Hereford Three Choirs Festival 2012 by Rhinegold

H e r e for d 2012 21–28 July www.3choirs.org

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Welcome to the 2012 Three Choirs Festival at Hereford Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages … For many people, 2012 will be remembered as Olympics year. In pondering how a classical music festival might reflect this major national sporting event – the two not being perhaps the most obvious of companions – it struck me that the Games are a form of modern secular pilgrimage, and this idea provided me with the starting point for this year’s festival. We are an island nation and our Olympic (and Three Choirs) visitors will have to travel over or under the sea to reach us. Maritime themes have always been important inspirations for poets and composers and we present three settings of Whitman : Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony and Three Poems by Walt Whitman, and Delius’s Sea Drift. Delius was born in 1862 and the orchestral concert combines his Cello Concerto with La mer by Debussy, who was born in the same year. Stravinsky’s The Firebird and Ravel’s Boléro complete this evening of musical fireworks. The centrepiece of the programme is a rare performance of Sir George Dyson’s The Canterbury Pilgrims. Today, Dyson’s name may not be familiar to many outside the world of church music, but in the mid twentieth century he was a highly influential figure in the musical life of this country, and this work, full of exciting choral writing and orchestral colour, deserves to be far better known. I hope that this revival will encourage a new look at this unjustly neglected composer. John Ireland died in 1962 and his London Overture will be a marvellous opener for a programme which includes Elgar’s The Music Makers, first performed in 1912. Elgar championed the works of the young Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and we mark the centenary of his tragically early death with a performance of his Clarinet Quintet and Petite Suite de Concert. The Three Cathedral Choirs of Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester are right at the heart of the festival, combining for three joint Evensongs and a performance of Bach’s St John Passion. We are delighted to welcome the Philharmonia Orchestra once again. Read more about its new three-year residency at the festival on our web site (www.3choirs.org). The festival’s vibrant tradition of commissioning and performing new music continues, with world premieres by Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, David Briggs, Joe Cutler, Patrick Doyle, Bernard Hughes, Francis Pott and Dobrinka Tabakova, and further performances of new works by Judith Bingham, Francis Grier and Joseph Phibbs. We begin with Haydn’s ever-popular The Creation, and end – as the Olympics begin – with Berlioz’ dramatic Te Deum, complete with its original ‘March for the Presentation of Flags’. These are some of the highlights of Hereford 2012, but there’s much, much more, including the exciting programme of Three Choirs Plus events on pages 16 & 17. However you’re planning to get here, we look forward to seeing you ! Geraint Bowen Artistic director & festival conductor

saturday 21 july

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[1] Opening Service

[4] Wulstan Atkins Memorial

11.30 am Hereford Cathedral

Lecture

Entrance is by ticket only (free of charge)

5 pm St John’s Methodist Church, Hereford

Festival Chorus Hereford Cathedral Choir Philharmonia Brass Geraint Bowen conductor

Supported by Ms Katharine O’Carroll and Mr Robert Atkins

Parry I was glad Britten Venite exultemus Domino Howells Behold, O God our defender Walton Coronation Te Deum Willan O Lord our Governour Walton March ‘Crown Imperial’

[2] Return coach travel 1.45 pm From Broad Street, Hereford to Holy Trinity Church £4

[3] Recital by Dame Felicity Lott 2.30 pm Holy Trinity Church hr 4 0dh Supported by Mr Peter Ascroft £22.50, £16 Dame Felicity Lott soprano Graham Johnson piano We are delighted to welcome Dame Felicity in her new role as Patron of the Three Choirs Festival Society to perform a recital of wellknown English song by Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Bridge, Warlock, Quilter, Gurney and Britten.

£10 (unreserved) The 1662 Legend The Revd Stephen Williams examines the early history of the Three Choirs Festival. When did it really start and can this debate be resolved?

[5] Festival Reception 6 pm The Great Hall of the Bishop’s Palace £9 Join the Friends of Hereford Three Choirs Festival for drinks and canapés before the evening concert.

