploughman
Elgar Selections from his music for Arthur

English Symphony Orchestra
Kenneth Woods and Stephen Shellard – conductors
Worcester Cathedral Chamber Choir (Stephen Shellard – director)
Saint Cecilia Singers (Jonathan Hope – director)

A programme pairing the music of Worcester’s greatest living composer with that of Worcester’s greatest composer. Ian Venables’ beautiful Requiem has already become a modern classic, embraced by audiences and choirs across the UK, in its original form for organ and choir. Hear it here in a powerful new version for choir and orchestra. Elgar’s touching and whimsical Mina is something of a mini-Requiem, written by Elgar in memory of his beloved dog. Visions of Piers Ploughman is Michael Berkeley’s musical response to the epic poem drawn from the very Malvern Hills by William Langland.

Widor Marche pontificale (Symphonie 1)
Vierne Pastorale (Symphonie I)
Rachmaninov/Vierne Prelude in C sharp minor
Whitlock Canzona and Scherzetto (Organ Sonata)
Stanford Sonata Britannica, op. 152

F. Couperin Les Leçons de Ténèbres

Deryck Webb and Tim Burton tenors
Jonathan Hope chamber organ

Tippett Five Spirituals (A Child of Our Time)
Howells Rhapsody No. 3
Ian Venables Requiem

Gloucester Choral Society 175th Anniversary Concert

Gurney The Trumpet
Finzi Clarinet Concerto
Howells Hymnus Paradisi

Emma Johnson clarinet
Rebecca Hardwick soprano
Michael Bell tenor
Gloucester Choral Society
British Sinfonietta
Adrian Partington conductor

Jonathan will be playing the organ part in the Howells.

Messiaen La Nativité du Seigneur (1935)

Handel Messiah

Claire Wild soprano
Olivia Ray mezzo soprano
Rhys Batt tenor
John Savournin bass
Gloucester Choral Society
Corelli Orchestra
Adrian Partington conductor

Jonathan will be playing organ continuo in this performance.

Join the Friends of Gloucester Three Choirs Festival and experience an organ improvisation to a showing of the thrilling 1925 silent movie classic The Phantom of the Opera starring Lon Chaney. Enjoy a night at the movies and help to raise money for the Festival.

Price £15, to include wine or soft drink. Tickets available from 3choirs.org/events/movie-night-phantom-of-the-opera

Sir James MacMillan Cantos Sagrados
Sally Beamish A Knock at the Door (world première)
Joubert South of the Line
Alec Roth The Peace of the Night (world première)

Ex Cathedra
Backbeat Percussion Quartet
Jeffrey Skidmore conductor
Imogen Russell soprano
Lawrence White baritone

Jonathan will be playing the organ part in Sir James MacMillan’s Cantos Sagrados

Torsten Rasch Exultet world premiere
Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony

Anita Watson soprano
David Pike baritone
British Sinfonietta
Adrian Partington conductor

Jonathan will be playing the organ part in both works.

To mark the occasion the Festival has commissioned Sir Karl Jenkins to write a new work entitled ‘This Faithful Life, with text by poet Grahame Davies. Sir Karl will conduct this world premiere.

The concert will be hosted by Huw Edwards (BBC News)
The programme includes royal favourites by Handel, Hubert Parry, Walton and Welsh composers.

Catrin Finch harp
Jonathan Hope organ
Steffan Lloyd Owen baritone
Swansea Philharmonic Choir
British Sinfonietta
Jonathan Rogers conductor

Buxtehude Praeludium in G minor (BuxWV 149)
Brahms Chorale Prelude: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele
Mendelssohn Prelude and Fugue in D minor
Howells Allegro assai (from Organ Sonata No. 2)