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English Organ Music from the Temple Church
Various composers

James Vivian

English Organ Music from the Temple Church

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Format: CD
Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212022320
Catnr: SIGCD 223
Release date: 01 January 2011
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Signum Classics
UPC
0635212022320
Catalogue number
SIGCD 223
Release date
01 January 2011
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About the album

In keeping with the historic nature of the Temple Church, the first mention of an organ there dates back to 1308 – although the organ on this recording, made by Harrison & Harrison, dates from 1954 (after the previous organ was destroyed during the blitz in 1941).

The varied programme touches on a multitude of works for organ by English composers, all of which bring out different facets of this versatile instrument. The organist, James Vivian, has been part of the music department at the Temple Church since 1997, working first with the then director of music Stephen Layton before taking on the role himself in 2006.

Including works by Percy Whitlock, Henry Walford Davies, John Stanley, Samuel Sebastian Wesley, Frank Bridge, Basil Harwood, Francis Jackson and Herbert Howells.

This album is complemented by the release The Temple Church Choir's 'The Majesty of Thy Glory': Choral Works by Britten, Elgar, Howells and Purcell, also released this month.
Veelzijdige Engelse orgelwerken uitgevoerd op het 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 opnames, gebouwd door Harrison & Harrison nadat het vorige orgel werd verwoest tijdens de blitzkrieg in 1941, stamt echter uit 1954.

Het gevarieerde programma bevat een veelvoud aan orgelwerken van Engelse componisten als Percy Whitlock, Henry Walford Davies, Francis Jackson en Herbert Howells, die allen verschillende facetten van dit veelzijdige instrument naar voren brengen.

De uitvoerend organist, James Vivian, maakte van 1997 tot 2013 deel uit van de muziekafdeling van Temple Church, waar hij aanvankelijk samenwerkte met het hoofd Stephen Layton als sub-organist en organist voor hij in 2006 zijn positie overnam.

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James Vivian (organ)

James Vivian has been part of the music department at the Temple Church since 1997 and was appointed Director of Music & Organist of the Temple Church in 2006. Previously, he worked closely with the then Director of Music, Stephen Layton, as Sub-Organist and subsequently as Organist. At the Temple Church, James presides over the famous four-manual Harrison & Harrison organ and directs the professional choir of men and boys about whom the Daily Telegraph commented, ‘The Temple Church Choir is a formidable force, finely honed and blended’. The choir’s latest CD was released on the Signum label in 2010. As an organist, he is known as much for his outstanding interpretation of the solo repertoire as for his colourful...
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James Vivian has been part of the music department at the Temple Church since 1997 and was appointed Director of Music & Organist of the Temple Church in 2006. Previously, he worked closely with the then Director of Music, Stephen Layton, as Sub-Organist and subsequently as Organist. At the Temple Church, James presides over the famous four-manual Harrison & Harrison organ and directs the professional choir of men and boys about whom the Daily Telegraph commented, ‘The Temple Church Choir is a formidable force, finely honed and blended’. The choir’s latest CD was released on the Signum label in 2010. As an organist, he is known as much for his outstanding interpretation of the solo repertoire as for his colourful and inventive accompanying; he is one of England’s most sought-after young organists. James Vivian was educated at King’s College, Cambridge where, for four years, he worked closely with its world-famous choir as organ scholar. Before Cambridge, he was acting-Assistant Organist. of Lincoln Cathedral. He was a prize-winner in the Fellowship examination of the Royal College of Organists, and was awarded a scholarship to study the French organ repertoire with Marie-Louise Langlais in Paris. James has appeared in many Festivals (including the BBC Proms, Aldeburgh, The Three Choirs Festival, the Lincoln Festival in New York City, and Festivals in Bermuda, Germany and Italy), and has played recitals and concerts throughout the world (including Japan, Brazil, South Africa, USA, and Europe). He has broadcast on many national radio stations as a soloist, and has recorded with labels such as Decca, Priory, Signum, Sony BMG, EMI and Hyperion. James has also been an examiner for the The Royal College of Organists.
James was Artistic Adviser to the hugely successful year-long 2008 Temple Festival; highlights included conducting a new and fully-staged production of Dido & Aeneas in London which was highly praised: ‘…an uncommonly satisfying, very beautiful account of Dido and Aeneas’ (Opera). He is co-founder of two professional instrumental ensembles, The Temple Players and Temple Brass, as well as the Temple Singers, with whom he presents concerts at the Temple Church.


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