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SUMMARY:Lunchtime Organ Recital: Oliver Hancock
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DESCRIPTION:William Walton (1902-1983) arr. Robert Gower \n- Orb and Scept
 re\n\nThomas Arne (1710-1778)\n- Allegro \n\nFelix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
 \n- Sonata No.1 in F minor (Op.65) \ni.	Allegro moderato e serioso\nii.	Ad
 agio\niii.	Andante recitativo\niv.	Allegro assai vivace\n\nOliver Hancock 
 is Director of Music at the Collegiate Church of St Mary\, Warwick\, where
  he is responsible for the musical life of the Church\, training and condu
 cting the choirs of boys\, girls\, and men in services and concerts both i
 n Warwick and further afield. He is also Choral Director at King’s High 
 School\, Warwick. Oliver was Organ Scholar at Jesus College\, Oxford\, whe
 re he read for a degree in Music\, and in 2010 he was among the first stud
 ents to take the new MMus in Choral Studies degree at the University of Ca
 mbridge. From 2008-2012\, he held the post of Assistant Organist to Ely Ca
 thedral Girls’ Choir\, and for the academic year 2011-12 was also Gradua
 te Organ Scholar at Selwyn College\, Cambridge. As Sub-Organist at Portsmo
 uth Cathedral until Christmas Day 2017\, Oliver accompanied daily services
  and regularly conducted the cathedral choirs in services and concerts as 
 well as undertaking outreach work across the diocese\, alongside the posit
 ion of School Organist at The Portsmouth Grammar School. \n\nHe has toured
  much of mainland Europe and the East coast of the USA\, broadcast live on
  BBC One television\, and BBC Radio 3 and 4\, and played numerous recitals
  throughout the UK and further afield. He was for many years an Examiner f
 or the ABRSM and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists.\n\nThe org
 an\nThe organ in the Temple church was built in 1924 for the Castle of Gle
 n Tanar\, Aberdeenshire\, and installed in 1954 in the rebuilt church (fol
 lowing war damage)\, the gift of Lord Glentanar. The organ case was design
 ed by W. E. Godfrey and installed in 1966 and is modelled on drawings of t
 he Temple’s Father Smith organ of 1688\, showing the crests of Inner and
  Middle Temple. The organ was rebuilt in 2013 by Harrison and Harrison of 
 Durham and has 66 stops over four manuals.
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LOCATION:The Temple Church\, London
URL:https://www.templechurch.com/music/lunchtime-organ-recitals
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