[6] The Creation * 7.45 pm Hereford Cathedral Supported by the Rowlands Trust in memory of Kevin Mason £40, £35, £25, £20, £15, £7 Festival Chorus Philharmonia Orchestra Geraint Bowen conductor Elizabeth Cragg soprano James Oxley tenor Giles Underwood bass Haydn The Creation

[7] Festival Fireworks Reception 10 pm The Great Hall of the Bishop’s Palace © Trevor Leighton

Hosted by Hereford Cathedral Perpetual Trust £15

Dame Felicity Lott

This reception with drinks and canapés will begin shortly after the end of the evening concert.

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sunday 22 july

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Festival Eucharist

Hot Supper

10.30 am Hereford Cathedral

6 pm Dining Room, Hereford Cathedral School

Hereford Cathedral Choir Philharmonia Orchestra Geraint Bowen conductor Lucy Bowen soprano Susanna Spicer mezzo-soprano James Oxley tenor Giles Underwood bass

£15 Please see page 22 for further details.

[10] Orchestral Concert * 7.45 pm Hereford Cathedral Supported by the Delius Trust and Mr & Mrs S N Allen

Richard Rodney Bennett One Equal Music Frank Clarke-Whitfeld Trust commission : world premiere Haydn Nelson Mass Taverner Dum transisset sabbatum

Julian Lloyd Webber is supported by Joanna Brickell £40, £35, £25, £20, £15, £7 Philharmonia Orchestra Diego Matheuz conductor Julian Lloyd Webber cello

[8] Return coach travel 1.15 pm From Broad Street, Hereford to Wyastone Concert Hall

Stravinsky Firebird Suite Delius Cello Concerto Debussy La mer Ravel Boléro

£8.50

[9] Brandenburg Concertos 2.30 pm Wyastone Concert Hall np25 3sx

[11] Home Brewed with the Lay

£26, £22

Clerks

Brecon Baroque Rachel Podger violin, director

10.15 pm All Saints’ Church, Hereford £10 (unreserved)

J S Bach Triple Concerto bw v 1044 J S Bach Brandenburg Concertos Nos 2, 4 & 5

Let the Lay Clerks of Hereford Cathedral brew you a frothy mixture of songs – some mild and light, others dark but not bitter. All served at room temperature, straight from The Barrels.

Rachel Podger is one of the most creative talents in the field of period performance and has established herself as a leading interpreter of the music of the Baroque period. We are delighted to welcome her back to the festival.

Choral Evensong Hereford Cathedral Voluntary Choir Peter Dyke conductor Douglas Tang organ Tunnard Responses Bairstow Evening Service in G Francis Pott The Love of God is in Eternity world premiere Howells Rhapsody No 3

5.30 pm Hereford Cathedral

Diego Matheuz

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Julian Lloyd Webber

monday 23 july

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[12] Kentchurch Court

[16] Talk by Michael Tavinor

9.30 am From Broad Street, Hereford

1 pm Festival Marquee (No 1 Castle Street)

£27.50

£10 (unreserved)

Kentchurch Court dates from the 14th century and is set in beautiful gardens. The price includes coach transport, a tour of the house, mid-morning refreshments and a short harp recital by Bronwen Wilkins, a student at the Royal College of Music.

Saints and Sinners of the Marches

This Three Choirs Festival Society excursion is restricted to a single coach. If places are still available after the priority booking period, these will be available to the general public. Return to Hereford by 1 pm.

[13] Return coach travel 10.15 am From Broad Street, Hereford to Belmont Abbey £4

[14] Recital by Thomas Trotter 11 am Belmont Abbey hr2 9r z Supported by the Friends of Herefordshire Museums & Arts and Mr & Mrs J M Renshall £15, £12 (unreserved)

[17] Period String Masterclass 2 pm Council Chamber, Hereford Town Hall £5 (unreserved) This three-hour masterclass has been awarded the ‘Inspire’ mark by the Cultural Olympiad. It is led by period string specialist Rachel Podger and will feature five soloists from top music colleges.

