Three Choirs Festival
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The leading choral music festival since 1715.
🟡 Hereford 2025 | 26 July – 2 August
🌐 www.3choirs.org
🟡 Hereford 2025 | 26 July – 2 August
🌐 www.3choirs.org
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Gloucester 2026 | Three Choirs Festival
Learn more about the Gloucester 2026 festival here! See what's on, who's performing and how to get involved!
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In case you missed it, we've released our Gloucester 2026 preview! Find out what's in store in next year's programme!
👉 3choirs.org/gloucester-2...
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The Three Choirs Festival remembers Anthony Boden (1938–2025).
Anthony was Administrator of the Gloucester Festival, a musicologist and author of the definitive 'History of the Three Choirs Festival'.
Anthony was Administrator of the Gloucester Festival, a musicologist and author of the definitive 'History of the Three Choirs Festival'.
Festival Archivist Simon Carpenter remembers Anthony Boden (1938–2025) | Three Choirs Festival
One of my most prized treasures is a copy of Herbert Brewer’s memoirs signed by his successor as Gloucester organist, Herbert Sumsion. It was given to me
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November 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The Three Choirs Festival remembers Anthony Boden (1938–2025).
Anthony was Administrator of the Gloucester Festival, a musicologist and author of the definitive 'History of the Three Choirs Festival'.
Anthony was Administrator of the Gloucester Festival, a musicologist and author of the definitive 'History of the Three Choirs Festival'.
We're thrilled that the Philharmonia Orchestra are our Orchestra in Residence. After 13 years and over 65 performances, which has been your favourite? 🙌
James Buckle, President & Principal Bass Trombone sends this message ahead of Gloucester 2026 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX0W...
James Buckle, President & Principal Bass Trombone sends this message ahead of Gloucester 2026 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX0W...
A message from President of the Philharmonia Orchestra James Buckle
YouTube video by Three Choirs Festival
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November 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
We're thrilled that the Philharmonia Orchestra are our Orchestra in Residence. After 13 years and over 65 performances, which has been your favourite? 🙌
James Buckle, President & Principal Bass Trombone sends this message ahead of Gloucester 2026 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX0W...
James Buckle, President & Principal Bass Trombone sends this message ahead of Gloucester 2026 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX0W...
We'd like to wish our American Friends, and all those across the pond, a very happy Thanksgiving! 🦃
We had an incredible time at the American Friends' Reception at Hereford, and look forward to welcoming you to Gloucester next summer!
We had an incredible time at the American Friends' Reception at Hereford, and look forward to welcoming you to Gloucester next summer!
November 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
We'd like to wish our American Friends, and all those across the pond, a very happy Thanksgiving! 🦃
We had an incredible time at the American Friends' Reception at Hereford, and look forward to welcoming you to Gloucester next summer!
We had an incredible time at the American Friends' Reception at Hereford, and look forward to welcoming you to Gloucester next summer!
'I didn't even realise I had an accent until other students laughed at it'
Our Associate Composer Gavin Higgins writes in Gramophone on music and class.
Our Associate Composer Gavin Higgins writes in Gramophone on music and class.
'I didn’t even realise I had an accent until other students laughed at it' | Composer Gavin Higgins on classical music and class
The issue isn’t the artform; it’s access — and every child should have access to music
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November 24, 2025 at 10:20 AM
'I didn't even realise I had an accent until other students laughed at it'
Our Associate Composer Gavin Higgins writes in Gramophone on music and class.
Our Associate Composer Gavin Higgins writes in Gramophone on music and class.
We'd like to wish our Royal Patron, His Majesty The King, a very happy 77th birthday 🎂🎈
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
We'd like to wish our Royal Patron, His Majesty The King, a very happy 77th birthday 🎂🎈
There's still time to book for our Festive Gathering at Standish!
Enjoy a festive reception and buffet lunch, complete with Christmas music and carols performed by the Lay Clerks of Gloucester Cathedral. Don't miss our exciting raffle, featuring top prizes like tickets for a Gloucester 2026 concert!
Enjoy a festive reception and buffet lunch, complete with Christmas music and carols performed by the Lay Clerks of Gloucester Cathedral. Don't miss our exciting raffle, featuring top prizes like tickets for a Gloucester 2026 concert!
A Three Choirs Festive Gathering at Standish | Three Choirs Festival
Enjoy a festive reception and buffet lunch, complete with Christmas music and carols performed by the Lay Clerks of Gloucester Cathedral. Don't miss our ex
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November 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
There's still time to book for our Festive Gathering at Standish!
