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JANUARY-MARCH International Choral Festival Wales Canadian International Organ Canadian International Organ 19-21 Apr, Cardiff, UK Competition – Frozen Pipes Competition – Frozen Pipes Contact 58 Drum Tower View, Caerphilly 18 Jan-30 Mar, Montreal, Canada 18 Jan-30 Mar, Montreal, Canada CF83 2XW or via website A new winter festival helps organ fans See separate box, right. internationalchoralfestival.wales in Montreal keep warm by listening ciocm.org Fiestalonia – World of Choirs to world-class music during the frigid 28 Apr-1 May, Pesaro, Italy Canadian winter. Highlights include a MARCH Contact +34 972 376550, recital by Westminster Abbey organist Oslo International Church Music Festival [email protected] James O’Donnell (20 Feb) and an 22-31 Mar, Oslo, Norway fiestalonia.net improvisation concert (30 Mar) featuring Box office+47 815 33 133, billettservice.no CIOC artistic director Jean-Willy Kunz, oicmf.no MAY and 2017 winner Alcee Chriss (pictured). Fiestalonia – Golden Voices of Westminster Cathedral Grand Contact +1 514 510 5678, info@ciocm. Montserrat Organ Festival org, Concours international d’orgue du 24-28 Mar, Spain May-Oct, London, UK Canada, 606 rue Cathcart, bureau 335, Contact +34 972 376550, See separate box, overleaf. Montreal (Quebec) H3B 1K9 [email protected] westminstercathedralchoir.com ciocm.org fiestalonia.net Leeds International Organ Festival London Handel Festival 13 May-8 Jul, Leeds, UK 27 Mar-29 Apr, London, UK leedsiof.org Box officeboxoffice@londonhandelfestival. Cork International Choral Festival org.uk 1-5 May, Cork, Republic of Ireland london-handel-festival.com Box officebit.ly/2DOY627 corkchoral.ie APRIL Cornwall International Male Voice Passiontide at Merton Choir Festival 12-14 Apr, Merton College, Oxford, UK 2-6 May, Cornwall, UK Box office+44 1865 305305 Contact Gareth Churcher (festival director) mertoncollegechoir.com +44 1872 246043, [email protected] Holy Week Festival cimcf.uk 14-20 Apr, St John’s Smith Square, Sounds Thrilling! – Orford Organ London, UK Festival Box office+44 20 7222 1061, or in person at 10-12 May, St Bartholomew’s, Orford, UK St John’s Smith Square Contact [email protected] sjss.org.uk orfordorganproject.com
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2019 TEWKESBURY ABBEY THE MUSICA DEO SACRA CHOIR L E E D S I N T E R N A T I O N A L O R G A N F E S T I V A L FESTIVAL DIRECTOR Carleton Etherington MONDAY LUNCHTIME RECITALS (LEEDS CATHEDRAL, 1.10 - 2.00 PM) ORGANIST Paul Walton 13/05 Darius Battiwalla (Leeds City Organist) 20/05 Thomas Leech (Diocese of Leeds) 03/06 Nigel Ogden (Theatre organist) 10/06 Anthony Hammond (Concert organist) 17/06 Benjamin Saunders (Diocese of Leeds) MONDAY 29 JULY to SUNDAY 4 AUGUST 24/06 Ourania Gassiou (Organist, Athens Concert Hall) 01/07 Thomas Heywood (Concert organist, Melbourne, Australia) 08/07 David Pipe (Diocese of Leeds) OTHER 2019 FESTIVAL EVENTS INCLUDE: 01/06 Come and Sing Haydn, led by David Pipe 03/06 Nigel Ogden - 'The Theatre Organ' Masterclass 11/06 Sir James MacMillan in conversation with Richard Mantle OBE
More information on all festival events including Evening Concerts, Lectures and Masterclasses can be found at:
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an Oratorio Judith by C Hubert H Parry Wednesday 3 April, 2019 – 7.30pm Royal Festival Hall, London First full London performance since 1889 Free pre-concert talk at 6.00pm
Tickets: £15-£55* Concessions 25% off – limited availability. St Davids Cathedral Festival Group discounts for 10 or more people. Gwyl Eglwys Gadeiriol Tyddewi * Transaction fees apply: £3 online, £3.50 over the phone. No transaction fees for in-person bookings, Southbank Centre Members and Supporters Circles.