[18] Three Choirs Festival

Youth Choir *

2.30 pm Hereford Cathedral Supported by the Fidelio Charitable Trust

Thomas Trotter organ Handel Organ Concerto Op. 4 No 2 Widor Allegro (Symphony No 5) Francis Grier Meditation (2012) Michael Nyman Fourths, Mostly Elgar Vesper Voluntaries Rossini Overture to William Tell (arr. Lemare)

[15] Talk by Robert Rogers 11 am The Green Dragon Hotel, Hereford Promoted by Hereford Cathedral Perpetual Trust £12.50 (unreserved) Order! Order! The Clerk of the House of Commons recounts some of the drama, invective and hilarity that is the stuff of Parliamentary politics. There will be an opportunity for questions. 6

‘Saints and sinners are not that far apart’, maintains the Dean of Hereford in this new anthology, which introduces us to some of the many different characters who have influenced this part of the world. In this Three Choirs week, the author selects mainly musicians from the book and tells their extraordinary stories.

£30, £26, £18, £14, £10, £5 Three Choirs Festival Youth Choir Orchestra of the Swan David Hill conductor Katie Trethewey soprano Marcus Farnsworth baritone Debussy Danse sacrée et danse profane Dobrinka Tabakova Centuries of Meditations festival commission : world premiere Fauré Requiem As well as Gabriel Fauré’s timeless Requiem, this concert features a new work by Dobrinka Tabakova which has been inspired by the Traherne windows in Hereford Cathedral. We are delighted to announce that the youth choir has been awarded the ‘Inspire’ mark by the Cultural Olympiad for the second time.

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[19] Talk by Rolf Jordan & guests

Choral Evensong

5 pm Festival Marquee (No 1 Castle Street)

5.30 pm Hereford Cathedral

Promoted by the RVW Society

Three Cathedral Choirs Peter Nardone conductor Peter Dyke organ

£10 (unreserved) A Bigger Splash : Ralph Vaughan Williams and his Sea Symphony Rolf Jordan is an artist and designer whose work includes an exhibition entitled ‘Inspired by English Music’. He edited the Finzi anthology The Clock of the Years and is currently editor of the Finzi Journal.

Radcliffe Responses Gray Evening Service in F minor Jonathan Dove Vast Ocean of Light Cecilia McDowall Sounding Heaven and Earth

Hot Supper 6 pm Dining Room, Hereford Cathedral School

Refreshments will be served.

£15

[20] Composer Symposium

Please see page 22 for further details.

5 pm St John’s Methodist Church, Hereford £10 (unreserved) Judith Bingham, Joseph Phibbs & Dobrinka Tabakova Three composers whose new works are being performed during the festival appear in a symposium on composition, chaired by Stephen Johnson.

[21] Period String Masterclass

Showcase

5.15 pm Council Chamber, Hereford Town Hall £2 (unreserved), free to those who attended the earlier masterclass. A competitive showcase of the work covered in the masterclass. The winner will be invited to perform at the Gloucester festival in 2013.

[22] A Sea Symphony * 7.45 pm Hereford Cathedral Supported by Mr Bernard Day Owen Gilhooly is supported by Mrs Pamela White £40, £35, £25, £20, £15, £7 Festival Chorus Philharmonia Orchestra Adrian Partington conductor Ailish Tynan soprano Owen Gilhooly baritone Mendelssohn ‘Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage’ Overture Joseph Phibbs Rivers to the Sea Philharmonia Orchestra & Anvil Arts commission Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony

[23] Kit and Kaboodle 10.15 pm Shirehall, Hereford £12 (unreserved)

Kit Hesketh-Harvey James McConnel piano Kit Hesketh-Harvey, a doyen of the cabaret circuit, transports his public to the very terminus of Western art. Rachel Podger

Kit Hesketh-Harvey

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tuesday 24 july [24] Recital by Emma Johnson 11 am Shirehall, Hereford £19, £15 Emma Johnson clarinet John Lenehan piano Mendelssohn Sonata in E flat Schumann Fantasiestücke Ireland Fantasy Sonata Poulenc Sonata Stravinsky Three Pieces Bliss Pastoral Horovitz Majorcan Pieces

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[25] Three Choirs Festival Society

Lunch

[29] Recital by Hannah Roper 5 pm Shirehall, Hereford

12.30 pm Festival Marquee (No 1 Castle Street)

Supported by Mrs Clare Wichbold

£25

£10 (unreserved)

Open to members of the Festival Society only. With guest speakers Dame Felicity Lott and David Hill.