Enjoy a festive reception and buffet lunch, complete with Christmas music and carols performed by the Lay Clerks of Gloucester Cathedral. Don't miss our exciting raffle, featuring top prizes like tickets for a Gloucester 2026 concert!
Enjoy a festive reception and buffet lunch, complete with Christmas music and carols performed by the Lay Clerks of Gloucester Cathedral. Don't miss our exciting raffle, featuring top prizes like tickets for a Gloucester 2026 concert!
We're just three weeks away from this year's Big Give Christmas Challenge! 🎄
Who remembers our Gloucester 2023 'What the Lark Saw' performance? Our fantastic community groups and schools took to the stage to sing and play music inspired by Vaughan Williams and the Gloucestershire countryside.
Who remembers our Gloucester 2023 'What the Lark Saw' performance? Our fantastic community groups and schools took to the stage to sing and play music inspired by Vaughan Williams and the Gloucestershire countryside.
November 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
We're just three weeks away from this year's Big Give Christmas Challenge! 🎄
Who remembers our Gloucester 2023 'What the Lark Saw' performance? Our fantastic community groups and schools took to the stage to sing and play music inspired by Vaughan Williams and the Gloucestershire countryside.
Who remembers our Gloucester 2023 'What the Lark Saw' performance? Our fantastic community groups and schools took to the stage to sing and play music inspired by Vaughan Williams and the Gloucestershire countryside.
Did you catch the release of 'The Choral' last week? This film follows the progress of a small choral society as they prepare a recording of 'The Dream of Gerontius'.
This piece is a Three Choirs favourite - and you can catch it next summer at Gloucester 2026!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This piece is a Three Choirs favourite - and you can catch it next summer at Gloucester 2026!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Choral: 'It's got to be about us' says Huddersfield choir
The Choral closely resembles the story of Huddersfield Choral Society during World War One.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Did you catch the release of 'The Choral' last week? This film follows the progress of a small choral society as they prepare a recording of 'The Dream of Gerontius'.
This piece is a Three Choirs favourite - and you can catch it next summer at Gloucester 2026!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This piece is a Three Choirs favourite - and you can catch it next summer at Gloucester 2026!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
FUNDRAISER | Join fellow supporters of the Three Choirs Festival at an exclusive fundraiser, as dedicated Patron Louise Nicholson opens up her beautiful Cotswold home for a celebration of Christmas cheer.
Abbot's Wing, Standish | 12:30pm | Sun 14 Dec | Tickets £50
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Abbot's Wing, Standish | 12:30pm | Sun 14 Dec | Tickets £50
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A Christmas Soirée at Standish | Three Choirs Festival
Join
fellow supporters of the Three Choirs Festival at an exclusive
fundraiser, as dedicated Patron Louise Nicholson opens up her beautiful
Cotswold hom
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October 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
FUNDRAISER | Join fellow supporters of the Three Choirs Festival at an exclusive fundraiser, as dedicated Patron Louise Nicholson opens up her beautiful Cotswold home for a celebration of Christmas cheer.
Abbot's Wing, Standish | 12:30pm | Sun 14 Dec | Tickets £50
🎟 3choirs.org/events/a-chr...
Abbot's Wing, Standish | 12:30pm | Sun 14 Dec | Tickets £50
🎟 3choirs.org/events/a-chr...
The Three Choirs Festival is saddened to hear of the passing of Dame Patricia Routledge. Her support of the work of the festival over many years has been sincerely appreciated, and her encouragement of young artists leaves a lasting legacy on our musical landscape.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Patricia Routledge: Keeping Up Appearances star dies at 96
She also starred in Alan Bennett's TV monologues and played the BBC's amateur sleuth Hetty Wainthropp.
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October 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The Three Choirs Festival is saddened to hear of the passing of Dame Patricia Routledge. Her support of the work of the festival over many years has been sincerely appreciated, and her encouragement of young artists leaves a lasting legacy on our musical landscape.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Board and Team of the festival acknowledge the incredible contribution made by Geraint Bowen as Hereford Artistic Director for the last 24 years, on the announcement of his retirement.
Read more:
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Read more:
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Geraint Bowen, Artistic Director of the Hereford Three Choirs Festival, announces his retirement | Three Choirs Festival
The Board and Team of the festival acknowledge the incredible contribution made by Geraint Bowen as Hereford Artistic Director for the last 24 years, on th
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September 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The Board and Team of the festival acknowledge the incredible contribution made by Geraint Bowen as Hereford Artistic Director for the last 24 years, on the announcement of his retirement.
Read more:
3choirs.org/news/geraint...