London Mozart Players William Vann, conductor Sarah Fox, soprano Kathryn Rudge, mezzo-soprano Toby Spence, tenor Henry Waddington, bass-baritone Crouch End Festival Chorus
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JUNE JAM on the Marsh Westminster Cathedral Grand Organ Festival Limerick Sings – International Choral 4-14 Jul, Romney Marsh, Kent, UK May-Oct, London, UK Festival Ireland Contact +44 800 988 7984, Join us for a celebration of the organ at 6-9 Jun, Limerick, Republic of Ireland [email protected] Westminster Cathedral’s Grand Organ Contact +353 61 234 178, jamconcert.org Festival 2019, featuring six recitals by [email protected] Cheltenham Music Festival players from across the UK and Europe. limericksings.com 5-14 Jul, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK Contact +44 20 7798 9055, Aldeburgh Festival Contact +44 1242 850270, or in person [email protected] 7-23 Jun, Suffolk, UK at 15 Suffolk Parade, Cheltenham GL50 2AE westminstercathedralchoir.com Contact +44 1728 687110 (box office), cheltenhamfestivals.com/music [email protected] York Early Music Festival aldeburgh.co.uk 5-13 Jul, York, UK Bachfest Leipzig Contact +44 1904 632220, info@ncem. 14-23 Jun, Leipzig, Germany co.uk; (Box Office: +44 1904 658338, Contact +49 341 9137-300, [email protected]), National Centre [email protected], for Early Music, St Margaret’s Church, Thomaskirchhof 15/16, 04109 Leipzig, Walmgate, York YO1 9TL Germany nncem.co.uk bachfestleipzig.de St Albans International Organ Festival Organ Festival Holland 8-20 Jul, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK 21-28 Jun, Alkmaar, Netherlands Contact The Administrator, +44 1727 See separate box, overleaf. 844765, [email protected] orgelfestivalholland.nl organfestival.com St Magnus International Festival BBC Proms 21-26 Jun, Orkney, UK 19 Jul-14 Sep, London, UK Contact +44 1856 871445, Contact +44 845 401 5040 (box office),
SIMON LLOYD [email protected] [email protected] stmagnusfestival.com bbc.co.uk/proms London Festival of Contemporary East Neuk Festival King’s Lynn Festival Church Music 26-30 Jun, East Neuk, Fife, UK 14-27, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, UK 11-19 May, London, UK Contact +44 131 669 1750, Contact +44 1553 767557, Contact Rebecca Lea, Festival Manager [email protected] [email protected], +44 20 7388 1461, [email protected] eastneukfestival.com (box office: +44 1553 764864), lfccm.com Deal Music and Arts Festival Fermoy Gallery, King Street, King’s Lynn, London Festival of Baroque 28 Jun-13 Jul, Deal, Kent, UK Norfolk PE30 1HA Music – Crossing the Border Box office +44 1304 370220, kingslynnfestival.org.uk 10-18 May, venues in London, UK theastor.org Westminster Abbey Summer Organ Contact St John’s, Smith Square box office dealfestival.co.uk Festival +44 20 7222 1061, [email protected] 16 Jul-13 Aug, London, UK lfbm.org.uk JULY Contact + 44 20 7222 1061 (Mon-Sat Bath International Music Festival Llangollen International Musical 10am-5pm), 17-26 May, Bath, UK Eisteddfod [email protected] Contact +44 7790 518756, 1-7 Jul, Llangollen, UK westminster-abbey.org [email protected] Contact +44 1978 862001 (box office), Southern Cathedrals Festival bit.ly/2Dy327c [email protected] 17-20 Jul, Chichester, UK English Music Festival international-eisteddfod.co.uk southerncathedralsfestival.org.uk 24-27 May, Oxfordshire, UK Changing Tides – Halifax Organ Three Choirs Festival Contact Em Marshall-Luck, +1 7808 473889, Festival 26 Jul-3 Aug, Gloucester, UK [email protected] 7-11 Jul, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Contact +44 1452 768928, englishmusicfestival.org.uk changingtides2019.ca [email protected] Spoleto Festival USA Oundle International Festival 3choirs.org 23 May-9 Jun, Charleston, SC, US 4-13 Jul, Oundle, Northamptonshire, UK Musica Deo Sacra Contact +1 843 579 3100, Contact +44 1832 274734 (box office), 30 Jul-5 Aug, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, UK [email protected] [email protected] See separate box, overleaf. spoletousa.org oundlefestival.org.uk tewkesburyabbey.org.uk
