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SUMMARY:Lunchtime Organ Recital: Jonathan Lilley
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DESCRIPTION:Jonathan Lilley\nWaltham Abbey\n\nMaurice Ravel (1875-1937)\, 
 arr. Jörg Abbing (b. 1969)\n\nLe Tombeau de Couperin\n \n(i) Prélude\n(i
 i) Fugue\n(iii) Forlane\n(iv) Rigaudon\n(v) Menuet\n(vi) Toccata\n\nJonath
 an Lilley grew up in Salisbury where he was a cathedral chorister\, and in
  Oxford as a music scholar at St Edward’s School. He went on to study at
  the Royal Academy of Music\, holding the Organ Scholarship at St George
 ’s Chapel\, Windsor Castle and gaining Fellowship of the Royal College o
 f Organists while still a first year. After graduating he became Sub-Organ
 ist of what is now Leeds Minster\, with its cathedral-style musical tradit
 ion going back to S.S. Wesley’s time as organist\, before advancing to t
 he equivalent role at Ely Cathedral.  Since 2013 he has been Director of M
 usic at Waltham Abbey\, Essex.\n \nJonathan’s career highlights so far i
 nclude Poulenc’s organ concerto on a live broadcast from Ely on BBC Radi
 o\, and a number of improvised silent film accompaniments\, as well as acc
 ompanying his churches’ respective choirs on numerous recordings\, broad
 casts\, tours and great occasions. He also maintains a freelance career as
  organ and piano accompanist\, having been a go-to person for tricky piano
  accompaniments since his teens\; he is the resident accompanist to Englis
 h Arts Chorale\, the Waltham Singers (Chelmsford)\, and Royston Choral Soc
 iety. He holds diplomas in piano and singing as well as organ and choral c
 onducting\, and performs solo piano repertoire for pleasure. His playing o
 f the organ at Waltham Abbey\, recently rebuilt under his influence\, can 
 be sampled via his YouTube channel\, and he is the proud owner of a practi
 ce organ by Guido Schumacher of Eupen\, Belgium.\n \nThe Temple Church 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. \n\nFor more information about 
 the Temple Church's organ recital series\, organ and musicians\nFree admis
 sion with retiring collection
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LOCATION:The Temple Church\, London
URL:https://www.templechurch.com/music/lunchtime-organ-recitals
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