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DATE TIME EVENTSunday 29 JulyPeterborough Cathedral

4.45pm5.30pm6.30pm

Registration (South Transept)Recital by Steven GrahlWine reception (Cloisters)

Monday 30 JulyMorning & afternoon: St John’s Church

Evening: Peterborough Cathedral

9.00am10.00am

11.00am11.30am12.30pm2.30pm

7.00pm

IAO AGMRCO Lecture: Who are we teaching?, Benjamin Saunders talking about his work in LeedsBreakSong recital, Raphaela Papadakis & Sholto KynochFree time for lunchTalk: Catherine of Aragon: her life and music The Revd Canon Tim Alban Jones mbe

Concert: Schola Cantorum of Oxford (Brereton Fund event)

Tuesday 31 JulyMorning: St John’s Church

Afternoon: Burghley House

Evening: Bull Hotel, Peterborough

9.30am10.45am12.15pm1.15pm2.00pm

5.15pm

7.00pm

Piano & organ recital: Libby Burgess & Richard PinelGuided tours of Peterborough CathedralFree time for lunchCoaches depart for Burghley House from Midgate PE1 1TNArrive Burghley House for tour. Organ recitals by Fergus Black from 2.45pm in the chapelCoaches depart Burghley House arriving in Peterborough at 6.00pmWine reception followed by Festival dinner. Speaker: Professor Edward Higginbottom

Wednesday 1 AugustCambridge

9.00am10.30am11.30am1.00pm2.30pm3.20pm4.50pm5.30pm6.15pm6.45pm

Coaches depart: Midgate PE1 1TNOrgan recital by Richard Pinel, Jesus CollegeFree time for lunch Round 1 Organ competition, Sidney Sussex CollegeBreakRound 2 Organ competition, St Catharine’s CollegeBreakOrgan recital, Martin Baker, King’s CollegeCompetition finalists announcedCoaches depart for Peterborough

Thursday 2 AugustPeterborough Cathedral

10.00am11.15am12.00pm–2.00pm3.00pm4.00pm

7.00pm

Improvisation masterclass Martin BakerFree time for lunchOpen consoles. St Peter’s Church, St Mary’s Church & Peterborough Cathedral (1.00pm–2.00pm only)Behind the PipesHarpsichord recital, Professor Edward HigginbottomOrgan Competition Final

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WELCOME

Steven Grahl – Festival Artistic DirectorWelcome to the 2018 IAO Music Festival held in Peterborough.

Peterborough is a hidden gem, a well-connected and attractive city, with an iconic Norman cathedral, and a recently re-pitched Hill organ. As Peterborough isn’t far from Cambridge I have included a day trip there so you will be able to hear a number of instruments, including a concert at King’s College, Cambridge.

I am particularly excited by the inaugural IAO/RCO organ competition. This is a wonderful opportunity to hear gifted players in the early stages of their careers in two Cambridge semi-final rounds, and a final to be held in Peterborough Cathedral. We will also have the opportunity to hear an improvisation masterclass, given by Martin Baker.

When I was invited to create this Festival I decided to incorporate two important anniversaries: the Centenary of the First World War, and the 350th anniversary of the birth of François Couperin. The former will be reflected in the song recital, and in the evening concert given by Schola Cantorum of Oxford, Oxford University’s première chamber choir; the latter will be celebrated in Edward Higginbottom’s harpsichord recital, and in the repertoire for the organ competition.

A visit to Burghley House will provide the opportunity to hear the unique 1790 instrument, as well as to tour one of the grandest houses of the first Elizabethan age. Back in Peterborough, the ‘behind the pipes’ talk will give a fascinating insight into the re-pitching work on the Hill organ, including a video relay from inside the organ case.

Distinguished artists include Professor Edward Higginbottom, former Director of Music at New College, Oxford; Martin Baker, President of the RCO and Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral; and Richard Pinel, Fellow and Director of Music at Jesus College, Cambridge.

I do hope that you will enjoy what promises to be a stimulating and entertaining Festival.

Steven Grahl

Venue postcodes:PeterboroughBull Hotel PE1 1RBPeterborough Cathedral PE1 1XSSt John’s Church PE1 1XBSt Mary’s Church PE1 1TTSt Peter’s Church PE1 1XB

Venue postcodes:CambridgeJesus College CB5 8BLKing’s College CB2 1STSidney Sussex College CB2 3HU St Catharine’s College CB2 1RL

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Sunday 29 JulyRecital: 5.30pm

Steven Grahl (organ)Peterborough Cathedral

Charles Villiers Stanford Fantasia & Toccata in D minor

César Franck Fantaisie in C

York Bowen Fantasia in G minor

Jehan Alain Aria

Iain Farrington Live wire

Monday 30 JulySong recital: 10.00am

Raphaela Papadakis & Sholto Kynoch St John’s Church, Peterborough

Ivor GurneySpring; Sleep; By a Bierside; Lights out

Claude Debussy Ariettes oubliéesC’est l ‘extase langoureuse; Il pleure dans mon cœur; L’Ombre des arbres; Chevaux de bois; Green; Spleen

Noël des enfants qui n’ont plus de maison

Francis Poulenc Banalités Chanson d’Orkenise; Hôtel; Fagnes de Wallonie; Voyage à Paris; Sanglots

Les Chemins de l’amour

Benjamin BrittenSweet Polly Oliver; The Ash Grove; Come you not from Newcastle

Monday 30 JulyConcert: 7.00pm

Schola Cantorum of Oxford, Steven Grahl (director & organ)Peterborough Cathedral

Claude Debussy Trois Chansons de Charles d’Orléans

Hubert Parry My soul, there is a country; I know my soul hath power to know all things; Never weather beaten sail

