FROM PUB TO PULPIT
THREE CHOIRS FESTIVAL AT GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL THURSDAY 27 July at 11.30am
Three Choirs Festival Chorus
Organ: Nicholas Freestone; Conductor: Samuel Hudson
At the heart of the Three Choirs Festival, and one of the elements which makes it so special, is the Three Choirs Festival Chorus.
Made up of mainly amateur but auditioned singers from the local area, trained by professional directors, and working with world-class conductors, soloists and orchestral performers, the Chorus not only sings to a high standard but is also a real part of the community.
It forms the centrepiece of many of our large-scale concerts in the cathedral and many members return to sing year after year.
"Everyone gets swept up in being part of something special and hugely significant."
The Chorus unites singers from across Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, and Worcestershire. The three contingents rehearse separately twice a week from early May and come together for massed rehearsals in the weeks running up to the festival at the end of July
THREE CHOIRS FESTIVAL CHORUS REPERTOIRE (ALL VAUGHAN WILLIAMS)
Wassail Song
Just as the Tide was Flowing
O How Amiable
Valiant for Truth
BROOMDASHER AND CORACLE REPERTOIRE
(ALL VAUGHAN WILLIAMS)
Coracle: Stoke In Uproar
Coracle: Down Ampney
Broomdasher: Spencer the Rover
Coracle: Sine Nomine/Mr Issacs Maggot
Broomdasher: Linden Lea
Broomdasher: Lovely on the Water
Coracle: Lovely Joan
Broomdasher: Lowlands of Holland
Broomdasher: The Ploughboy’s Dream
Coracle: Kings Weston
Broomdasher: Bushes and Briars
Broomdasher and Corale: The Keeper
FROM PUB TO PULPIT
BROOMDASHER; CORACLE; THREE CHOIRS FESTIVAL CHORUS; ORGAN AND AUDIENCE
(FOLK SONGS TRADITIONAL HYMN ARRANGEMENTS VAUGHAN WILLIAMS)
Kingsfold: The Murder of Maria Marten and I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say
Danby: Brisk Young Farmer and ‘Tis Winter Now the Fallen Snow (verses 1,2,3)
Monks Gate: Our Captain Calls and He Who Would Valiant Be