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WFCS Spring concert: Elgar’s The Kingdom

Part of the Worcester Festival Choral Society 2026-2027 Season

Add to my Calendar 13-03-2027 19:30 13-03-2027 21:30 36 WFCS Spring concert: Elgar’s The Kingdom Join us for a transcendent evening of music in the heart of ‘Elgar Country’, as Worcester Festival Choral Society, world-class soloists and symphony orchestra perform one of Elgar’s greatest choral works, The Kingdom, at Worcester Cathedral. Premiered at the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival in 1906, The Kingdom was Elgar’s third, large oratorio, following the success of The Dream of Gerontius and The Apostles. Including a mixture of astonishingly dramatic and gentle choral passages, as well as some of Elgar’s finest orchestral and soloist writing, The Kingdom is also known for the hauntingly beautiful soprano solo, ‘The sun goeth down’. Its narrative continues on from The Apostles, focusing on the lives of Jesus’s disciples and the Holy Women – portrayed as ordinary people who encounter extraordinary events – as they lay the foundations of Christian. Accompanying Worcester Festival Choral Society are acclaimed soloists Anita Watson (soprano), Rebecca Afonwy-Jones (mezzo soprano), Austin Gunn (tenor) and Dominic Sedgwick (baritone), with the superb Meridian Sinfonia symphony orchestra, all under the baton of Worcester Cathedral's director of music Samuel Hudson. So put the date in your diary to enjoy this true ‘Elgar great’ this spring! Worcester Cathedral, Worcester DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Worcester Cathedral
8 College Yard
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR1 2LA
England

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Programme

Edward Elgar – The Kingdom, Op.51

Performers

Anita Watson – Soprano
Rebecca Afonwy Jones – mezzo-soprano
Austin Gunn – tenor
Dominic Sedgwick – bass baritone
Samuel Hudson – Conductor

Meridian Sinfonia
Worcester Festival Choral Society

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Programme Note

Join us for a transcendent evening of music in the heart of ‘Elgar Country’, as Worcester Festival Choral Society, world-class soloists and symphony orchestra perform one of Elgar’s greatest choral works, The Kingdom, at Worcester Cathedral.

Premiered at the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival in 1906, The Kingdom was Elgar’s third, large oratorio, following the success of The Dream of Gerontius and The Apostles. Including a mixture of astonishingly dramatic and gentle choral passages, as well as some of Elgar’s finest orchestral and soloist writing, The Kingdom is also known for the hauntingly beautiful soprano solo, ‘The sun goeth down’.

Its narrative continues on from The Apostles, focusing on the lives of Jesus’s disciples and the Holy Women – portrayed as ordinary people who encounter extraordinary events – as they lay the foundations of Christian.

Accompanying Worcester Festival Choral Society are acclaimed soloists Anita Watson (soprano), Rebecca Afonwy-Jones (mezzo soprano), Austin Gunn (tenor) and Dominic Sedgwick (baritone), with the superb Meridian Sinfonia symphony orchestra, all under the baton of Worcester Cathedral's director of music Samuel Hudson.

So put the date in your diary to enjoy this true ‘Elgar great’ this spring!

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