Organ solo: Jeahn Alain Variations sur un thème de Clément Jannequin

Hubert Parry There is an old belief; At the round earth’s imagined corners

Organ solo: Jehan Alain Le jardin suspendu

Hubert Parry Lord, let me know mine end

Maurice Ravel Trois Chansons

Tuesday 31 JulyRecital: 9.30am

Libby Burgess (piano) & Richard Pinel (organ)St John’s Church, PeterboroughClifford Demarest Fantaisie

César Franck Prélude, Fugue et Variation

Ivor Gurney Preludes in F sharp major and D flat major

Dmitri Shostakovich Lento from Piano Concerto no.1

Jacobus Kloppers The last rose of summer – reminiscences in autumn

Gioachino Rossini arr. Pinel/Burgess Overture to William Tell

Recital: 2.45pm & 4.15pmFergus Black (organ)Burghley House Chapel

Demonstration of the chapel organ with music including works by Roseingrave, Keeble, Stanley, Avison, and Handel.

PROGRAMMES

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Wednesday 1 AugustRecital: 10.30am

Richard Pinel (organ)Jesus College

Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in G BWV 541

From the Orgelbüchlein ProjectGrayston Ives (b.1948) Es steh’n vor Gottes Thron

William Whitehead (b.1970) Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid

Robert Walker (b.1946) Jesus Christus unser Heiland*

Percy Whitlock Sonata in C minorCanzona – Scherzetto

Julius Reubke Sonata ‘The 94th Psalm’

* World première

Organ Competition Round 1: 1.00pm

Callum Alger (organ), Callum Anderson (organ), & Alex Jones (organ)Sidney Sussex College Chapel

Organ Competition Round 2: 3.20pm Rong Rong (organ), Marko Sever (organ), & Polina Sosina (organ)St Catharine’s College Chapel

For organ competition information, see page 11

Recital: 5.30pm

Martin Baker (organ)King’s College Chapel

Charles-Marie Widor Symphonie V in F minor (Op.42, no.1)

Allegro vivace Allegro cantabile Andantino quasi allegretto Adagio Toccata

Martin Baker (b.1967) Improvisation

Thursday 2 AugustRecital: 4.00pm

Professor Edward Higginbottom (harpsichord)Peterborough Cathedral

François Couperin 26e Ordre (Pièces de clavecin, quatrième livre, 1730)

La Convalescente – Gavotte – La Sophie – L’Épineuse – La Pantomime

J.S. Bach Partita IV (Clavierübung I, 1731)Ouverture – Allemande – Courante – Aria – Sarabande – Menuet – Gigue

Organ Competition Final: 7.00pm

PROGRAMMES

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BIOGRAPHIES

Martin BakerBorn in Manchester in 1967, Martin Baker studied at the Royal Northern

College of Music, Chetham’s School of Music and Downing College, Cambridge, then held positions at London’s Westminster and St Paul’s Cathedrals before being appointed to Westminster Abbey at the age of 24. In 2000 he returned to Westminster Cathedral as Master of Music, where he is responsible for directing the world-renowned choir in its daily choral programme and busy schedule of concerts, tours and recordings. Martin Baker is also much sought after as an organist, playing frequent solo concerts in the UK and around the world.

Fergus BlackFergus Black was born in Scotland in 1958. After taking his degree at

St Andrews University, Fergus studied music in the USA at the University of Pennsylvania and at UCLA, before returning to the UK to pursue a career in arts management. He now devotes his time entirely to performing and teaching – piano, organ and singing, both privately and in schools. He gave an organ recital of Music for the Armistice in Stamford earlier this month.

He founded Peterborough Young Singers in 1994, and has conducted a number of local performing groups. He is currently Director of Music at Stamford All Saints’, and lives in Peterborough with his wife, Helen. www.fergusblack.com

The Revd Canon Tim Alban Jones MBETim Alban Jones is the Chaplain to the Bishop of Peterborough, and Vice-

Dean at Peterborough Cathedral. He has also been Acting Precentor for the past 18 months. Before he came to Peterborough in 2015, he was in parish ministry for the previous 27 years. He moved from the neighbouring diocese of Ely where he was the Vicar of Soham for 15 years, and prior to that he served in Hereford as a curate and then Team Vicar in Ross-on-Wye, where he had responsibility for four rural parishes. While at Warwick University, where he studied history, Tim was a choral clerk at Coventry Cathedral. A keen supporter of church music, Tim was pleased to work with organ builder Richard Bower and organist Peter Scott to install a magnifi cent new 2-manual organ in St Andrew’s, Soham, in 2015. He is married to Cathy, a palliative care nurse, and they have three grown up children.

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BIOGRAPHIES

Libby BurgessLibby Burgess is a prize-winning pianist dedicated to the fields of song

and chamber music, collaborating regularly with some of the finest singers and instrumentalists of her generation. Her diverse schedule ranges from song recitals in the UK’s major concert halls and festivals, to chamber music in obscure venues around the country or appearances on Radio 3. Libby is the founding Artistic Director of New Paths, a major new festival of concerts and outreach events in Yorkshire, and is Co-Artistic Director with pianist Martin Roscoe of the Beverley Chamber Music Festival.

Born in Sussex, Libby became the first female organ scholar at any all-male Oxbridge choral foundation – at Christ Church, Oxford – where she also took a first in music, before specialising in piano accompaniment at the Royal Academy of Music.

Libby’s passion for working with singers extends beyond the piano: she is in demand as a vocal coach, runs opera workshops with director Joe Austin, and is highly regarded as a chorus master. She holds the position of In-House Accompanist at Eton College, where she was previously Head of Keyboard, and gives masterclasses at schools and universities across the UK. Libby has been made an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in recognition of her contribution to the music industry.

