Philharmonia Orchestra extends partnership with Three Choirs Festival
Florence Lockheart
Friday, October 13, 2023
The orchestra has announced it has entered into a further six-year partnership with the festival
The Philharmonia Orchestra has announced that it has extended its partnership with Three Choirs Festival. Having been the festival’s orchestra in residence since 2012, the Philharmonia Orchestra has confirmed its continuing collaboration with the festival until 2029.
Over the course of the next six years, the Philharmonia Orchestra and Three Choirs Festival will work towards celebrating both the Orchestra’s 80th anniversary in 2025, and the 300th edition of the Festival in 2028. They will also collaborate on projects including new co-commissions and programming that will see a variety of the Philharmonia’s associated conductors and artists work with the festival.
Philharmonia Orchestra chief executive Thorben Dittes said: ‘I am thrilled that we have been able to secure an extension of this important residency relationship for the Philharmonia which enables us to build on our significant presence outside of London and create an even greater sense of organisational partnership with the Three Choirs Festival, while also shining a light on the amazing legacy and current developments of the Festival in the capital.’
The extended contract period will see the Three Choirs Festival Chorus perform as part of the Philharmonia’s London season and from 2024 the Philharmonia will bring its immersive digital installation Philharmonia VR to Three Choirs’ cities of Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester, where the festival will take place next summer.
Samuel Hudson, artistic director of the Worcester Three Choirs Festival, said: ‘It is a joy and a privilege to work with such a dynamic and sensitive orchestra, whose first-rate musicianship is so highly valued by so many as we continue to present outstanding performances of the greatest choral and orchestral works in our very special and world-renowned festival.’
