Organ Sonata in C Minor by Greg Morris

Various composers

Greg Morris

Organ Sonata in C Minor

Price: € 19.95
Format: CD
Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212037928
Catnr: SIGCD 379
Release date: 23 May 2014
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Label
Signum Classics

UPC
0635212037928

Catalogue number
SIGCD 379

Release date
23 May 2014

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About the album

'•The first release from the restored organ of the famed Temple Church, London.
• Performed by associate Organist of the church Greg Morris, the program includes several highlights of the organ repertoire, centered around Percy Whitlock’s stunning Organ Sonata.'

Hoogtepunten uit het orgelrepertoire op het herstelde orgel van Temple Church
De Temple Church is een oase van rust in het centrum van Londen en al meer dan 800 jaar een plaats voor godsdienstbeoefening. Deze prachtige kerk werd gebouwd door de Londense Tempeliers, die er verbleven tot aan hun onderdrukking.

De oudste bron waarin sprake is van een orgel in de Temple Church dateert uit 1308. Het orgel op deze opnamen stamt echter uit 1954, gebouwd door Harrison & Harrison nadat het vorige orgel werd verwoest tijdens de blitzkrieg in 1941.

Dit is het eerste album met opnames van het herstelde orgel uit de beroemde Temple Church, met uitvoeringen van de aan de kerk verbonden organist Greg Morris. Het programma bevat verschillende hoogtepunten uit het orgelrepertoire, met Percy Whitlocks prachtige Orgelsonate als middelpunt.

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Greg Morris

Greg Morris is Associate Organist of the Temple Church in London, a position he has held since 2006. He accompanies the acclaimed Temple Church Choir, and has appeared with them on broadcasts and CD recordings. In addition, Greg takes a major role in the training of the choristers, and regularly directs the Choir, recently completing a term as Acting Director of Music. As an organ recitalist, he performs at major venues throughout the UK and Europe. In 2005 he gave the world premiere of David Briggs’s Organ Concerto, which he has also recorded with the Northern Chamber Orchestra. He has released two solo CDs to critical acclaim, and his playing on the recently released Missa de Gloria, a CD devoted to the organ music of Kenneth Leighton, has been described as ‘authoritative and more than equal to Leighton’s virtuosic demands.’ Born and educated in Manchester, Greg studied the organ with Paul Stubbings, John Kitchen and Thomas Trotter. He held scholarships at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, St Martin-in-theFields, and Jesus College, Cambridge, where he directed the Chapel Choir. Greg won the prize for overall performance in the FRCO examinations, for which he was awarded the Silver Medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians. From 2000-6, he held the post of Assistant Director of Music at Blackburn Cathedral

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Jehan Alain

César Franck

César Franck was simultaneously a child prodigy and a late bloomer. His parents quickly discovered his enormous talent, but they were mostly interested in the money and fame that he might generate. Because of this, he was presented as a piano virtuoso, without a focus on composition. Unfortunately, his virtuoso career was less promising then they had hoped, and he started earning his money more as a teacher and organist. Composing stayed in the background, but in the mean time he did get some notable students, such as Henri Duparc. After a while, a sort of "Franck school" of students arose, albeit against his will, who affectionately called him ‘Pater seraphicus’. It was not until he was 50 before he started to receive some acclaim as a composer, and from his 52nd he started a very prolific period, lasting until his death at the age of 68.
Nowadays, Franck is mostly known for his instrumental music, peaking at the famous Violin Sonata in A. Besides this work,, his small collection of organ works was particularly influential.

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