SimonBDC
@simonbdc.bsky.social
Three Choirs Festival volunteer archivist and historian. 'Three Choirs Festival in 10 Concerts' (Logaston) Gloucester Cathedral Volunteer and Friend. Hampshire Cricket fan.
Lovely Autumn colours in a Gloucester field
October 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Lovely Autumn colours in a Gloucester field
A stonking @threechoirs.bsky.social concert from the 1880s
September 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A stonking @threechoirs.bsky.social concert from the 1880s
Three vintage @threechoirs.bsky.social postcards
July 8, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Three vintage @threechoirs.bsky.social postcards
Just about as proud of getting this reference into Jeremy Pound's excellent article on castrati in July's BBC Music Magazine as anything I've ever done for @threechoirs.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Just about as proud of getting this reference into Jeremy Pound's excellent article on castrati in July's BBC Music Magazine as anything I've ever done for @threechoirs.bsky.social
Just arrived via ILL. Hoping to learn more of the context of what was going on @gloucestercathedral.org.uk just before the Dissolution
April 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Just arrived via ILL. Hoping to learn more of the context of what was going on @gloucestercathedral.org.uk just before the Dissolution
The 1895 @threechoirs.bsky.social line up ...
April 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The 1895 @threechoirs.bsky.social line up ...
The 1961 @threechoirs.bsky.social line up the year the great Janet Baker made her Festival debut
April 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The 1961 @threechoirs.bsky.social line up the year the great Janet Baker made her Festival debut
From Lee Williams', @gloucestercathedral.org.uk organist, annotated copy of the 1884 @threechoirs.bsky.social programme highlighting the 3 members of the Elgar family in the orchestra
March 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
From Lee Williams', @gloucestercathedral.org.uk organist, annotated copy of the 1884 @threechoirs.bsky.social programme highlighting the 3 members of the Elgar family in the orchestra
Love this Edwardian postcard of St Bartholomew's at the top of Chosen Hill. How Gurney and @herberthowells.bsky.social would have seen it ...
March 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Love this Edwardian postcard of St Bartholomew's at the top of Chosen Hill. How Gurney and @herberthowells.bsky.social would have seen it ...
Brewer looking purposeful at the 1910 @threechoirs.bsky.social with @herberthowells.bsky.social and Ivor Gurney in his wake ...
March 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Brewer looking purposeful at the 1910 @threechoirs.bsky.social with @herberthowells.bsky.social and Ivor Gurney in his wake ...
Spectacular crocuses in the garden this year!
March 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Spectacular crocuses in the garden this year!
Why I love volunteering for @threechoirs.bsky.social Seeing stuff like this (from the 1928 Gloucester programme) every day.
February 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Why I love volunteering for @threechoirs.bsky.social Seeing stuff like this (from the 1928 Gloucester programme) every day.
A group of ticket collectors from the 1925 Gloucester @threechoirs.bsky.social including three choristers, the cathedral head gardener (in the bowler hat), a policeman and a car park attendant
February 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A group of ticket collectors from the 1925 Gloucester @threechoirs.bsky.social including three choristers, the cathedral head gardener (in the bowler hat), a policeman and a car park attendant
Having spent weeks researching Alice Parsons, Coleridge Taylor's 'The Atonement' librettist I was a bit surprised to see today that she was not credited in the @3choirs.org programme
February 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Having spent weeks researching Alice Parsons, Coleridge Taylor's 'The Atonement' librettist I was a bit surprised to see today that she was not credited in the @3choirs.org programme
@robertflute.bsky.social What a find!
February 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
@robertflute.bsky.social What a find!
Just taken delivery of some exciting additions to the @3choirs.org office Festival archive. Thanks to the family of the late Festival stalwart Robin Stayt
February 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Just taken delivery of some exciting additions to the @3choirs.org office Festival archive. Thanks to the family of the late Festival stalwart Robin Stayt
Not a lot has changed in a 100 years here @gloucestercathedral.org.uk apart from the cars!
February 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Not a lot has changed in a 100 years here @gloucestercathedral.org.uk apart from the cars!
O to be a @3choirs.org time traveller! An extract from the Annals ...
February 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
O to be a @3choirs.org time traveller! An extract from the Annals ...
Looks fab!,I look forward to reading it. And from a Three Choirs autograph book ...
February 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Looks fab!,I look forward to reading it. And from a Three Choirs autograph book ...
