The 50th Anniversary International Organ Festival
at St Albans in 2013:
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Festival 2013
Only days to the 50th Anniversary International Organ Festival at St Albans
Listen to some of our 2011 Competition Winners from the Prizewinner's Concert
The Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Albans - 16th July 201
The tracks can be played by clicking on them.
Simone Vebber (Peter Hurford Prize)
1.Adagio & Fugue from BWV564, J S Bach
Ka Young Lee (John Mccabe Prize and 2nd prize interpretation Competition)
2. Esperanza, John McCabe
Paul Goussot (Winner Improvisation Competition)
3. Improvisation
Sebastian Philpott (Trumpet) and David Newsholme (Organ)
4. Joute, Valentin Villard (Winner of Choir & Organ Composition Competition)
David Baskeyfield (Winner Interpretation Competition and Audience Prize)
5. From Piéces de Fantasie, Suite 4, Op. 55 , (iv) Naiades, Louis Vierne
6. From Symphonie No. 6, in B Major, Op. 59 , (v) Final, Louis Vierne
Listen to our Previous Competition Winners
Konstantin Volostnov plays the Organ of The Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban
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Konstantin Volostnov was born in Moscow in 1979. He began studding organ music in Maria Potashnikova's class in the Sergei Prokofiev Music School. From 1994 to 1999 he studied in the Academic Music College of The Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory (piano and organ classes of Alexei Shmitov). In 2004 Konstantin Volostnov graduated from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory where he studied with Professor Alexei Parshin (organ), Yuri Martynov (piano), and Professor Alexei Lyubimov (chamber ensemble). In 2007 Konstantin Volostnov gained a diploma at the Staatliche Hochschule fur M&DK in Stuttgart where he took lessons from Ludger Lohmann, and in the same year Konstantin finished the post-graduate course of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory (organ class of professor Natalia Gureeva). Konstantin Volostnov is a winner of the First Prize at the E.F.Walcker-prize in Schramberg (Germany, 2008) and First Prize at A.-F.Goedicke competition in Moscow (2008). In 2009 he won the First Prize and Audience Prize in the Interpretation Competition at the 25th International Organ Festival at St Albans.He also won the Peter Hurford prize for the best performance of Bach’s work, and the prize for the best performance of Sacrificium by John Casken. The tracks can be played by clicking on them. |
| These recordings were made on the 6 November 2010. | Passacaglia
in C Minor, BWV 582, JS Bach From Six Etudes in Canonic Form, Op. 56, Robert Shumann (i) Nich zu schnell (iv) Innig (v) Nicht zu schnell Fantasia in G Major, Op. 110, Alexander Glazunov From Symphony N0 5 in E Minor, Op. 64, Piotr Illych Tchaikovsky (ii) Andante cantabile, transc. Edwin Lemare Perpetuum mobile (2003) Dianiyar Dianov (1963- ) |
Ulrich Walther plays the Wilhelm Sauer Organ in the Bremen Dom
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Ulrich
Walther
was born in 1980, he studied at the University of Music and Performing
Arts in Stuttgart (Germany), where he passed all exams (bachelor in
Church music, diplomas in concert performance and music teaching,
magister in school music) with distinction. During that time his
professors were Prof.Dr.Ludger Lohmann (organ), Prof.Dieter Kurz
(Conducting) and Hans-Martin Corrinth (Improvisation). He took part in
organ master classes with Lorenzo Ghielmi, Daniel Roth, Hans-Ola
Ericcson, David Sanger, Heinz Wunderlich, Gerhard Weinberger, Jon
Laukvik.
In
2007 he won the First
Prize and Audience
Prize in the Interpretation
Competition at the 24th International
Organ Festival at St Albans.
These recordings were made on
the 14-16 September 2009. Excerpts from the tracks can be played by clicking on them. |
Great European Organs No. 82Priory Records: PRCD1035  |
1.
