This year’s five-day Organ Festival in York included the finals of the IAO/RCO Organ Competition, during which we heard some great performances at three different venues, Central Methodist and St Olave’s churches for the semi-finals and York Minster for the final on Sunday 28 July.
The winners were:
- Timothy Stewart (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire)
- Thomas Howell (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire)
- Jonathan Lee (Senior Organ Scholar, Trinity College, Cambridge)
An extremely high standard of performance was maintained throughout, during which the audience enjoyed a wide variety of organ music including works by JS Bach, Bairstow, Bruhns, Duruflé, Howells, Messiaen, Vierne and Widor.
Over thirty of our local affiliated associations & societies contributed to the first prize of £1,000.