Classical Concerts & Landscapes

A full Gloucester Cathedral  saw Christmas start off with a bang as Gloucester Choral Society  performed Handel Messiah. Adrian Partington conducted the La Serenissima Orchestra and soloists Bethan Evans, Tom Lilburn, Greg Tassell & Aiden Smith.

Michael has created a website for GCS to replace the Wordpress website which was old and tired. The new site gives visitors all the information needed to purchase tickets on the front page - which is then visible on every other page visited so keeping the concerts in sight all the time. 99.9% of the images used were Michaels from previous concerts www.gloucesterchoral.com

Taking photos of soloists during a concert is a hit and miss affair when you don't know when the soloist is going to perform. Let's take the concert in Gloucester Cathedral last weekend as an example. Dame Sarah Connolly was singing' who I have never photographed previously at the end of the first half but I didn't know when exactly so instead of having my 400mm lens with me I left it behind while getting some wide shots of the choir. So I only had the 70-210mm lens with me.

An interesting day at Gloucester Cathedral  taking photos of the South Cotswold Big Singing Group performing as part of the @cheltfestivals  2025. Adrian Partington conducted The British Sinfonietta with soloists Dame Sarah Connolly and Jonathan Hope.