Steven GrahlSteven Grahl is a sought-after conductor and keyboard player. He took up

his current appointment as Director of Music at Peterborough Cathedral in September 2014, where he is responsible for directing the Cathedral Choir, and for the recently re-pitched Hill Organ. Prior to this, he spent seven years as Assistant Organist at New College, Oxford, accompanying the chapel choir in services, concerts, broadcasts, webcasts and recordings. In conjunction with this post, he held the position of Organist & Director of Music at St Marylebone Parish Church, London from 2001–2014. Steven is Conductor of Schola Cantorum of Oxford, Musical Director of Peterborough Choral Society, Conductor of the Stamford Chamber Orchestra, and was Principal Conductor of the Guildford Chamber Choir from 2006–2017.

A prize-winning graduate of Magdalen College, Oxford, and the Royal Academy of Music, Steven gained the top prizes in the FRCO examination, and is also a holder of the Worshipful Company of Musicians’ Silver Medallion. In 2010, he was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM), an award offered to past students of the Academy who have distinguished themselves in the music profession and made a significant contribution to it in their particular field. Steven was an interpretation finalist in the International Organ Competitions at St Albans (UK) in 2011, and in Dudelange (Luxembourg) in 2013, and is delighted to be President of the Incorporated Association of Organists. He will take up the position of Organist at Christ Church, Oxford, in September 2018.

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Sholto KynochSholto Kynoch is a sought-after pianist who specialises in song and chamber

music. He is the founder and Artistic Director of the Oxford Lieder Festival, which won a prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Award in 2015, cited for its ‘breadth, depth and audacity’ of programming. Recent recitals have taken him to Wigmore Hall, Heidelberger Frühling in Germany, the Zeist International Lied Festival in Holland, the LIFE Victoria festival and Palau de la Música in Barcelona, the Opéra de Lille, Kings Place in London, Piano Salon Christophori in Berlin and many other leading venues nationally and internationally. He has performed with singers including Benjamin Appl, Sophie Daneman, Robert Holl, James Gilchrist, Dietrich Henschel, Katarina Karnéus, Wolfgang Holzmair, Jonathan Lemalu, Stephan Loges, Christoph Prégardien, Joan Rodgers, Kate Royal and Birgid Steinberger, amongst many others. Together with violinist Jonathan Stone and cellist Christian Elliott, Sholto is also the pianist of the Phoenix Piano Trio, praised for a ‘musical narrative of tremendous, involving depth’. He has recorded, live at the Oxford Lieder Festival, the first complete edition of the songs of Hugo Wolf. Other recordings include discs of Schubert and Schumann lieder, the complete songs of John Ireland and Havergal Brian with baritone Mark Stone, a recital disc with Anna Stéphany, and several CDs with the Phoenix Trio. In July 2018, Sholto was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in the RAM Honours.

Professor Edward HigginbottomAfter gaining his FRCO whilst still at school (Read and Harding Prizes),

Edward Higginbottom studied organ under Marie-Claire Alain as a student at Cambridge. During this period he made two LP recordings using the newly-built Mander organ at Corpus Christi College. His work as Organist of New College (1976–2014) led to a focus on choral music (innumerable services, some 120 CDs, major awards, many concert tours – Brazil, USA, Australia, Japan, and most European countries), and the conferment of the title of Professor of Choral Music in the University of Oxford, the first such title to be awarded. He has also received the Medal of the Royal College of Organists for his work in the field of church music. Since handing on the post at New College, he has been active as a freelance conductor and keyboard player, both in the UK and abroad. He holds Honorary Membership of the Royal Academy of Music, and has received the decoration Commandeur de l’ordre des arts et des lettres for his contribution to French musical life. He is Emeritus Fellow of New College, and Associate Organist at Keble College, Oxford.

His musicological interests centre on French Baroque music. He has authored the Grove Dictionary entry on François Couperin, contributed chapters on French repertory to the Cambridge Companion to the Organ, and published articles on performance issues of the period. Forthcoming engagements include directing an anniversary Couperin concert in Montreal and performances of Bach’s St John Passion in Spain.

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BIOGRAPHIES

Richard PinelRichard Pinel is a Fellow and the Director of Music at Jesus College,

Cambridge, a post which he combines with the directorship of the Edington Festival of Music within the Liturgy and a successful freelance career as a virtuoso organist. Prior to this he was, for seven years, Assistant Director of Music at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, playing for services of national and international significance.

He began his musical study in his hometown of Northampton, before winning the prestigious organ scholarship to Magdalen College, Oxford. Subsequently he undertook further study with Henry Fairs as a Junior Fellow of Birmingham Conservatoire. This led to international success, culminating in winning first prize and both special prizes in the Breda International Organ Festival.

On CD, Richard’s performances have been hailed for their ‘electrifying impact’ and ‘truly tremendous verve’. He has recently given recitals at St John’s and King’s Colleges in Cambridge, St Albans Cathedral as part of the IOF, and Beverley Minster as part of New Paths Music. Previous engagements have taken him across the UK, to Europe and the USA and he has broadcast on BBC Radio 3, 4, Classic FM and Radio France Culture.

Raphaela PapadakisLondon-born soprano Raphaela Papadakis, winner of the National Mozart

Competition, made her professional début at Garsington Opera whilst studying at the Guildhall, for which she was praised by the Financial Times as giving ‘the most attractive solo performance’ of the show. She has gone on to perform roles with Helios Collective, Independent and Bury Court Opera, and covered at Glyndebourne, ROH and the Berlin Staatsoper. This season, highlights include appearing as Orestilla for Barber Opera’s production of Porpora’s L’Agrippina, and her house début at West Green House Opera as Duzzwadeva in their new English translation of Offenbach’s operetta Ba-ta-clan.

