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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. 
*****
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Poor acoustics mar Mahler at the Cheltenham Music Festival

Adrian Partington conducts in Tewkesbury Abbey © Michael Whitefoot
In Tewkesbury Abbey, reverb muddies a choral-heavy program of Brahms, Bruckner and Mahler from the British Sinfonietta and South Cotswold Big Sing Group.
*1111
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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. 

****1
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A tribute to Holst at Gloucester Cathedral

Adrian Partington © Still Moving Media for Cheltenham Festivals
An eclectic evening of vividly communicative music-making in Gloucester Cathedral, superbly directed by Adrian Partington. 
****1
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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. 
**111
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A conflicted evening at the Three Choirs Festival

Elizabeth Watts gives an unforgettably powerful performance of Finzi’s Dies Natalis in an otherwise problematic concert, marred by Adrian Partington’s uncertain approach.
***11
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