Lunchtime Organ Recital: Miriam Reveley (Jesus College, Cambridge)
- Occurring
- for 30 mins
- Venue
- The Temple Church, London
- Address The Temple Church, Temple, London, EC4Y 1BB, United Kingdom
Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-97)
- Praeludium in E minor
J S Bach (1685-1750)
- Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV 663
Judith Bingham (b 1952)
- St Bride assisted by angels
Flor Peeters (1903-86)
- Toccata, fugue & hymn Ave maris stella
Miriam Reveley is the Senior Organ Scholar at Jesus College Cambridge, where she is studying Music. Miriam began her musical career as a chorister at Ely Cathedral in 2016, and she began learning the organ in 2017 with Sarah MacDonald. She was appointed Sixth Form Organ Scholar at Ely in 2019 and Assisting Organist in 2022. Miriam passed her FRCO diploma in July 2022, winning the Limpus prize for her playing exam, while studying with Daniel Moult. Before University, Miriam spent her gap year as Organ Scholar at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, where she played for the Committal Service of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. In 2024, she won the Kent County Organ Competition, the RCO Competition’s Susi Jean Prize, and she was highly commended in the Northern Ireland International Organ Competition. In her spare time, she is also a composer: her ‘St George’s Fanfare’ and ‘Prelude on Stille Nacht’ have been published by Encore, and her ‘Trio in C minor’ has been published by the AGO. She is currently taught by Ann Elise Smoot and Stephen Farr.
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.