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Competition 2011
       7-16 July 

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Interpretation Competition


Preliminary Recorded Round

(recording to be received by 18 March 2011)

J S Bach O Lamm Gottes unschuldig BWV 656
Gaston Litaize Prélude et danse fuguée

The jury for this round, to select those candidates to be invited to perform in the Quarter-Final rounds in St Albans, will be Lionel Rogg, David Titterington and Thomas Trotter.


Quarter-Final Rounds - 7th, 8th and 9th July 2011

On the Collins organ at St Saviour’s Church, St Albans

W Byrd A Fancy in d minor – from My Ladye Nevill Book
N de Grigny Récit de tierce en taille (from the Gloria)
J A Reincken Toccata in G (Breitkoph)

On the Harrison and Harrison organ at St Albans Cathedral

Jehan Alain Intermezzo
Ferenc Liszt Prelude and Fugue on BACH
John McCabe Commissioned work*

* A copy of the commissioned work by John McCabe will be sent to Quarter-Finalists in April 2011. See also Conditions of Entry No20.


Semi-Final Rounds - 12th and 13th July 2011

On the Collins organ at St Saviour’s Church, St Albans

J S Bach Prelude & Fugue in A BWV 536
W A Mozart Fantasia in f minor K594
Lionel Rogg Deux études (Schola Cantorum)

On the Mander organ at St Peter’s Church, St Albans

Thierry Escaich Ground II for percussion and organ (Billaudot)
Herbert Howells Rhapsody No.3 in c# minor (Stainer & Bell)

Final - 15th July 2011

On the Harrison and Harrison organ at St Albans Cathedral

The finalist should present a balanced programme, lasting no more than 45 minutes, which must include: a work by J S BACH

ANDRÉ ISOIR Variations sur un Psaume Huguenot Op.1 (Édition Delatour)

The programme must not include any work played in an earlier round. 


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