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15 July 2024
The Hymn of Jesus: a Cheltenham Music Festival
tribute to Holst at Gloucester Cathedral
By David Truslove, 15 July 2024
An uplifting programme of sacred and secular 20th-century English and French music
formed the centrepiece of this year’s Cheltenham Music Festival. Held in Gloucester
Cathedral, the repertoire featured four composers whose distinctive musical personalities
were variously shaped by references to folk song, plainsong, religious meditation and Gallic
insouciance. Taking part under the helm of Adrian Partington were the combined forces of
the South Cotswold Big Sing Group, the Choristers of Gloucester Cathedral and the Royal
Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
Adrian Partington
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