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Organ Recitals Nationwide
Programme
William Mathias (1934–1992) - Fanfare
Louis Vierne (1870–1937)
Allegro risoluto from Symphony II
Cantilène from Symphony III
Nicolaus Bruhns (1665–1697) - Praeludium in E minor
Timothy Ravalde (b.1988)
Chorale prelude on Down Ampney
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Prelude and Fugue in C major BWV 547
Timothy Ravalde (b.1988)
Prelude on a theme by Orlando Gibbons
Introduction and Fugue on Veni, veni, Emmanuel
Joseph Jongen (1873–1953) - Cantabile
Timothy Ravalde (b.1988) - Veni creator
Gustav Holst (1874–1934)
Jig from St Paul's Suite
arr. Jonathan Scott
Timothy Ravalde (b.1988) - Toccata
Biography
Timothy Ravalde is the Assistant Organist of Chichester Cathedral where he plays for the daily choral services and assists Charles Harrison with the training of the choir. He has also accompanied the choir on numerous broadcasts and tours, and appears on various recordings as accompanist, conductor and organ soloist. He is also the Musical Director of Fernhurst Choral Society with whom he has conducted a wide range of the major oratorio repertoire.
His setting of Siegfried Sassoon's sonnet Dreamers won the Association of English Singers and Speakers' Song Competition 2018. His organ toccata on Tu es Petrus was highly commended in the Royal College of Organists’ 2020 composition competition and his setting for organ of Veni creator won the Beauty in Sound 2023 composition competition.
He was educated at the Nelson Thomlinson School, Wigton, and has held organ scholarships at Carlisle and Salisbury Cathedrals and at St John’s College, Cambridge, where he studied music. He is a recipient of the F.E. Smith medal, presented by the Worshipful Company of Musicians, and a winner of the Brian Runnett Prize for organ playing.