Item 19 - Eighth International Organ Festival

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JCPP/Hurford/3/19

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Eighth International Organ Festival

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  • 22nd to 28th of June 1975 (Creation)
  • October 1975 (Creation)

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Hurford, Peter (1930-2019), British organist and composer
(22 November 1930 - 3 March 2019)

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Eighth International Organ Festival. St. Albans, England. Artistic Director: Peter Hurford.
Programme:
Sunday June 22nd: Opening service. Magnificat.
Monday June 23rd: Interpretation competition eliminations. Bach corner. Party for Festival Society members. Evensong (plain). Concert. Opening party.
Tuesday June 24th: Eliminations (Tournemire Eliminations). Visit to Roman Museum. Visit to St Albans Organ Museum. Bishop's garden open. Bach corner. Choral Evensong. Concert (Alain - Rampal). Humphrey Lyttelton.
Wednesday June 25th: Master class (Kee). Garden party (Deanery). Langlais plays. Bach corner. Evensong (plain). Interpretation finals. Music Hall.
Thursday June 26th: Visit to St Albans Organ Museum. Visit to Rose Society Gardens. Tournemire Prize Finals. Bach corner. Concert (Academy + Sanger). Kings Singers.
Friday June 27th: Lecture (Hurford). Demonstration of chamber organs. Forum (competitors only). Tournemire recordings. Playing for a song. Bach corner. Evensong (plain). Concert (Bowman, etc.). New Excelsior Talking Machine.
Saturday June 28th: Guided tour of Abbey. Annetta Hoffnung. Recital (Wunderlich). Bach corner. Choral Evensong. Concert (ECO + Klinda + Kynaston). Madrigals.

Article on the journal The Diapason devoted to St. Alban's Organ Festival, 1975.

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      Two copies. One contains a loose sheet: an application to buy tickets to the festival.

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