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SUMMARY:Lunchtime Organ Recital: Charles Andrews
DTSTART:20260603T121500Z
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DESCRIPTION:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)\n- Prelude in E flat\, BWV 5
 52\n\nSigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)\n- Freu dich sehr\, o meine Seele\, o
 p 65\n\n- Lauda Sion salvatorem (‘Cathedral Windows’\, op 106)\n\nMarc
 el Dupré (1886-1971)\n- Pange lingua (‘Le Tombeau de Titelouze’\, op 
 38)\n\n- Prelude & fugue in B\, op 7\n\n\nCharles Andrews is Organist of t
 he Temple Church and professor of organ and Organ co-ordinator at the Roya
 l College of Music\, continuing a long-standing connection between the two
  institutions. Charles studied at the RCM with David Graham\, Sophie-Véro
 nique Cauchefer-Choplin\, John Barstow and John Blakely with the aid of a 
 Douglas & Kyra Downie Award\, achieving the Harold Darke Memorial Prize fo
 r organ.\n\nBefore joining the Temple Church\, Charles was Associate Direc
 tor of Music at All Saints\, Margaret Street\, one of London’s most pres
 tigious music departments\, from 2011-16. Recently\, four live performance
 s with Temple Church Choir have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3\, including 
 the first performance of Carmina tempore viri by Kenneth Hesketh (nominate
 d for an Ivor Novello Award) in 2021. Engagements for 2026 include a recit
 al at St Bavo\, Haarlem in the Orgelstad concert series. A solo recital of
  British music\, recorded at the Temple Church\, was released in October 2
 025 and is available from the Temple Church shop or here\, https://orcd.co
 /templeorgan100 \n\nCharles’s playing can be heard at several weekly ser
 vices and concerts at the Temple Church\, continuing the virtuoso traditio
 n of such predecessors as George Thalben-Ball and John Birch. \n\nThe Temp
 le Church organ\nThe organ in the Temple church was built in 1924 for the 
 Castle of Glen Tanar\, Aberdeenshire\, and installed in 1954 in the rebuil
 t church (following war damage)\, the gift of Lord Glentanar. The organ ca
 se 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. \n\nFuture recital
 s – Wednesdays at 1.15 pm\n10 June – Ben Collyer (Manchester Cathedral
 ) \n17 June – George Inscoe (St Paul’s Cathedral) \n24 June – Martin
  Ford (The Guards’ Chapel\, Westminster)\n1 July – Pingping Chen (Roya
 l College of Music)\n8 July – Gavin Phelps (Oundle Recital Award)
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LOCATION:The Temple Church\, London
URL:https://www.templechurch.com/music/lunchtime-organ-recitals
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