Read more:
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Want to experience the thrilling music of Gloucester 2026's evening concerts early? Listen to our Spotify playlist and immerse yourself in the some of the best of what's to come!
open.spotify.com/playlist/3ZT...
open.spotify.com/playlist/3ZT...
Gloucester 2026 | Evening Concert Series
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September 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Want to experience the thrilling music of Gloucester 2026's evening concerts early? Listen to our Spotify playlist and immerse yourself in the some of the best of what's to come!
open.spotify.com/playlist/3ZT...
open.spotify.com/playlist/3ZT...
FUNDRAISER | On 31 August, Allen Prior, Gloucester City Chair will be undertaking a 20 mile walk from Berkeley to Gloucester Cathedral in memory of Peter Hillier. 👣
Read more, and support Allen's walk: 3choirs.org/gloucester-2...
Read more, and support Allen's walk: 3choirs.org/gloucester-2...
Peter Hillier Memorial Walk | Three Choirs Festival
On 7 August 2004 I was in my place on the Chorus staging for the Opening Service of my very first Three Choirs Festival as a member of the Festival Chor
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August 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
FUNDRAISER | On 31 August, Allen Prior, Gloucester City Chair will be undertaking a 20 mile walk from Berkeley to Gloucester Cathedral in memory of Peter Hillier. 👣
Read more, and support Allen's walk: 3choirs.org/gloucester-2...
Read more, and support Allen's walk: 3choirs.org/gloucester-2...
Join Allen Prior on Sunday 31 August for the Peter Hillier Memorial Walk.
Allen will be walking approximately 20 miles from Peter's childhood home in Berkeley to Gloucester Cathedral to honor a great supporter of the Three Choirs Festival.
Find out more and donate at 3choirs.org/gloucester-2...
Allen will be walking approximately 20 miles from Peter's childhood home in Berkeley to Gloucester Cathedral to honor a great supporter of the Three Choirs Festival.
Find out more and donate at 3choirs.org/gloucester-2...
Peter Hillier Memorial Walk | Three Choirs Festival
On 7 August 2004 I was in my place on the Chorus staging for the Opening Service of my very first Three Choirs Festival as a member of the Festival Chor
3choirs.org
August 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Join Allen Prior on Sunday 31 August for the Peter Hillier Memorial Walk.
Allen will be walking approximately 20 miles from Peter's childhood home in Berkeley to Gloucester Cathedral to honor a great supporter of the Three Choirs Festival.
Find out more and donate at 3choirs.org/gloucester-2...
Allen will be walking approximately 20 miles from Peter's childhood home in Berkeley to Gloucester Cathedral to honor a great supporter of the Three Choirs Festival.
Find out more and donate at 3choirs.org/gloucester-2...
In case you missed it, we've released our Gloucester 2026 preview! Find out what's in store in next year's programme!
👉 3choirs.org/gloucester-2...
👉 3choirs.org/gloucester-2...
Gloucester 2026 | Three Choirs Festival
Learn more about the Gloucester 2026 festival here! See what's on, who's performing and how to get involved!
3choirs.org
August 8, 2025 at 9:07 AM
In case you missed it, we've released our Gloucester 2026 preview! Find out what's in store in next year's programme!
👉 3choirs.org/gloucester-2...
👉 3choirs.org/gloucester-2...
THANK YOU HEREFORD! What a magnificent finish to a wonderful festival! A huge thank you to all of our supporters, volunteers, and performers, and see you next year at Gloucester 2026! #ThreeChoirs
August 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
THANK YOU HEREFORD! What a magnificent finish to a wonderful festival! A huge thank you to all of our supporters, volunteers, and performers, and see you next year at Gloucester 2026! #ThreeChoirs
Tune in to BBC Radio 3 this evening at 5pm to hear Katie Derham and the Gildas Quartet. You can hear the quartet in 'Letters from Lony and 'Late Night Beethoven' at Hereford 2025! ⭐️
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, Classical artists live in session
Katie Derham welcomes the Gildas Quartet to In Tune.
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July 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Tune in to BBC Radio 3 this evening at 5pm to hear Katie Derham and the Gildas Quartet. You can hear the quartet in 'Letters from Lony and 'Late Night Beethoven' at Hereford 2025! ⭐️
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Explore the life of Lony Rabl in Ronald Corp's powerful piece 'Letters from Lony' on Friday 1 August, 11am, at Holy Trinity Church.
