Item 21 - Ninth International Organ Festival

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JCPP/Hurford/3/21

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Ninth International Organ Festival

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  • 28th June to 9th July 1977 (Creation)

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1 item, paper

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

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Ninth International Organ Festival. St. Albans, England. Founder and Artistic Director: Peter Hurford.
Programme:
Tuesday June 28th: Interpretation competition eliminations. Choral Evensong. Opening party.
Wednesday June 29th: Interpretation competition eliminations. Bach corner. Evensong (plain). Concert (Academy + Neil Black + Guy Bovet).
Thursday June 30th: Interpretation competition eliminations, including Tournemire. Visit to St Albans Organ Museum. Choral Evensong. Concert (Philip Jones + Simon Lindley). The Automatic Punchline Company.
Friday July 1st: Visit to Ashridge. Children's concert. Bach corner. Evensong (plain). Interpretation competition finals.
Saturday July 2nd: Visit to Odeon, Leicester Square. Recital (Swann). Choral Evensong. Concert (BBC Singers). Julian Chagrin.
Sunday July 3rd: Family Communion. Choral Mattins. Tea in the Bishop's Garden. Bach corner. Choral Evensong. Concert (Hertfordshire County Youth Orchestra).
Monday July 4th: Visit to Hatfield House. Tournemire prize finals. Choral Evensong. The Art of Fugue. And so to Bed.
Tuesday July 5th: Visit to "The Plough". Bach corner. Evensong (plain). Mass in B minor.
Wednesday July 6th: Improvisation class (Planyavsky). Visit to Rose Gardens. Bach corner. Evensong (plain). Concert (Three Choirs). Folk Happening.
Thursday July 7th: Lecture (DeRiemaeker). Recital (competition winners). Choral Evensong. John Williams plays. Edwardian musical evening.
Friday July 8th: Musical tour of Abbey organs. Visit to Roman museum. Bach corner. Evensong (plain). Concert (BBC Symphony Orchestra + Weir + Preston).
Saturday July 9th: Art Market. Paul Jennings. Recital (Chapuis). Choral Evensong. The Last Night Happening.

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