Item 41 - Twenty-first International Organ Festival

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JCPP/Hurford/3/41

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Twenty-first International Organ Festival

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  • 12th to 21st July 2001 (Creation)

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1 item, paper

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Hurford, Peter (1919-1930) ), British organist and composer
(22 November 1930 - 3 March 2019)

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Twenty-First International Organ Festival. St. Albans, 12-21 July 2001.

Programme:
Thursday July 12th: Competitions eliminations. Choral evensong.
Friday July 13th: Competitions eliminations. Choral Evensong. An evening with Cleo Laine, John Dankworth and Friends.
Saturday July 14th: Exhibition demonstration by Thomas Trotter. Lecture by Roderick Swanston. Celebrity organ recital by David Higgs. Choral Evensong. Gala Concert: Elijah (Felix Mendelssohn) by St Albans Choir, St Albans Abbey Girls Choir, City of London Sinfonia, conducted by Andrew Lucas.
Sunday July 15th: Parish Communion.Choral Matins. Choral Evensong. Celebrity Organ Recital by Marie-Claire Alain. Baroque Masterpieces by Emma Kirkby (soprano) and Pier Damiano Peretti (organ) with London Baroque.
Monday July 16th: Competitions semi-finals. Percussion Extravaganza. Lunchtime concert with musicians from the Purcell School, Bushey, Hertfordshire). Choral Evensong at St Peter's. Three Choirs Concert.
Tuesday July 17th: Competitions semi-finals. Lunchtime Organ Recital by Paul Griffiths. Evening prayer (said). BBC Young Musicians of the Year 2000 (a celebration concert with Guy Johnston, cello, and Tom Poster, piano).
Wednesday July 18th: Celebrity Organ recital by Ben van Oosten. Organ demonstration by Donald Mackenzie and Picnic Lunch. Choral Evensong. Royal College of Music Junior Department Symphony Orchestra.
Thursday July 19th: Festival Awayday. Organ Exhibition by Andrew Parnell. International Jurors' Organ Concert (Piet Kee and Thomas Thomas Trotter).
Friday July 20th: Improvisation final. Lunchtime concert by Robert Cherry (accordion). Back to Bach, with Peter Hurford. Member's Garden Party. Choral evensong. Interpretation finals.
Saturday July 21st: Prizewinners' Recital. Choral Evensong. Organ Exhibition by Catherine Ennis. Closing Gala Concert with the BBC Singers, BBC Concert Orchestra, Andrew Parnell and Thomas Trotter (organ), Nicholas Cleobury (conductor).

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