The festival’s mission is to be a beacon for music making in our region. We create and share the best musical experiences with both local communities and an international audience of thousands, principally through an eight-day summer festival of over seventy events and a developing year-round participation programme. We nurture a rich, three-centuries old festival tradition with choral music at its heart, commission the finest new voices and revive the work of those who deserve not to be forgotten. We want to inspire a love of music in everyone: giving voice to local performers and celebrating the power and joy of a live musical experience, so that those who succeed us will perpetually rejuvenate the world’s oldest classical music festival for future generations to enjoy.
The Three Choirs Festival is a week-long programme of choral and orchestral concerts, music recitals, talks, family events, cathedral services, theatre, exhibitions and social activities, rotating each summer between the beautiful cathedral cities of Hereford, Gloucester and Worcester. It is thought to be the longest-running classical music festival in the world and celebrated its 300th anniversary in 2015. At the heart of the modern festival are large-scale evening concerts featuring the Three Choirs Festival Chorus and the Philharmonia Orchestra (resident at the festival since 2012), alongside a stellar cast of soloists. The festival’s packed schedule of daytime events and the friendly atmosphere of our bustling festival village is augmented by a growing programme of bespoke community and outreach projects, beginning in the run-up to the festival and showcased as part of the festival programme.
