Applications are now open for the 2027 Competitions
Enjoy a memento of the 2025 Festival, courtesy of photos by Stephen Boffey
Beautiful artwork by Dione Verulam, reproduced by kind permission
Welcome reception for competitors, jury and supporters
Morning Worship, broadcast live on BBC Radio 4
Dame Mary Beard presents ‘Monstrous Regiments’ with soprano Nardus Williams and lutenist Elizabeth Kenny
Jean-Baptiste Robin composer interview with David Titterington
London Handel Players with countertenor James Laing
Concert dedicated to David Laing CBE (1945–2024)
Rachmaninoff’s Vespers performed by the Choir of King’s College London, by candlelight
Beethoven’s Ninth with Britten Sinfonia
Alim Beisembayev, piano
Three Choirs: St Albans Cathedral, New College Oxford and Temple Church
Bach Corners supported by the RCO Foundation: 30 minutes of uplifting music in the middle of the day, performed by outstanding young organists Carolyn Craig, Luke Mitchell, Daniel Colaner and Hamish Wagstaff
Jacqui Dankworth, live in concert with her jazz trio
The spectacular Jacqui Dankworth
Lucy Crowe, soprano and Anna Tilbrook, piano
Our hard-working international jury after their final deliberations
Alexis Grizard, winner of the First Interpretation Prize and Gold Medal, presented by the Countess of Verulam, IOF Vice-President
Congratulations to every one of our competitors
The competition winners, with jury and illustrious guests behind
The 33rd St Albans International Organ Festival and Competitions took place from 7 to 19 July 2025.
With exhilarating music and inspirational performers, the Festival celebrated the organ and so much more.
Original cover artwork © Dione Verulam, reproduced by kind permission. dioneverulam.co.uk
All events photography by Stephen Boffey
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