Toccata in D minor BWV 912 Bach / Reger 2. Invention No. 1 BWV 772 Bach / Reger 3. Invention No. 2 BWV 773 Bach / Reger 4. Invention No. 3 BWV 774 Bach / Reger 5. Invention No. 4 BWV 775 Bach / Reger 6. Invention No. 5 BWV 776 Bach / Reger 7. Invention No. 6 BWV 777 Bach / Reger 8. Invention No. 7 BWV 778 Bach / Reger 9. Invention No. 8 BWV 779 Bach / Reger 10. Invention No. 9 BWV 780 Bach / Reger 11. Invention No. 10 BWV 781 Bach / Reger 12. Invention No. 11 BWV 782 Bach / Reger 13. Invention No. 12 BWV 783 Bach / Reger 14. Invention No. 13 BWV 784 Bach / Reger 15. Invention No. 14 BWV 785 Bach / Reger 16. Invention No. 15 BWV 786 Bach / Reger 17. Toccata in D minor BWV 913 Bach / Reger 18. Praludium und Fuge in B minor BWV 867 Bach / Reger 19. Toccata in F sharp minor BWV 910 Bach / Reger |
Herman Jordaan plays the Harrison & Harrison Organ at St Albans Cathedral
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Herman
Jordaan was born and brought
up in Pretoria, South
Africa.He has undertaken a number of concert tours
to Europe, the UK, Scandinavia, and the USA. In 2003
he won the First
Prize and the Audience Prize
of
the Interpretation
Competition at the 22nd
International Organ Festival at St Albans.
These
recordings were made
on 10 and 11 April 2007. Excerpts from the tracks can be played by clicking on them. |
Great European Organs No. 72Priory Records: PRCD863  Buy this CD |
Three
Organ Pieces Henk Temmingh (b.1939) 2. Cantilena 3. Toccata 4. Fantaisie, Op. 73 Samuel Rousseau (1853-1904) 5. Scherzo (from Douze Pièces) Gaston Litaize (1909-1991) 6. Deus Creator Omnium Wijnand van Klaveren (b.1975) 7. Sonata Op. 23 in A minor August Gottfried Ritter (1811-1885) 8. Ceremonial March Herbert Sumsion (1899-1995) 9. Variazioni sopra la sinfonia della cantata "Christ lag in Todesbanden" di J.S. Bach, Op. 64 Anthon van den Horst (1899-1965) Three Quiet Preludes - Alec Rowley (1892-1958) 10. Modal 11. Chromatic 12. Diatonic 13. Toccata on Veni Emmanuel Adolphus Hailstork (b.1941) |
Johannes Unger plays the Sauer Organ of St. Thomaskirche, Leipzig
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Johannes
Unger,
born in 1976 in Schlema, East Germany, was marked in his early life by
his musical parents. He received a complete musical training at the
Special School for Music in Halle, which he then continued at the
Academy for Music and Theatre »Felix Mendelssohn
Bartholdy« in Leipzig.
He studied organ with Ullrich Böhme, organist of St Thomas
Leipzig, and
piano with Markus Tomas. He continued his studies in the solo class of
Hans Fagius at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Copenhagen until
2001. Furthermore he attended master classes conducted by Emanuel Ax,
Christian Zacharias, Robert Levin and Ewald Kooiman. In
2001
he won the
First
Prize
in the Interpretation Competition at the 21st International
Organ
Festival at St Albans.These
recordings were made on the
13/14/15
June 2003. Excerpts from the tracks can be played by clicking on them. |
Great European Organs No. 62Priory Records: PRCD788  Buy this CD |
1.
Chorale Fantasia on "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" Max
Reger (1873 - 1916) Sonate Op. 11 Ludwig Neuhoff (1859 - 1909) 2. 1st Movement 3. 2nd Movement 4. 3rd Movement The Three Pastels Op. 92 Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877 - 1933) 5. First Pastel 6. Second Pastel 7. Third Pastel 8. Basso Ostinato Op. 58 Sigfrid Karg-Elert 9. Air J.S. Bach arr. Sigfrid Karg-Elert 10. Chorale Fantasia on "Halleluya! Gott zu Loben bleibe meine Seelenfreud Op. 52/3 Max Reger |
We are grateful to Priory Records Ltd for allowing us to use excerpts from their CDs
| As part of his after dinner speech at the AGM on 14th February 2009, Piet Kee introduced us to the St Albans Waltz. Click here to view and listen again |
