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Enigmatic and deeply moving: rare Rubbra at the Three Choirs Festival

The Three Choirs Festival Chorus in Gloucester Cathedral © James O’Driscoll
At Gloucester Cathedral, works by Cecilia McDowall and Edmund Rubbra, despite their indirectness and small scale, make an impact even stronger then Beethoven.

A magnificent start to Three Choirs Festival in Gloucester Cathedral

Adrian Partington and David Stout © Three Choirs Festival | James O'Driscoll
Adrian Partington opens the 2026 Three Choirs Festival with a powerful performance of music by Elgar and Walton, plus a UK premiere from Gavin Higgins. 

The power of words: Mendelssohn’s Elijah closes the Three Choirs

Matthew Brook © Laura Bremer
The closing concert of this year’s Three Choirs Festival in Hereford delivers a dramatic account of Mendelssohn’s Elijah, showcasing the power of bass-baritone Matthew Brook.

Coleridge-Taylor’s bloodless passion at the Three Choirs Festival

Mark Le Brocq and the Philharmonia © Dale Hodgetts
Though musically flawed, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s choral work The Atonement is given a superb performance at the Three Choirs Festival in Hereford Cathedral. 

A slice of heaven from Howells and Bliss at the Three Choirs Festival

Rebecca Hardwick and Adrian Partington © Dale Hodgetts

A revelatory performance of Herbert Hoewlls' Hymnus Paradisi at the Three Choirs Festival in Hereford Cathedral. 

Preaching to the converted: The Apostles at the Three Choirs

Adrian Partington, soloists, the Philharmonia and Three Choirs Festival Chorus © James O'Driscoll
Adrian Partington and the Philharmonia give an impersonal, soporific rendition of Elgar's The Apostles at Gloucester Cathedral.