A sought-after recitalist and concert singer, Raphaela made her début at Carnegie Hall in 2014, and this year performs at the Oxford Lieder Festival, the Beethoven Woche in Bonn, the Lewes Chamber Music Festival, St Johns Smiths Square and Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, with collaborators including Tom Poster, Sholto Kynoch, Alasdair Beatson and the Meta4 Quartet.

Raphaela’s awards include the York Early Music Festival Prize at the London Handel Festival, 1st Prize and Audience Prize at the Clonter Opera Competition, and 1st Prize at the Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards. She is a Samling, IMA, and City Music Foundation Artist, and a winner of the Making Music Award for Young Concert Artists. She is a Selected Artist for Making Music’s brochure 2019/20. Raphaela studied at Clare College, Cambridge, graduating with a first-class degree in English Literature.

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BIOGRAPHIES

Schola CantorumSchola Cantorum of Oxford,

comprising 30 singers from Oxford University, is one of the longest established and most widely known chamber choirs in the UK. Founded by conductor László Heltay in 1960 as Collegium Musicum Oxoniense, Schola Cantorum has worked with many highly respected musicians, including former patrons Sir Michael Tippett and Yehudi Menuhin, as well as Leonard Bernstein, Gustav Leonhardt, John Nelson, Sir

Colin Davis, Sir Mark Elder, and Sir Neville Marriner. Steven Grahl took over from James Burton as Conductor of Schola Cantorum

in July 2017. In addition to the usual termly concerts in Oxford and further afield, engagements for 2017–18 included Brahms’ Requiem at the Oxford Lieder Festival and Handel’s Messiah in the Sheldonian Theatre with Oxford Philharmonic. Schola has just returned from China, where they performed as one of the ‘demonstration choirs’ in the 14th China International Chorus Festival (CICF) in Beijing.

Benjamin SaundersBenjamin Saunders is Director of Music for the Diocese of Leeds, where he

founded the UK’s largest church music programme made up of more than 3,500 children meeting weekly. This now comprises six boys choirs, six girls choirs, three university choirs, 53 school choirs, a choir school, a professional adult choir, an organists training programme and the Leeds International Organ Festival. He has developed a new financial, social and educational model for church music in West Yorkshire and with this background has been privileged to act as consultant and adviser to a number of the UK and Ireland’s other musically pre-eminent cathedrals. Benjamin has been a guest speaker at a variety of university conferences across the UK, Ireland and the United States and a judge for the BBC Young Chorister of the Year Competition. He was appointed a Director of Leeds College of Music in 2013 and Visiting Professor of Music at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana in 2015 and has received honorary awards from the Guild of Church Musicians and the Royal School of Church Music.

Benjamin Saunders was born in Warrington and educated at George Heriot’s School in Edinburgh. He received his first organ lessons at the age of 16 at St Mary’s Metropolitan Cathedral, Edinburgh and two years later won an Organ Scholarship to Downing College, Cambridge, where he studied with Peter Hurford. Upon graduating, he held organist posts at the Cathedrals of St Giles’ Edinburgh, Blackburn, and Chester and continued organ studies with David Sanger, Ann Bond and Michel Bouvard. Further information is available at www.benjaminsaunders.org

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IAO/RCO COMPETITION

The IAO is grateful to the following affiliated associations and individual members who have made donations to sponsor the prize money offered to successful candidates in the IAO/RCO organ playing competition:

AdjudicatorsMartin Baker, Steven Grahl (Chair) & Edward Higginbottom

The Organ Playing Competition is a development of the collaboration which already exists between the Incorporated Association of Organists and the Royal College of Organists. It fulfils the charitable objects of both organisations, including ‘to promote and advance the arts and practice of organ-playing and choral directing and related activities to the highest standards of competence and artistry’ (RCO) and ‘to help organists and choir trainers at all levels of competence to improve their standard of performance and to encourage non-players in the appreciation of the organ and its music’ (IAO).

Aimed at players between the ages of 18 and 26, today’s competitors have already been through a preliminary selection round and we hope you will find it exciting and interesting to hear these representatives of the next generation of organists putting themselves through their paces.

The finalists will be announced at the end of Martin Baker’s recital at King’s College which begins on Wednesday 1 August at 5.30. The Final will take place on Thursday evening (2 August) at 7.00pm in Peterborough Cathedral.

Berkshire Organists’ Association

Birmingham Organists’ Association

Bolton & District Organists’ Association

Brighton & District Organists’ Association

Bromley Organists’ Association

Buckinghamshire Organists’ Association

City of London & Eastern Society of Organists

Cornwall Association of Organists

Cumbrian Society of Organists

Darlington & District Organists & Choirmasters Association

Glasgow Society of Organists

Kent County Organists’ Association

Lichfield & District Organists’ Association

Newbury & District Organists’ Association

Norfolk Organists’ Association

North Staffordshire & District Organists’ Association

Portsmouth & District Organists’ Association

South East Wales Organists’ Association

Sheffield & District Organists & Choirmasters Association

Southwark & South London Society of Organists

West Sussex Organists’ Association

Worcestershire Organists’ Association

Professor Alan Dronsfield

Mr Alan Taylor

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COMPETITORS’ BIOGRAPHIES & PROGRAMMES

1pm: Callum AlgerJ.S. Bach Concerto in D (after Vivaldi) BWV596

François Couperin Elevation (Tierce en Taille)

J.S. Bach Trio super ‘Herr Jesu Christ dich zu uns wend’ BWV 655

Robert Schumann Fugue on BACH: Lebhaft (Op.60/2)

Callum Alger is currently a third year undergraduate at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, studying with Henry Fairs, and is the Assistant Director of Music at St Peter’s Collegiate Church, Wolverhampton. Last September, he was fortunate enough to be able to spend a term studying at the Musikhochschule in Leipzig under the tutelage of Prof. Martin Schmeding. Callum has held organ scholarships at St Matthew’s Church, Northampton and Portsmouth Cathedral; he has also been a finalist in the Northern Ireland International Organ Competition, and is an Associate of both the Royal College of Organists and Trinity College, London.