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AUGUST SEPTEMBER Musica Deo Sacra Grand Prix of Nations Gothenburg & Norwegian Organ Festival 30 Jul-5 Aug, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, UK 4th European Choir Games 12-15 Sep, Stavanger and area, Norway Sublime choral music within the liturgy 3-10 Aug, Gothenburg, Sweden Contact arnfinn.tobiassen@stavanger. in beautiful Tewkesbury Abbey Contact +49 6404 69749 2 kommune.no Contact +44 1684 850959, interkultur.com orgelfestival.no [email protected]; Edinburgh International Festival Organ Space Festival tewkesburyabbey.org.uk 2-26 Aug, Edinburgh, UK 12-15 Sep, Stockholm, Sweden Contact +44 131 473 2099; box office: Contact +46 702899487, [email protected] +44 131 473 2000, [email protected] organspace.se www.eif.co.uk Lahti Organ Festival OCTOBER 5-11 Aug, Lahti, Finland The Cumnock Tryst Contact [email protected] 3-6 Oct, Cumnock, Ayrshire, UK lahtiorgan.fi Box office +44 141 332 5057, Norfolk Chamber Choir & Choral [email protected] Conducting Workshop thecumnocktryst.com 11-18 Aug, Norfolk, Connecticut, USA Toulouse les Orgues Festival 750646, [email protected] Contact [email protected] 2-13 Oct, Toulouse and region, France derrychoirfest.com norfolk.yale.edu Contact [email protected] Soundfestival – Adventures in new music Edington Festival toulouse-les-orgues.org 23 Oct-3 Nov, Aberdeenshire, UK 18-25 Aug, Edington, Wiltshire, UK St Andrews Voices Contact +44 1330 826526, Contact +44 7525 793426, 17-19 Oct, St Andrews, Fife, UK [email protected] [email protected] Contact +44 1334 462 226 www.sound-scotland.co.uk edingtonfestival.org [email protected] Presteigne Festival standrewsvoices.com NOVEMBER 22-27 Aug, Presteigne, UK City of Derry International Choral Malta International Choir Festival Contact +44 1544 267800, Festival and Competition Nov (dates tbc), Malta [email protected] 23-27 Oct, Derry, Northern Ireland, UK Contact +356 22915560, presteignefestival.com Contact +44 2871 363672, +44 7754 [email protected] visitmalta.com Organ Festival Holland DECEMBER 21-28 Jun, Alkmaar, Netherlands A week of top-class music, featuring the town’s famous historic organs, visiting artists, Spitalfields Music Winter Festival and a symposium on Schnitger father and son. Runs alongside the Organ Academy and Nov/Dec [dates tbc], London, UK the International Schnitger Organ Competition (see News for further details). Contact Box office +44 20 7377 1362, Contact [email protected]; orgelfestivalholland.nl [email protected] spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk
FESTIVALS 2020
Mayfield Festival 26 Apr-10 May, Mayfield, Sussex, UK Contact +44 333 666 3366 mayfieldfestival.co.uk Helsingborgs Körfestival 27-31 May, Helsingborg, Sweden Contact +49 6404 69749 25, interkultur.com 12th World Symposium on Choral Music 11-18 Jul, New Zealand wscm2020.com International Organ Festival Haarlem 18 Jul -1 Aug 2020, Haarlem, Netherlands Contact +31 20 4880481, [email protected]
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