Youth Choir premiered Centuries of Meditation, a setting by Dobrinka Tabakova of words by Thomas Traherne. The Philharmonia Orchestra began a rolling three-year formal residency at the festival in 2012. In July 2019 it was reported that the programming of Beethoven's Ode to Joy for the finale of the festival had prompted anger amongst Brexiteers, due to its use as the Anthem of Europe. The concert, unlike the other major musical events at the festival, did not sell out. See also List of music festivals in the United Kingdom Percy Hull, who revived the festival after World War II References Further reading Lysons, Daniel (1812) History of the Origin and Progress of the Meeting of the Three Choirs Boden, Anthony (1992) Three Choirs: A History of the Festival']' (Stroud: Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd). Boden, Anthony and Hedley, Paul (2017) The Three Choirs Festival, A History. Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer. Hunt, Donald (1999) Elgar and the Three Choirs Festival (Worcester: Osborne Books). Pink, Andrew (2012) 'Order and Uniformity, Decorum, and Taste: Sermons Preached at the Anniversary Meeting of the Three Choirs, 1720–1800' in Keith Francis & William Gibson et al (eds) The Oxford Handbook of the British Sermon, 1689–1901. Series: Oxford Handbooks in Religion and Theology. (Oxford and New York : Oxford University Press). 215-26. Watkins Shaw, H. (1954) The Three Choirs Festival'' (Worcester: Ebenezer Baylis and Son Ltd). External links Three Choirs Festival website Hereford Cathedral Gloucester Cathedral Worcester Cathedral Classical music festivals in England Gloucester Hereford Culture in Worcester, England Choral festivals 1719 establishments in England Music festivals established in 1719