Hannah Roper violin Joanne Sealey piano

[26] Lunchtime Organ Recital

Elgar Sonata in E minor

1 pm Holy Trinity Church hr 4 0dh

Hannah holds an award from the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund, administered by the Philharmonia Orchestra, for the encouragement and support of gifted young musicians.

£5 (unreserved) The first in a series of four recitals given by prizewinning young players selected by the Royal College of Organists.

[27] The King’s Singers *

Programme to include

Three Choirs Festival Society AGM 6 pm Festival Marquee (No 1 Castle Street)

2.30 pm Hereford Cathedral

Hot Supper

£30, £26, £15, £6

6 pm Dining Room, Hereford Cathedral School

Royal Rhymes and Rounds

£15

To mark the Diamond Jubilee of HM Queen Elizabeth II, we will hear a lively programme of secular music from the reigns of some of her more colourful forebears, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and Victoria.

Please see page 22 for further details.

[28] Friends’ Garden Party 4 pm Bishop’s Palace Garden £8

This event, hosted by the Friends of Hereford Three Choirs Festival, is open to all.

[30] St John Passion * 7.45 pm Hereford Cathedral Supported by the Friends of Hereford Three Choirs Festival The choristers are sponsored by Lee Bolton Monier Williams £40, £35, £25, £20, £15, £7 Three Cathedral Choirs Music for Awhile Orchestra Geraint Bowen conductor John Mark Ainsley Evangelist Alex Ashworth Christus Natalie Clifton-Griffith soprano Iestyn Davies countertenor Simon Wall tenor Matthew Brook bass J S Bach St John Passion

Emma Johnson

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wednesday 25 july [31] I Fagiolini

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Three Choirs Festival July 20th – 28th Including a very special evening with Stephen Johnson and guest performer on Friday July 20th

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11 am Shirehall, Hereford £22.50, £18 Robert Hollingworth director I Fagiolini mark the 350th anniversary of The Book of Common Prayer by performing settings of psalm texts by Tomkins and Gibbons. They also sing music written to commemorate the death in 1612 of the young Prince Henry, and their signature Monteverdi. Programme to include Tomkins When David Heard Ward Weep forth your tears Milton O woe is me for thee Janequin Le chant des oyseaulx Madrigals by Monteverdi Tomkins Woe is me Gibbons O clap your hands together Poulenc Sept chansons

[32] Lecture by Stephen Johnson 11 am The Green Dragon Hotel, Hereford Hosted by the Elgar Society £12 (unreserved) Elgar and Hereford : A Musical Relationship This event is open to all. We are delighted to welcome Stephen Johnson, a frequent broadcaster on the BBC World Service and Radios 3 and 4.

[33] Elgar Society Lunch 1 pm Festival Marquee (No 1 Castle Street) £22

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[34] Lunchtime Organ Recital 1 pm Holy Trinity Church hr 4 0dh £5 (unreserved) The second in a series of four recitals given by prize-winning young players selected by the Royal College of Organists.

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[35] Richard III

Hot Supper

2.15 pm Bishop’s Palace Garden

6 pm Dining Room, Hereford Cathedral School

£15, u16s £10.50

£15

The Festival Players Theatre Company is thrilled to bring you the drama of the last King of England to be killed in battle. With its inimitable colourful, energetic, and crystal-clear style, this all-male ensemble promise an exciting and unforgettable theatrical experience.

Please see page 22 for further details.

[36] Fretwork 2.30 pm St Francis Xavier Church, Hereford Supported by the Dean of Hereford £19 (unreserved) J S Bach Goldberg Variations Fretwork’s adaptation for viols has been described by Classical Music magazine as ‘Cogent and moving … perhaps a “meditation on” rather than an “arrangement of ” the Goldbergs.’

