rcco.ca THE ROYAL CANADIAN COLLEGE OF ORGANISTS LE COLLÈGE ROYAL CANADIEN DES ORGANISTS Presents / présente THE 2019 NATIONAL ORGAN PLAYING COMPETITION LE CONCOURS NATIONAL D’ORGUE 2019 SEMI-FINAL ROUND JULY 5, 2019 St. George’s Round Church (Halifax) 1:00 PM – Competitor B 2:00 PM – Competitor A 3:15 PM – Competitor C 4:15 PM – Competitor H FINAL ROUND JULY 7, 2019 Cathedral Church of All Saints (Halifax) 7:00 PM – Competitor 1 7:55 PM – Competitor 2 8:50 PM – Competitor 3
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THE ROYAL CANADIAN COLLEGE OF ORGANISTS
LE COLLÈGE ROYAL CANADIEN DES ORGANISTS
Presents / présente
THE 2019 NATIONAL ORGAN PLAYING COMPETITIONLE CONCOURS NATIONAL D’ORGUE 2019
SEMI-FINAL ROUND JULY 5, 2019St. George’s Round Church (Halifax)
1:00 PM – Competitor B 2:00 PM – Competitor A 3:15 PM – Competitor C 4:15 PM – Competitor H
FINAL ROUNDJULY 7, 2019Cathedral Church of All Saints (Halifax)
VICTOR TOGNI (1935-1965) (reconstructed by John Paul Farahat)Deuxième Toccata Improvisée on the Ite missa est of Kyriale XI (Orbis factor) and a theme of Healey Willan
HERBERT HOWELLS (1892-1983)Rhapsody in D-flat Major, op. 17 No. 1
CÉSAR FRANCK (1822-1890)Pièce Héroïque, FWV 37
DAVID SIMON
David Simon is the Organist of the Cathe-
dral of St. James (Anglican) in Toronto,
Canada. David began his career as a
professional organist at the age of twelve,
accompanying the nationally-televised
Daily Mass at St. Michael’s Cathedral-Ba-
silica. David continues to accompany
services at the Cathedral-Basilica, where
he began his musical formation as a choris-
ter, in addition to his duties at the Cathedral
of St. James. David is a Doctor of Musical
Arts candidate at Yale University, where
he studies with Thomas Murray. He is a
Fellow of the Royal Canadian College of
Organists, winning the Healey Willan Prize
for highest achievement nationally, and is
an Associate of the Royal Conservatory.
An active recitalist and accompanist, David
has performed across North America,
Europe, the United Kingdom, and Russia
and has given premieres with the Toronto
and New Haven Symphony Orchestras.
CANDIDATE A David Simon
Semi-Final Round:
FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847)Sonata No.3, op. 65 No.3
I. Con moto Maestoso
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR (1844-1937)
Symphonie «Romane», op. 73
II. Choral
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACHPrelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 532
GERALD BALES (1919-2002)
Petite Suite
I. Introduction
II. Intermezzo III. Finale
Final Round
NICOLAS BRUHNS (1665-1697)Praeludium in E minor
PETER-ANTHONY TOGNIHagia Sophia Litanies
CÉSAR FRANCK Prière
RACHEL LAURIN (B. 1961)Étude Héroïque, op. 38
Jocelyn Lafond was born in Saint-Hya-
cinthe (Québec) in 1989. His musical jour-
ney, beginning with piano lessons at the
age of six, has progressed in the constant
pursuit of ways to understand and express
music in its many forms. A graduate of the
Trois-Rivières Conservatory of Music,
Montreal Conservatory of Music and
Arts au Carré (Mons Royal Conservatory
of Music) in Belgium, he is the holder of
a diploma in organ, piano, collaborative
piano, choral and orchestral conducting,
and classical music writing styles. Also
active as a concert artist, arranger, and
composer, particularly in the domain
of religious music, he has been titular
organist at the St-Hyacinthe Cathedral
since 2009, in addition to being the chapel
master of the Cathedral and Professor at
the Trois-Rivières Conservatory of Music
(Music Theory and Collaborative piano)
since 2017. Jocelyn Lafond is presently
studying organ with Hans-Ola Ericsson
and Christian Lane at McGill University
(Montreal) in the D. Mus. Performance
program. He has also singled himself out
in many competitions such as the Canada
Music Competition, the Lynnwood-Far-
nam Competition, and the Quebec Organ
Competition, in which he won first prizes.
JOCELYN LAFOND
CANDIDATE C Jocelyn Lafond
Semi-Final Round:
J. P. SWEELINCK (1562-1621)Mein junges Leben hat ein End
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACHPrelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 532
VALÉRY AUBERTIN (B. 1970)
Première Sonate
I. …ce soir aussi
II. Ombres
V. …longtemps avant le jour
CHARLES-MARIE WIDORSymphonie No3, op. 13 No 3
Final Round
PETER-ANTHONY TOGNIHagia Sophia Litanies
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACHFantasy and Fugue in g minor, BWV 542
CÉSAR FRANCKPrière, opus 20 (extrait des Six Pièces)
LOUIS VIERNE (1870-1937)
Symphonie No3 op. 28
V. Final
CANDIDATE H Alexander Ross
Semi-Final Round:
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532
ALAIN GAGNON (1938-2017)
Pastourelle, op. 26
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Sonata V, op. 65 No. 5
I. Andante
II. Andante con moto III. Allegro maestoso
BENGT HAMBRAEUS (1928-2000)Tierce en Taille from Livre d’orgue (vol. 2)