The 50th Anniversary International Organ Festival at St Albans in 2013:
11-20 July 2013

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For the past fifty years, since the St Albans International Organ Festival was founded by Peter Hurford in 1963, we have been committed to promoting the organ as a solo instrument in its own right, as well as an instrument capable of performing in various other musical contexts.

This biennial festival is centred around the magnificent Norman cathedral of St Albans and in other churches and buildings in this beautiful historic city. The festival attracts leading musicians and performers from around the world together with very best young organists who come to compete in the two competitions.

St Albans, England is 30 kilometres north of London. St Albans is a 20 minute train journey from St Pancras International.

Our July weekend mini-festival: 13^th-15^th July 2012 - Book Now!

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Friday 13th July 19:30 GOULD PIANO TRIO St Saviour's Church Lucy Gould - violin Alice Neary – cello Benjamin Frith – piano Schubert ‘ Notturno’ D.897 Beethoven ‘The Ghost’ op 70 no.1 Schubert Trio in B flat D28 Saint-Saëns Piano Trio in E minor op 92 Celebrating their 20th anniversary this season, the Gould Piano Trio open our weekend of concerts. Winners of the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, they have established themselves as one of the leading Piano trios performing worldwide.
Saturday 14th July 10:30 MASTERCLASS With Dr David Ponsford St Saviour's Church French Organ Music in the reign of Louis XIV: An illustrated talk and masterclass by Dr David Ponsford (10.30-12.30;14.30-17.00) The distinguished musicologist, harpsichordist and organist, David Ponsford, who will lead a study day with a masterclass based around his recently published book (Cambridge University Press) Inspiring the Baroque from Louis Couperin to J S Bach
Saturday 14th July 19:30 St Albans Bach Choir St Albans's Cathedral Tickets for this event and further information: www.stalbansbachchoir.org.uk
Sunday 15th July 15:00 BAROQUE CONCERT St Michael's Church Augusta Hebbert – soprano Viktor Toepelmann – viola de gamba Pawel Siwczak – harpsichord/organ Programme to include excerpts from Couperin’s Leçons de Tenebre, and works by Handel and Purcell Three outstanding award-winning young musicians perform in the mediaeval beauty of St Michael’s Church. Augusta Hebbert’s most recent London performance received rave reviews in the national press. She is joined by Broadwood Prizewinner, Pawel Siwszak and Munich based, Viktor Toepelmann.
Sunday 15th July 20:15 MELVYN TAN Piano Recital St Saviour's Church J S Bach English Suite in A minor Variations for Judith - 11 short reflections on 'Bist du bei mir', G.H. Stölzel arr. J.S. Bach Schumann Fantasiestücke Op 12 Chopin 3 Mazurkas Op 59 Chopin Scherzo in B flat minor Closing the weekend, is internationally acclaimed pianist Melvyn Tan whose programme will include one of a series of ‘premiere’ performance of Variations for Judith - a set of short variations by leading composers which include Jonathan Dove, Peter Maxwell Davies, Tarik O’Regan, Diana Burrell, Judith Weir, Michael Berkeley, Richard Rodney Bennett.

The Competition Jury for the 2013 St Albans International Organ Festival has been announced:

Stefan Engels, Germany
Thierry Escaich, France
Lorenzo Ghielmi, Italy
Kalevi Kiviniemi, Finland
Kei Koito, Japan/Switzerland
Susan Landale, UK - winner of the first St Albans International Organ Festival in 1963
Alan Morrison, USA

The 2011-2012 Saturday Organ Concert series began on 17^th September. Click here for more details.

Click here to listen to the 2011 Prizewinners' Concert, Saturday 16th July 2011, St Albans Cathedral: David Baskeyfield, Paul Goussot, Ka Young Lee, Simone Vebber.

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Festival Archives

Can you help identify some of the photographs in the IOF Archives? We have pictures taken from social events, concerts and rehearsals which we cannot name. Do have a look at the first batch of pictures - click here

If you can't remember names, you can search the on-line files from the Archives for artists and ensembles, etc.

We would still be glad to hear about any papers, photographs etc particularly from the early Festivals which we might copy, or even keep for the archives. If you have any material, or wish to make an enquiry about past Festivals, please contact our Archivist, Jill Bennett

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The 50th Anniversary International Organ Festival at St Albans in 2013:11-20 July 2013