Joshua Simões (HM Chapel Royal, Hampton Court) - return to Welcome
Organ Recitals Nationwide
Programme
Évocation ii
Thierry Escaich (b.1965)
Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein, BuxWV 210
Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
Fuga sopra il magnificat, BWV 733
J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Toccata on 'Vom Himmel hoch, da komm Ich her
Garth Edmundson (1892-1971)
Scherzo Symphonique
Pierre Cochereau (1924-84)
Variations sur un Noël Angevin
Gaston Litaize (1909-91)
Les Mages from La Nativité
Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)
Epiphanie
Gaston Litaize (1909-91)
Biography
Joshua Simões is a prize-winning organist based in London. Organist and Assistant Director
of Music at His Majesty’s Chapel Royal, Hampton Court, Joshua is amid a portfolio freelance career
as soloist, accompanist, continuo player, repetiteur and teacher. Before moving to Hampton Court,
Joshua has held positions as Chapel Organist of Harrow School, and organ scholar at the London
Oratory. Generously supported by the Eric Thompson Trust and the Countess of Munster trust,
Joshua won all the major awards, including the coveted DipRAM, at the Royal Academy of Music as a
student of David Titterington and Bine Bryndorf, and was a prize winner at the Northern Ireland
International Organ Competition.
As soloist Joshua enjoys a busy performing schedule, recently giving recitals at St Paul’s
Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Liverpool Cathedrals, Southwark Cathedral and has appeared as
soloist at several music festivals in the UK including, Presteigne, Chiltern Arts Festival, Charles
Wood festival of music. His concerts have taken him to notable performance spaces in Europe
including Germany, Gran Canaria, Sweden and Finland.
Joshua made a critically acclaimed CD with the Chapel Choir of King’s College London, for
Delphian, of music by Edward Nesbit. Receiving five stars in ‘Choir & Organ’ magazine and a
Gramophone ‘Editor’s Choice’, the latter stating that “Joshua played superbly with virtuoso use of
the organ”. Other composers Joshua has since collaborated with include Morgan Hayes, Isabella
Gellis, Robin Haigh, and Carmen Ho, appearing with a range of notable groups and featuring on BBC
Radio 3 and Radio Ulster.