1:30pm: Callum AndersonFrançois Couperin Offertoire sur les grands jeux (Messe pour les paroisses)

Dietrich Buxtehude Klag Lied BuxWV76

Max Reger Toccata in D Major/Minor

Callum Anderson is an experienced organist, having studied from the age of 13. He won the Fiona Hunt organ trophy and Bristol District Association of Organists trophy in 2015 and again in 2016, and regularly plays for recitals and concerts. He was organ scholar at St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, between 2014 and 2015 and is now senior organ scholar and in charge of music as St Paul’s in Clifton, Bristol. He is studying a music BA degree at the University of Bristol.

2pm: Alex JonesJ.S. Bach Trio Sonata 1 BWV525 (complete)

François Couperin Elevation (Tierce en Taille)

Dietrich Buxtehude Praeludium in A minor BuxWV153

Alex Jones is currently studying for a Masters in Organ Performance Literature at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York in the studio of Prof. Edoardo Bellotti. He began his career by gaining a scholarship place to study at Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester, and was awarded the Junior Organ Scholarship at Manchester Cathedral. He gained his Bachelors’ Degree at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. In 2013, he was awarded the Anne & Don Smith Memorial Organ Scholarship to Birmingham Symphony Hall. Alex currently holds the position of Organist at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation in Rochester, NY.

Round 1: Sidney Sussex College Chapel

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COMPETITORS’ BIOGRAPHIES & PROGRAMMES

3.20pm: Rong RongJ.S. Bach Prelude and Fugue in A Minor BWV 543

François Couperin Offertory on the Grands Jeux (Mass for the Parishes)

Felix Mendelssohn Organ Sonata no.4 in B flat major Op.65/4: IV. Allegro maestoso e vivace

Born in February1998, Rong Rong was admitted as an Organ Major at Shanghai Conservatory of Music and was the top student in 2016. Her organ teachers include Dan WU, Qi ZHANG and Professor Lei ZHU, the famous Chinese organist and the chairman of Modern Instrumental and Percussion Department at the conservatory. She won the first-class People’s Scholarship of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 2016–2017 academic year. She is also the member of Organ Art Center of Shanghai Conservatory of Music. In 2018, after intense competition, she was elected as the exchange student to the Royal Danish Academy of Music.

3.50pm: Marko SeverMichelangelo Rossi Toccata Settima

François Couperin Messe pour les Couvents:i Sanctus Elevation, Tierce en Tailleii Agnus Dei Plein Jeu & Dialogue sur les Grands Jeuxiii Deo Gratias Petit Plein Jeu

Lionel Rogg Deux Etudes

Marko Sever is currently in his final year of postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music, where he is studying the organ with Gerard Brooks. Alongside his studies, Marko currently holds positions at All Saints Margaret Street and St Sepulchre-without-Newgate. He is the Organ Scholar-elect of St Albans Cathedral, where he will begin his duties in September this year.

4.20pm: Polina SosninaFrançois Couperin Offertoire sur les Grands Jeux from Messe pour les paroisses

Jehan Alain Deux Dances à Agni Yavishta

J.S. Bach Fugue in G minor BWV578

Polina Sosnina is the Director of Music at St Thomas’ Church, Brentwood. Prior to her role at St Thomas’, Polina read Natural Sciences at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where she was organ scholar for three years under the direction of Jonathan Hellyer Jones, and Organ Scholar for St John’s Voices in her fourth year. This September, she will take on the role of Organ Scholar at the Temple Church. Polina has studied with a number of acclaimed organists, including Anne Page, David Graham, Gerard Brooks and William Whitehead. She has a particular interest in French repertoire and has undertaken study trips in Paris, Moulins and Souvigny. In March 2017, Polina was awarded first prize in the Brian Runnett Organ Competition at St John’s College, which she now holds alongside a Lincoln Award for organ performance and the Macfarlane-Grieve Prize for music from Magdalene College, Cambridge.

Round 2: St Catharine’s College Chapel

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GREAT 1 Double Open Diapason 16 2 Bourdon 16 3 Open Diapason I 8 4 Open Diapason II 8 5 Open Diapason III 8 6 Spitz Flöte 8 7 Hohl Flöte 8 8 Stopped Diapason 8 9 Principal 4 10 Geigen Principal 4 11 Harmonic Flute 4 12 Twelfth 22/3 13 Fifteenth 2 14 Full Mixture 19.22.26.29 IV 15 Sharp Mixture 29.33.36 III 16 Cornet 8.12.15.17 IV 17 Contra Posaune 16 18 Posaune 8 19 Clarion 4 i Choir to Great ii Swell to Great iii Solo to Great

SWELL 20 Bourdon† 16 21 Open Diapason I 8 22 Open Diapason II 8 23 Rohr Flöte 8 24 Salicional 8 25 Voix Céleste TC 8 26 Principal 4 27 Salicet 4 28 Wald Flute 4 29 Fifteenth 2 30 Mixture 17.19.22 III 31 Cymbal 19.22.26.29 IV 32 Contra Oboe 16 33 Hautboy 8 iv Tremulant 34 Double Trumpet 16 35 Trumpet 8 36 Horn 8 37 Clarion 4 v Octave vi Suboctave vii Unison off viii Solo to Swell

CHOIR 38 Bourdon 16 39 Open Diapason 8 40 Stopped Diapason† 8 41 Dulciana 8 42 Principal† 4 43 Flute† 4 44 Nasard* 22/3

45 Fifteenth† 2 46 Flautina† 2 47 Sesquialtera 12.17* II 48 Mixture 19.22.26† III 49 Bassoon 16 50 Trumpet 8 ix Tremulant x Swell to Choir xi Solo to Choir

Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul & St Andrew, PeterboroughThomas Thamer 1661; Kellingburgh 1735; William Hill 1868; Hill & Son built the present instrument in 1894. Hill Norman & Beard 1930; Harrison & Harrison 1981, 2005, 2016

ORGAN SPECIFICATIONS

OrganFest 2019BIOS, IAO & RCO celebrate the organ in Cardiff

in the autumn.

