Name: Three Choirs Festival: The Cloud Messenger
Start: 2024-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Worcester Cathedral

Admin

Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductor

Geraint Bowen

Others

Three Choirs Festival Voices

Orchestra

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Beth Taylor

Alto

Three Choirs Festival: The Cloud Messenger

Worcester

United Kingdom

Worcester Cathedral

Public

Concert

New Work

Still, Glowing

The Birds

The Cloud Messenger, Op.30

Jnanakumar P

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Soprano

Contralto

Bass

Bass-baritone

Tenor

Countertenor

Baritone

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

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.

English

Three Choirs Festival: The Cloud Messenger by Dearden, Weir, Respighi, Holst, Sun 28 Jul 2024, From (2024/2024), Conductor Geraint Bowen, Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, United Kingdom

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

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