Choral Evensong 3.30 pm Hereford Cathedral This service will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.

[38]

The Canterbury Pilgrims *

7.45 pm Hereford Cathedral Supported by The Sir George Dyson Trust, The Elmley Foundation and The Music Reprieval Trust £40, £35, £25, £20, £15, £7 Festival Chorus Philharmonia Orchestra Martyn Brabbins conductor Susan Gritton soprano Alan Oke tenor Simon Bailey bass-baritone Dyson The Canterbury Pilgrims A rare opportunity to hear a performance of this highly colourful work, which sets words by Geoffrey Chaucer. Read more about Sir George Dyson on page 3. This concert will be recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

The congregation is asked to be seated by 3.15 pm. Please note that late admittance will not be allowed. Three Cathedral Choirs Geraint Bowen conductor Peter Dyke organ Bairstow Let all mortal flesh keep silence Rose Responses Wood Evening Service in F ‘Collegium Regale’ Dobrinka Tabakova Praise Widor Allegro (Symphony No 6)

[37]

Pre-concert talk by Paul Spicer

5.30 pm St John’s Methodist Church, Hereford £10 (unreserved) Observing the populace : Dyson’s and Chaucer’s Canterbury Pilgrims

[39] Late Night with Gerard

McChrystal

10.15 pm Hereford Cathedral £12 (unreserved) Gerard McChrystal saxophone An eclectic mix from canonic sonatas by Telemann and unaccompanied Bach to music by Australian composers Barry Cockroft and Ross Edwards. The concert will feature the world premiere of a work by Joe Cutler for saxophone and loop station. Gerard’s playing is renowned for employing virtuoso techniques like circular breathing and slap-tonguing.

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thursday 26 july

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[40] Richard III 10.30 am Bishop’s Palace Garden £15, u16s £10.50 (unreserved) The Festival Players Theatre Company is thrilled to bring you the drama of the last King of England to be killed in battle. With its inimitable colourful, energetic, and crystalclear style, this all-male ensemble promise an unforgettable and exciting theatrical experience.

[41] Recital by Roderick Williams 11 am Shirehall, Hereford Supported by Mrs Angela Day £19, £15 Roderick Williams baritone Susie Allan piano Vaughan Williams Three Poems by Walt Whitman Ireland Songs of a Wayfarer Five songs by Martin Shaw Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel

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[42] Delius Society Lunch

Choral Evensong

1 pm Festival Marquee (No 1 Castle Street)

5.30 pm Hereford Cathedral

£22

Three Cathedral Choirs Adrian Partington conductor Peter Dyke organ

This event is open to all festival-goers and is promoted by the Delius Society to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth. With guest speaker Professor Jeremy Dibble from the University of Durham.

Richard Shephard Responses Howells St Paul’s Service Richard Rodney Bennett These Three J S Bach Prelude in E flat bw v 552

[43] Lunchtime Organ Recital

Hot Supper

1 pm Holy Trinity Church hr 4 0dh

6 pm Dining Room, Hereford Cathedral School

£5 (unreserved)

£15

The third in a series of four recitals given by prize-winning young players selected by the Royal College of Organists.

Please see page 22 for further details.

[46] The Music Makers *

[44] National Youth Orchestra of

7.45 pm Hereford Cathedral

Wales *

Supported by the Delius Trust

2.30 pm Hereford Cathedral Supported by Miss Katharine Wedgbury

Sarah Connolly is supported by an anonymous donor

£30, £26, £18, £14, £10, £5

£40, £35, £25, £20, £15, £7

National Youth Orchestra of Wales Carlo Rizzi conductor

Festival Chorus Philharmonia Orchestra Peter Nardone conductor Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano James Rutherford baritone

Judith Bingham Celticity English premiere Gershwin An American in Paris Ravel Daphnis & Chloé Suite No 2 Beethoven Symphony No 5

Ireland London Overture Delius Sea Drift Elgar The Music Makers

[45] Inner City Brass 5 pm St John’s Methodist Church, Hereford £10 (unreserved)

We are delighted to welcome this quintet from the Royal Academy of Music, who were winners of the brass quintet masterclass at last year’s festival in Worcester.