Details will be available early next year via

www.organfest.org.uk & Organists’ Review

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ORGAN SPECIFICATIONS

SOLO (51 to 63 enclosed) 51 Quintatön 16 52 Viole 8 53 Viole Céleste TC 8 54 Unda Maris (2 ranks) 8 55 Concert Flute 8 56 Octave Viole† 4 57 Flauto Traverso 4 58 Piccolo† 2 59 Double Clarinet 16 60 Orchestral Oboe 8 61 Clarinet 8 62 Vox Humana 8 xii Tremulant 63 Tuba 8 64 Tuba Mirabilis* 8 65 Contra Posaune (from 17) 16 66 Posaune (from 18) 8 67 Clarion (from 19) 4 xiii Octave xiv Sub Octave xv Unison Off PEDAL 68 Double Open Diapason (Wood) 32 69 Open Wood 16 70 Open Diapason Wood (from 68)* 16 71 Open Diapason Metal 16 72 Violone 16 73 Bourdon† 16 74 Dulciana 16 75 Principal 8 76 Bass Flute 8 77 Violoncello 8 78 Gemshorn† 4 79 Twelfth & Fifteenth II 80 Mixture 15.19.22† III 81 Contra Trombone 32 82 Trombone 16 83 Trumpet 8 84 Contra Oboe (from 32) 16 85 Clarinet (from 59) 16 86 Contra Tuba (from 63) 16 87 Contra Posaune (from 17) 16 88 Posaune (from 18) 8 89 Clarion (from 19) 4 xvi Great to Pedal xvii Swell to Pedal xviii Choir to Pedal xix Solo to Pedal

COMBINATION COUPLERS xx Great and Pedal pistons coupled xxi Generals on Swell foot pistons

ACCESSORIES Eight thumb pistons to Great Eight thumb pistons to Swell Eight thumb pistons to Choir Eight thumb pistons to Solo Eight general thumb pistons Eight toe pistons Pedal Eight toe pistons to Swell Reversible thumb pistons: Ch-Pd, Gt-Pd, Sw-Pd, So-Pd, Sw-Ch, Sw-Gt Reversible toe pistons: Gt-Pd, Sw-Gt, Ped Double Open Diapason, Contra Trombone General cancel piston Great and Pedal combinations coupled Generals on Swell foot pistons Eight divisional and 128 general piston memories Stepper operating general pistons in sequence Balanced expression pedals to Swell, Choir and Solo Organs

Stops marked † 1981 *2016

Acknowledgements

Festival Administrator: Robert Miller

Festival Committee: Steven Grahl, Richard Allen, Terrence Hancock, Robert Miller, David Saint

Festival Handbook: Sarah Beedle

Organ Specifications: Terrence Hancock, Paul Hale

Coach Stewards: Terrence Hancock, Graham Rock

Delegates’ Badges: Terrence Hancock

Photography and recording during performance is strictly forbidden.Programmes may be subject to change without prior notice.

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GREAT ORGAN 1 Double Open Diapason 16 2 Open Diapason I 8 3 Open Diapason II 8 4 Stopped Diapason 8 5 Octave 4 6 Principal 4 7 Wald Flute (2016) 4 8 Octave Quint 22/3

9 Super Octave 2 10 Open Flute 2 11 Mixture 19.22.26.29 IV 12 Sesqulaltera 17.19.22 III 13 Contra Tromba 16 14 Tromba 8 15 Octave Tromba 4 i Choir to Great ii Swell to Great iii Solo to Great iv Manuals I/II exchange(13–15 are enclosed in the Solo swell-box) SWELL ORGAN 16 Quintatön 16 17 Open Diapason 8 18 Violin Diapason 8 19 Voix Céleste 8 20 Lieblich Gedeckt 8 21 Echo Salicional 8 22 Vox Angelica (tenor c) 8 23 Principal 4 24 Lieblich Flute 4 25 Fifteenth 2 26 Mixture 12.15.19.22 IV 27 Oboe 8 v Tremulant 28 Double Trumpet 16 29 Trumpet 8 30 Clarion 4 vi Octave vii Sub Octave viii Solo to Swell ix Unison Off

CHOIR ORGAN (enclosed) 31 Double Salicional (12 from 63) 16 32 Open Diapason 8 33 Claribel Flute 8 34 Salicional 8 35 Dulciana 8 36 Gemshorn 4 37 Suabe Flute 4 38 Nazard 22/3

39 Dulcet 2 40 Tierce 13/5

41 Larigot 11/3

42 Twenty-second 1 43 Corno di Bassetto (1997) 8 44 Contra Tromba (from 13) 16 45 Tromba (from 14) 8 46 Octave Tromba (from 15) 4 x Swell to Choir xi Solo to Choir

