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Organ Recitals Nationwide
Programme
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
Präludium in G minor, BuxWV 149
Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) Trois Pièces:
Prelude; Petit Canon; Improvisation
Iain Farrington (b.1977) Fiesta! i: Celebration
Kenny Wheeler (1930-2014), arr. George Herbert (b.2001)
The Sweet Time Suite - Opening
Iain Farrington (b.1977) Fiesta! ii: Conversations
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) - Organ Sonata in G major, op. 28
i. Allegro maestoso; ii. Allegretto; iii. Andante espressivo; iv. Presto (comodo)
Biography
George was born in Manchester in 2001, and his passion for music was kindled in earnest when he became a chorister at Manchester Cathedral. George spent four years at St John’s College, Cambridge, first as an organ scholar studying Music and German, and latterly as Assistant Organist. He then spent a year working in London as a freelancer, including regularly at Westminster Abbey and English National Opera.
He is now Assistant Organist at New College, Oxford, where he accompanies the college’s daily sung liturgy, and assists in training and conducting New College Choir. He has a busy freelance life outside Oxford: he regularly sings with and accompanies Tenebrae, he works as a choral coach with Pimlico Musical Foundation and the Rodolfus Foundation, and he is an active organ recitalist. His first album as a piano accompanist, Venus & Adonis with soprano Grace Davidson, was recently released on Signum Classics, and in 2023 he won the Northern Ireland International Organ Competition.