Christopher Avison trumpet Jason Evans trumpet Alex Hamilton horn Matthew Lewis trombone Ross Knight tuba

Carlo Rizzi

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Sarah Connolly

friday 27 july

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Club Bar

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[47] Recital by Mark Bebbington 11 am Shirehall, Hereford £19, £15 Mark Bebbington piano Ireland London Pieces Ireland Amberley Wild Brooks Liszt Les jeux d’eau à la Villa d’Este Debussy General Lavine – eccentric Debussy Feux d’artifice David Briggs Sonata world premiere

[48] Lunchtime Organ Recital 1 pm Holy Trinity Church hr 4 0dh £5 (unreserved)

Art Space

Contemporary and traditional sculpture, photography and ceramics

Hill House

An elegant and welcoming grade II listed Hotel and members club 8 individually styled rooms

The last in a series of four recitals given by prizewinning young players selected by the Royal College of Organists.

[49] Dante Quartet with Robert Plane 2.30 pm St Peter’s Church, Hereford Supported by Herefordshire Historic Churches Trust £19, £14, £10 Coleridge-Taylor Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor

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6 pm Hereford Cathedral Sponsored by Brewin Dolphin £40, £35, £25, £20, £15, £7 Festival Chorus Philharmonia Orchestra Geraint Bowen conductor Wynne Evans tenor Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture Coleridge-Taylor Petite Suite de Concert Berlioz Te Deum

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saturday 28 july

supporters

[55] The Gathering Wave

At the time of going to press, the festival acknowledges with thanks the generous support of the following :

7.45 pm Hereford Cathedral £12.50, £11, £8, £6, £4, £2 u16s half price Choirs from the Herefordshire community Hilary Smallwood, Jon Watson & Bernard Hughes conductors Njabulo Madlala baritone Rhiannon Davies piano Programme to include Bernard Hughes All Across This Jumbl’d Earth world premiere This exciting project is run by The Music Pool and brings together adult singing groups and children from all round the county to share their passion for singing. This year’s concert features the premiere of a new work by Bernard Hughes which was inspired by the Mappa Mundi, Hereford’s medieval map of the world.

Arts Council England Hereford City Council Herefordshire Council Three Choirs Festival Society Friends of Hereford Cathedral Friends of Hereford Three Choirs Festival Friends of Herefordshire Museums and Arts William A Cadbury Charitable Trust CHK Charities Ltd The Frank Clarke-Whitfeld Trust Delius Trust The Sir George Dyson Trust The Elmley Foundation Fidelio Charitable Trust The Finzi Trust Garfield Weston Foundation Herefordshire Historic Churches Trust The John Ireland Charitable Trust The Music Reprieval Trust Philharmonia Trust The Rowlands Trust RVW Trust Brewin Dolphin Gabbs Solicitors Hook Mason Ltd Lee Bolton Monier Williams

Bernard Hughes

Njabulo Madlala

A detail from the Mappa Mundi, which inspired the composition of All Across This Jumbl’ d Earth

Mr & Mrs S N Allen An anonymous donor Mr Peter Ascroft Mr Robert Atkins Joanna Brickell Mrs Angela Day Mr Bernard Day Ms Katharine O’Carroll Canon Chris & Mrs Catherine Pullin Mr & Mrs J M Renshall The late Miss Maureen Sibborn The Very Revd Michael Tavinor Miss Katharine Wedgbury Mrs Pamela White Mrs Clare Wichbold

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THREE CHOIRS PLUS

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An integral part of the Three Choirs Festival, Three Choirs Plus (TC+) shines a spotlight on the creative talents of young people and regional artists, singers, dancers, actors, craftspeople and all-round entertainers of all ages. Tickets for the following TC+ events can be booked via the booking form :

Friday 20 July

Sunday 22 July

TC+1 The

TC+4 Talk

Shani Choir

by Patrick Doyle

7 pm Shirehall, Hereford

10 am St David’s Hall, Castle Street, Hereford

£8

Pnina Inbar conductor Maor Tzur piano We are delighted to welcome this IsraeliPalestinian girls choir, of singers aged 13–18 from Jewish, Muslim and Christian back grounds. They are visiting the UK for the first time, supported by the Hereford-based charity Children of Peace as part of their ‘Coalition of Peace’ initiative.

