Herbert Sumsion host cities, along with Worcester and Hereford, of the Three Choirs Festival, an annual festival of choral emphasis first held in the early 18th century. Sumsion would later write of his musically formative experiences at the cathedral: ‘Quite soon after my entry into the choir I was singing with the [Three Choirs] Festival Chorus and gradually absorbing the choral music of the great classical composers and the contemporary writers, of whom the giant was certainly Elgar.' When Sumsion’s treble voice broke at age 15, he became an ‘articled pupil’ to Brewer, a designation connoting a three-year apprenticeship in organ, choral
St Albans Cathedral Choir the coronation scene. The St. Albans Cathedral Choir most notably host the Three Choirs Concert, a key part of the St. Albans International Organ festival. Since 2015, the choir have accomplished two BBC Radio 3 broadcasts, and have performed two BBC One television programmes. They have performed with several world-famous choirs, the most recent example being the 2017 Three Choirs Concert, when they performed with St Paul's Cathedral Choir and Temple Church Choir in the most recent Three Choirs Concert. St Albans Cathedral Choir St Albans Cathedral Choir is an English Cathedral Choir based in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. It