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- 27th June 1967 (Creation)
- 1st July 1967 (Creation)
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Fourth International Organ Festival. St. Albans, England. Chairman: Peter Hurford.
Programme:
Tuesday June 27th: Eliminations in organ playing and improvisation. First demonstration of small organs. Choral Evensong. Demonstration of cathedral organ and recital by Ralph Downes and Peter Hurford.
Wednesday June 28th: Eliminations in organ playing. Second demonstration of small organs. Lecture-recital by Piet Kee on Buxtehude's organ works. Tea and question time (limited to 100 public) on the subject of playing organ music from various periods on different organs. Improvisation finals.
Thursday June 29th: Eliminations in organ playing. Recital by Marie-Claire Alain and Piet Kee. Choral Evensong. Lecture on the design of small organs by Cecil Clutton. Organ playing finals.
Friday June 30th: Third demonstration of small organs. Forum (for competitors only). Lecture-recital by Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini on Italian organ music. Master class by Anton Heiller. Recital by Catharine Crozier. Madrigals sung by the Alban Singers in the Amphitheatre of St. Albans School (in the school hall if wet).
Saturday July 1st: Lecture by Mr D. A. Flentrop on contemporary continental trends in the design of organs. Recital on the small organs, by Marie-Claire Alain, Tagliavini, Catharine Crozier, Albert de Klerk. Choral Evensong. Final Concert (to include first performance of IOF competition-winning concerto; first English performance of winning work in the "Schnitgerprijs Zwolle" 1966). Performers: Albert de Klerk, Anton Heiller, Ralph Downes, Gillian Weir.
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It contains a loose sheet: an application to buy tickets to the festival.
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Over some advertisements it is written the word "Paid" in red.