Lunchtime Organ Recital: Charles Andrews
- Occurring
- for 30 mins
- Venue
- The Temple Church, London
- Address The Temple Church, Temple, London EC4Y 7BB, EC4Y 1BB, United Kingdom
Charles Andrews
Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
- Saraband for the morning of Easter
William Byrd (1540-1623)
- Pavan ‘The Earle of Salisbury’
Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703)
- Récit de Tierce en taille
Harold Darke (1888-1976)
- Rhapsody
Vincent d’Indy (1851-1931)
- Prélude
Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
-Toccata
Charles Andrews is Organist of the Temple Church and professor of organ and Organ co-ordinator at the Royal College of Music. Charles studied at the RCM with the aid of a Douglas & Kyra Downie Award, achieving the Harold Darke Memorial Prize for organ.
Before joining the Temple Church, Charles was Associate Director of Music at All Saints, Margaret Street from 2011-16. Recently four live performances with the Temple Church Choir have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, including the first performance of Carmina tempore viri by Kenneth Hesketh (nominated for an Ivor Novello Award) in 2021. Plans for 2025 include the release of a solo recital of British music, played at the Temple Church.
The Temple Church organ
The organ in the Temple church was built in 1924 for the Castle of Glen Tanar, Aberdeenshire, and installed in 1954 in the rebuilt church (following war damage), the gift of Lord Glentanar. The organ case was designed by W. E. Godfrey and installed in 1966 and is modelled on drawings of the 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.