SOLO ORGAN (47–56 enclosed) 47 Contra Viola 16 48 Viole dOrchestre 8 49 Viole Octaviante 4 50 Cornet de Violes 10.12.15 III 51 Harmonic Flute 8 52 Concert Flute 4 53 Cor Anglais 16 54 Clarinet 8 55 Orchestral Hautboy 8 xii Tremulant 56 French Horn 8 57 Tuba 8 xiii Octave xiv Sub Octave xv Unison Off xvi Great to Solo xvii Choir Trombas on Solo (53 has an extra octave of pipes at the top for use with XIII and XV)

PEDAL ORGAN 58 Double Open Wood (from 59) 32 59 Open Wood 16 60 Open Diapason (from 1) 16 61 Geigen 16 62 Bourdon 16 63 Salicional 16 64 Echo Violone (from 47) 16 65 Principal (2016) 8 66 Flute (from 62) 8 67 Fifteenth (2016) 4 68 Rohr Flute 4 69 Open Flute 2 70 Mixture 19.22.26.29 IV 71 Double Ophicleide (from 72) 32 72 Ophicleide 16 73 Trombone (from 13) 16 74 Double Trumpet (from 28) 16 75 Cor Anglais (from 53) 16 76 Posaune (from 72) 8 77 Tromba (from 13) 8 78 Octave Tromba (from 13) 4 79 Schalmei 4 xviii Choir to Pedal xix Great to Pedal xx Swell to Pedal xxi Solo to Pedal

COMBINATION COUPLERS xxii Great to Pedal foot pistons xxiii Pedal to Great pistons xxiv Generals on Pedal foot pistons xxv Generals on Swell foot pistons

King’s College Chapel, CambridgeThomas Dallam 1605/6; Lancelot Pease 1661; Thomas Thamar 1673/7; Renatus Harris 1686/8; John Avery 1803/5; William Hill 1834, 1859, 1889 and 1911; Harrison & Harrison 1934, 1968, 2016

ORGAN SPECIFICATIONS

ACCESSORIESEight general pistons and general cancelTwo general coupler pistonsEight foot pistons to the Pedal OrganEight pistons to the Choir OrganEight pistons to the Great OrganEight pistons to the Swell Organ, duplicated by foot pistons

Six pistons to the Solo Organ 16 divisional and 512 general piston memories Stepper, operating general pistons in sequence Pedal divide (adjustable) Balanced expression pedals to the Choir, Swell and Solo Organs

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Jesus College, CambridgeOrgelbau Kuhn 2007

ORGAN SPECIFICATIONS

GREAT 1 Bourdon 16 2 Open Diapason 8 3 Harmonic Flute 8 4 Stopped Diapason 8 5 Gamba 8 6 Principal 4 7 Flute 4 8 Quinte 22/3

9 Fifteenth 2 10 Mixture 19.22.26.29 IV 11 Trumpet 8 i Tremulant ii Swell to Great iii Swell Sub Octave to Great

SWELL 12 Geigen Diapason 8 13 Lieblich Gedact 8 14 Salicional 8 15 Celeste TC 8 16 Dolce 8 17 Principal 4 18 Chimney Flute 4 19 Nazard 22/3 20 Octave 2 21 Tierce 13/5 22 Plein Jeu 15.19.22.26 IV 23 Trumpet harmonic 8 24 Oboe 8 iv Tremulant

PEDAL 25 Lieblich Bourdon* 16 26 Subbass 16 27 Violone 16 28 Principal 8 29 Gamba* 8 30 Stopped Diapason* 8 31 Octave 4 32 Posaune 16 33 Trumpet* 8 v Great to Pedal vi Swell to Pedal vii Swell Octave to Pedal Stops marked * by transmission

ACCESSORIES 8 general pistons; 8 pistons each to Great, Swell, Pedal

St Mary Boongate, PeterboroughOriginal organ built in 1873 (unknown builder); John Compton (date unknown); Percy Daniel & Co. 1991 rebuilt in new church; the Swell organ and some of the Pedal is based on the old Compton organ, the Great is newGREAT 1 Open Diapason 8 2 Stop Diapason 8 3 Salicional 8 D 4 Principal 4 5 Flute 4 6 Twelfth 22/3

7 Fifteenth 2 D 8 Tierce 13/5

9 Quint was Mixture 19.22.26 11/3

10 Trumpet 8 C

SWELL 11 Open Diapason 8 E 12 Hohlflute 8 13 Salicional 8 D 14 Vox Angelica 8 15 Principal 4 E 16 Salicet 4 D 17 Fifteenth 2 E 18 Mixture 19.22 II D 19 Double Trumpet 16 C 20 Trumpet 8 C 21 Clarion 4 C Tremulant

PEDAL 22 Open Diapason 16 23 Bourdon 16 A 24 Quint 102/3 A 25 Principal 8 B 26 Bass Flute 8 A 27 Fifteenth 4 B 28 Flute 4 A 29 Trombone 16 C 30 Trumpet 8 C 31 Clarion 4 C Letters indicate the rank derivations from the former organ

COUPLERS Swell to Pedal Swell to Great Great to Pedal

ACCESSORIES Great and Pedal combinations coupled 4 thumb pistons Great; 4 Swell; 4 toe pistons Pedal; 4 Swell (duplicating) Thumb pistons sw-gt, gt-pd reversible Toe piston gt-pd reversible 12 memory channels MIDI connections Balanced swell pedal Console type detached, mobile on wheeled platform; connection to organ via co-axial cable and jack plug Stop tabs in a single row above the keyboards Pedalboard radiating concave

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St Catharine’s College, CambridgeE.J. Johnson & Son, Cambridge 1978/79, 2000; Flentrop 2002

Burghley House Chapel, Burghley Park, Stamford, LincolnshireRobert & William Gray, London, 1790; H.C. Lincoln, London, c.1825;Dominic Gwynn & Edward Bennett 1985

