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Join us at the Internationally renowned Three Choirs Festival, this year to be based in Gloucester and celebrating the 150th birthday of Sir Edward Elgar. We have incorporated a mornings touring in the Forest of Dean together with some outstanding concerts in the great cathedral of Gloucester.

Wednesday 08 August
Arrive at your hotel in time for a welcome drink followed by dinner.

Thursday 09 August
A leisurely start today as there is a busy programme this afternoon and evening and you will not return to the hotel until after the final concert of the day. So depart for Gloucester at 1030 and drive to the Maritime Centre where you can find coffee and enjoy a visit at your own speed. At 1230 you will board our privately chartered boat for an hour and a half’s lunch cruise on board ‘King Arthur’ while you travel along the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal.

Upon your return to the Merchants Quay you will be taken to the Cathedral where you will take your seats for the start of our programme at the 3 Choirs Festival. The first concert includes Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending and Elgar’s Enigma Variations performed by the Philharmonia, one of Europe’s finest orchestras. After this performance we are making arrangements for a booked area at the Three Choirs Festival Club, just 2 minutes from the Cathedral, where you will be able to relax and find an early light supper (further details will be available to those who book) You will then take your top price seats for the evening concert and enjoy returning to the Cathedral for the Monteverdi Vespers, Ex Cathedra and His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. Finally return to your hotel at approximately 2230.

Friday 10 August
After a leisurely breakfast you will depart by coach for a morning’s touring. Drive through the little known world of the Forest of Dean and hear about its customs and characters. There will be a visit to the buildings associated with the early life of the composer and teacher Herbert Howells, who is primarily known for his church music, and who was a contemporary and companion of Ivor Novello, Ivor Gurney and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Stop for coffee at the Speech House Hotel which was build in 1676 as a hunting lodge for Charles II, and where the Verderer’s Court of Attachments is still held every 40 days. At the end of the morning you will arrive in Gloucester where you can find lunch and join an optional city walk with your guide before the afternoon concert.

Our final concert of this tour is performed by the Three Cathedral Choirs and includes Bach’s Cantato no 51 “Jauchzet Gott”, Vivaldi’s Magnificat and Vivaldi’s Gloria

Finally back to your hotel for departure, or if you wish to spend another night or attend any other concerts we will supply the programme to those who book and we have a specially negotiated rate for extra nights at the hotel which must be booked through us.

Price per person £399: Single Supplement £50: Non refundable deposit £100:
Includes:

• 2 nights accommodation and breakfast
  Occasionally we offer a fixed menu for the first night’s dinner in order to maintain quality
• Welcome reception
• Top price tickets to 3 concerts in Gloucester Cathedral
• Private chartered lunch cruise with light buffet lunch
• Entry to the Three Choirs Festival club where you can find supper
• Professional guide and executive coaching

The Festival programme will be sent to those who book this offer