'messages' at Three Choirs Festival 2024

Sunday 28 July 2024
19:30 21:30
Worcester Cathedral (map)
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Exotic romantic fantasy infuses The Cloud Messenger, a rich sung epic inspired by Indian stories and beliefs, performed by the Three Choirs Festival Voices. Holst sets a Sanskrit poem describing how a nature spirit persuades a passing cloud to send a love message to his wife in the distant Himalayas; a remote and colourful paradise is brought to life by the music. In response, Nathan James Dearden’s exciting festival commission creates a series of choral landscapes that respond to, and set, messages from throughout history to future generations. Alongside these works, fluttering wings and scratching feet are heard in Respighi’s The Birds as the composer paints a picture of bird movements and birdsong in lively and extraordinary music.

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Jul

28

orchestra, education, choral / vocal

Composers in Conversation

Sunday 28 July 2024
17:00 18:00
King's School Boathouse (map)
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Nathan James Dearden chats with fellow composers whose works are being performed at this year’s festival. Get to know the faces behind the music and learn more about what it’s like to be a composer from the people themselves.

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'anthem' with City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Jan

29

orchestra

'anthem' with City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Sunday 29 January 2023
14:00 16:00
Symphony Hall (map)
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Performer(s): City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Clark Rundell (cond.)

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Come and discover the new voices of the next generation, as we give the world premiere of 20 short works for orchestra. Commissioned as part of our centenary celebrations, we’re excited to introduce these brand-new pieces to the world. Go on, try something new – we dare you!

This concert is supported by The John Feeney Charitable Trust.

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Jun

10

orchestra

'the way we go' at PLAY! Festival 2022

Friday 10 June 2022
16:00 16:45
Royal Holloway, University of London (map)
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Performer(s): India Lord (mezzo-soprano); Matthew Stanley (piano)

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Our second edition of New Sounds for PLAY! 2022, we are excited to showcase a selection of songs and dramatic works written since 1970 including the World Premiere of a song by Sasha Johnson Manning, written specially for today's performers, mezzo soprano India Lord and pianist Matthew Stanley.

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Jun

9

orchestra

'hymn' at PLAY! Festival 2022

Thursday 9 June 2022
20:00 21:30
Royal Holloway, University of London (map)
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Performer(s): Strings of Royal Holloway; Mattea Leow (cond.)

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We are excited to bring back our Festival Orchestra for PLAY! 2022, alongside our partners London Mozart Players, under the batons of Toby Purser (Guest Conductor) and Mattea Leow (Student Conductor). For this special open rehearsal, we bring you a festival event filled with music of hope and love featuring the fantastical journey of Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite, to the 'Fantasy-Overture' from Tchaikovsky's Romeo & Juliet, to Silvestrov's moving Prayer for Ukraine.

Join us, as we go inside the orchestra and find out what makes it tick! We will be led through the process of music-making in an orchestra, hearing from the conductor's position to what it is like sitting in one of those seats., and discovering what makes these side-by-side events at Royal Holloway so unique. This event will also feature a excerpts from Dvořák's String Serenade in E major and a world premiere from Welsh composer, Nathan James Dearden.