Read The Strad's preview of the piece here:
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Read The Strad's preview of the piece here:
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Letters from Lony: how letters from an Auschwitz victim became the subject for a chamber work
Ronald Corps' setting of Lony Fraenkel's letters to her family during World War II will be performed at the Three Choirs Festival on 1 August
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July 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Explore the life of Lony Rabl in Ronald Corp's powerful piece 'Letters from Lony' on Friday 1 August, 11am, at Holy Trinity Church.
Read The Strad's preview of the piece here:
www.thestrad.com/playing-hub/...
Read The Strad's preview of the piece here:
www.thestrad.com/playing-hub/...
2 days! Don't miss out on your tickets! 🎟
Book Now: 3choirs.org/whats-on
Book Now: 3choirs.org/whats-on
July 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
2 days! Don't miss out on your tickets! 🎟
Book Now: 3choirs.org/whats-on
Book Now: 3choirs.org/whats-on
Dame Sarah Connolly answers questions on Bliss' 'Mary of Magdala' from experts Andrew Burn and Paul Spicer - Read the full Q&A here 👇
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Mary of Magdala Q&A with Dame Sarah Connolly | Three Choirs Festival
Dame Sarah Connolly answers questions from Bliss Experts...
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July 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Dame Sarah Connolly answers questions on Bliss' 'Mary of Magdala' from experts Andrew Burn and Paul Spicer - Read the full Q&A here 👇
3choirs.org/news/dame-sa...
3choirs.org/news/dame-sa...
3 days to go until Hereford 2025! We're almost ready - are you? #threechoirs
July 23, 2025 at 9:21 AM
3 days to go until Hereford 2025! We're almost ready - are you? #threechoirs
It's Volunteers' Week, and we'd like to say a huge thank-you to all the volunteers who help make the Three Choirs Festival special. 🥳 #VolunteersWeek
We're still looking for volunteers for this year's festival! Visit 3choirs.org/join-in/volunteer for more information.
We're still looking for volunteers for this year's festival! Visit 3choirs.org/join-in/volunteer for more information.
June 4, 2025 at 8:57 AM
It's Volunteers' Week, and we'd like to say a huge thank-you to all the volunteers who help make the Three Choirs Festival special. 🥳 #VolunteersWeek
We're still looking for volunteers for this year's festival! Visit 3choirs.org/join-in/volunteer for more information.
We're still looking for volunteers for this year's festival! Visit 3choirs.org/join-in/volunteer for more information.
This Friday at 12.15, we're going to be on
BBC's Bargain Hunt! Join Caroline Hawley as she
visits Hereford Cathedral as it prepares for this year's Three
Choirs Festival. 🎼
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC's Bargain Hunt! Join Caroline Hawley as she
visits Hereford Cathedral as it prepares for this year's Three
Choirs Festival. 🎼
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC One - Bargain Hunt, Series 71, Leominster 26
Caroline visits Hereford Cathedral as it prepares to host the Three Choirs Festival.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 3, 2025 at 8:55 AM
This Friday at 12.15, we're going to be on
BBC's Bargain Hunt! Join Caroline Hawley as she
visits Hereford Cathedral as it prepares for this year's Three
Choirs Festival. 🎼
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC's Bargain Hunt! Join Caroline Hawley as she
visits Hereford Cathedral as it prepares for this year's Three
Choirs Festival. 🎼
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
The Three Choirs Festival is delighted to be welcoming Festival President HRH The Duke of Gloucester and HRH The Duchess of Gloucester to this year's festival in Hereford.
Read More: yourherefordshire.co.uk/all/news/new...
Photo © James O'Driscoll 2023
Read More: yourherefordshire.co.uk/all/news/new...
Photo © James O'Driscoll 2023
June 2, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The Three Choirs Festival is delighted to be welcoming Festival President HRH The Duke of Gloucester and HRH The Duchess of Gloucester to this year's festival in Hereford.
Read More: yourherefordshire.co.uk/all/news/new...
Photo © James O'Driscoll 2023
Read More: yourherefordshire.co.uk/all/news/new...
Photo © James O'Driscoll 2023
This year, we're thrilled to showcase an incredible lineup of young talent, truly highlighting the future of classical music! 🎼
Book Now:
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Book Now:
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Youth Performances at Hereford 2025 | Three Choirs Festival
This year, we're thrilled to showcase an incredible lineup of young talent, truly highlighting the future of classical music!
Youth participation is at th
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May 23, 2025 at 9:03 AM
This year, we're thrilled to showcase an incredible lineup of young talent, truly highlighting the future of classical music! 🎼
Book Now:
3choirs.org/hereford-202...
Book Now:
3choirs.org/hereford-202...