Saturday 21 July TC+2 Trial

by Jury

6 pm Courtroom 1, Shirehall, Hereford NB There is no wheelchair access to this venue.

Composer Patrick Doyle, well known for his Harry Potter film scores, will discuss his career and the art of writing film music.

TC+5 NSSO

Children’s Concert

11.45 am Shirehall, Hereford £5, U16s £3 The Young National Schools Symphony Orchestra, whose members are all aged between 8 and 13, is joined by players from the NSSO’s senior orchestra. Directed by Keith Slade, the programme will include a performance of Patrick Doyle’s Potter Waltz from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

£10

TC+6 Peter

Hereford Gilbert and Sullivan Operatic Society are staging this hilarious farce about a breach of promise of marriage in a historic courtroom which has changed very little since Victorian times, but is still in use today.

2.30 pm Shirehall, Hereford

TC+3 Jacques

Programme to include

Brel is Alive and Well

10.15 pm Powell Theatre, Hereford Cathedral 10.15 pm School £8 A quartet of singers led by Tim Brown of Hereford Cathedral Choir present songs by Jacques Brel, the Belgian songwriter widely considered a master of the modern chanson. 16

and the Wolf

£10 National Schools Symphony Orchestra Mark Shanahan conductor

Patrick Doyle Impressions of America world premiere Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf With guest narrator Jenny Agutter

THREE CHOIRS PLUS

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Monday 23 – Friday 27 July

Wednesday 25 July

TC+7–9, 11–12 Musical

TC+10 The

walking tour

10.30 am The Elgar Statue, Cathedral Close £3, U16s £1 This walk of around one hour is led by a member of the Mayor’s Guild of Guides.

Shani Choir

3.30 pm Hereford Steiner Academy, 3.30 pm Much Dewchurch HR2 8DL £7 Pnina Inbar conductor Maor Tzur piano A second performance of one hour by this young choir from Israel and Palestine. To include a Middle Eastern-style light snack at the end of the concert.

Tickets for the following series of events can be booked online at www.3choirs.org from Thursday 5 April : Daily lunchtime concert at 12.30 pm in St John’s Methodist Church, Hereford Monday 23 July St Paul’s Junior School Choir and members of the Philharmonia Orchestra Tuesday 24 July Cantabile, the award-winning girls’ choir from Hereford Cathedral School Wednesday 25 July Herefordshire Junior Singing Club Thursday 26 July Students from Hereford Sixth Form College Friday 27 July The Senior Chamber Choir from Hereford Cathedral School and the Brentor Piano Trio Daily talk at 4 pm Monday 23 July Music and Spirituality Kay Garlick, Hereford Cathedral Chaplain Tuesday 24 July Music and Therapy Anthony Hall, music therapist Wednesday 25 July Music and Literature speaker tbc Thursday 26 July Music and the Bible The Very Revd Michael Tavinor, Dean of Hereford Friday 27 July Music and the English Landscape Anthony Powers, composer Drama in the Powell Theatre, Hereford Cathedral School Monday 23 – Wednesday 25 July The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard Thursday 26 – Friday 27 July Medea – Wicked Witch of the East by Kaloi K’Agathoi Free events will be taking place daily in a range of city centre venues, including open-air performances in High Town (Argentine tango dancing, jive dancing, the Leominster Morris Men, a steel band and a string quartet), folk band Hop Pickers Feast, organ masterclasses, chocolate-making workshops and a screening of the film Fezeka’s Voice, presented by producer Katherine Crawley. Everyone is invited to join the fancy dress ‘Wizards and Cloisters’ picnic on Castle Green on Sunday 22 July. Apple Store Gallery will be hosting exhibitions and events which will include ‘Walk and Draw’ around Hereford, a talk on Eric Gill, poetry reading and jazz. Full information can be found on our web site www.3choirs.org 17