ORGAN SPECIFICATIONS

PEDAL 31 Principal 16 32 Dulciana 16 33 Octave 8 34 Stopped Flute 8 35 Fifteenth 4 36 Nason Flute 4 37 Mixture 22.26.29 III 38 Bombarde 16 iii Swell to Pedal iv Choir to Pedal v Great to Pedal

ACCESSORIES 6 adjustable thumb pistons to each manual Toe piston pedal combinations to Great, Choir, Swell and Pedal Pedal: reversible toe piston to Great to Pedal Great: 1 piston ‘Cornet’; reversible Ch-Gt & Sw-Gt Swell: reversible Gt-Pd Balanced pedal

COMBINATION COUPLERS Great & Pedal combinations coupled Swell & Pedal combinations coupled Choir & Pedal combinations coupled

(Swell and stops marked * are from the organ of the Unitarian Chapel, Portland Street, London.)

GREAT 1 Open Diapason* 8 2 Stopped Diapason* 8 3 Principal* 4 4 Open Flute* 4 5 Nazard 22/3

6 Fifteenth* 2 7 Nachthorn 2 8 Tierce 13/5

9 Mixture 19.22 II 10 Scharf 26.29 II 11 Trumpet* 8 i Swell to Great ii Choir to Great

SWELL 12 Stopped Diapason 8 13 Salicional 8 14 Voix Celeste 8 15 Principal 4 16 Fifteenth 2 17 Mixture [15].19.22 II/III 18 Fagot 16 19 Trumpet 8 20 Krummhorn 8 21 Clarion 4 Tremulant

CHOIR 22 Gedackt 8 23 Principal 4 24 Coppel Flute 4 25 Nasat 22/3 26 Octave 2 27 Spitz Flute 2 28 Terz 12/3 29 Quint 11/3 30 Cymbel 29.33.36 III Tremulant

MANUAL 1 Dulciana Middle C 8 2 Stop Diapason Bass C–b 8 3 Stop Diapason Treble Middle C 8 4 Flute 4 5 Fifteenth 2 6 Sesquialtra C–b III 17.17.19, 15.17.17 7 Cornet Middle C 12.15.17 III 8 Hautboy Middle C 8

CONSOLE Console type Attached Stop type Drawstop Label type Ivory keys FF-BB present but never connected; retractable keyboard; Single row of drawstops, with square shafts, to player’s left;

ACCESSORIES shifting movement pedal controlling sliders on top of those for the Fifteenth, Sesquialtera and Cornet, sprung, on the left, i.e. reducing to Diapasons, Principal and Flute; Hautboy in a separate swell box with a sliding front, controlled by a pedal on the right The tuning has been modified to 1/6

th comma meantone and the pitch to A=428Hz

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St John’s Church, PeterboroughForster & Andrews 1871; Harrison & Harrison 1917; Cousans Lincoln 1980; Alan Goulding 2017–8

ORGAN SPECIFICATIONS

GREAT 1 Gross Geigen 16 2 Large Open Diapason 8 3 Small Open Diapason 8 4 Hohl Flute 8 5 Stopped Diapason 8 6 Octave 4 7 Harmonic Flute 4 8 Octave Quint 22/3

9 Super Octave 2 10 Mixture 19.22.26.29 IV 11 Harmonics IV 12 Tromba 8

SWELL 13 Open Diapason 8 14 Lieblich Gedeckt 8 15 Echo Gamba 8 16 Voix Celestes TC 8 17 Gemshorn 4 18 Mixture 15.19.22 III 19 Double Trumpet 16 20 Trumpet 8 21 Hautboy 8 22 Clarion 4 Tremulant

CHOIR 23 Lieblich Bordun 16 24 Claribel Flute 8 25 Viola da Gamba 8 26 Concert Flute 4 27 Viole d’Orchestre 4 28 Piccolo 2 29 Clarinet 8

PEDAL 30 Open Wood 16 31 Geigen 16 32 Sub Bass 16 33 Octave Wood 8 34 Flute 8 35 Ophicleide 16

COUPLERS Swell to Pedal Swell to Great Swell to Choir Swell octave Choir to Great Choir to Pedal Great to Pedal Great Reeds to Choir

ACCESSORIES 6 thumb pistons to Great 6 thumb pistons to Swell (duplicated by toe pistons) 6 thumb pistons to Choir 6 toe pistons to Pedal reversible thumb piston for Gt-Pd (duplicated by toe piston), ch-pd, sw-pd and sw-gt (duplicated by toe piston) Pedal to Great pistons Balanced Swell and Choir pedals

Sidney Sussex College, CambridgeFlentrop Orgelbouw 2016HOOFDWERK 1 Bourdon 16 2 Prestant 8 3 Roerfluit 8 4 Salicionaal 8 5 Octaaf 4 6 Fluit 4 7 Quintfluit 3 8 Superoctaaf 2 9 Cornet IV 10 Mixtuur IV–V 11 Trompet 8 Tremulant to whole organ

ZWELWERK 12 Bourdon 8 13 Viola 8 14 Voix Celeste 8 15 Fluit 4 16 Octaaf 4 17 Nasard 22/3 18 Fluit 2 19 Terts 13/5 20 Mixtuur II–III 21 Dulciaan 8

PEDAAL 22 Subbas 16 23 Bourdon 16 24 Prestant 8 25 Gedekt 8 26 Octaaf 4 27 Fagot 16

COUPLERS P + I P + II I + II I + II 16

ACCESSORIES 6 thumb pistons each to Zwelwerk and Hoofdwerk 6 toe pistons on lhs above Pedaal Reversible thumb and toe pistons to all couplers Sequencer; Setter; General cancel Balanced pedal to Zwelwerk

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