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SUMMARY:Lunchtime Organ Recital: Charles Andrews (Temple Church)
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DESCRIPTION:Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)\n\nSuite\, op 5\n\ni.	Prélude\ni
 i.	Sicilienne\niii.	Toccata\n\n\nCharles Andrews is Organist of the Temple
  Church and professor of organ and Organ co-ordinator at the Royal College
  of Music\, continuing a long-standing connection between the two institut
 ions. Charles studied at the RCM with David Graham\, Sophie-Véronique Cau
 chefer-Choplin\, John Barstow and John Blakely with the aid of a Douglas &
  Kyra Downie Award\, achieving the Harold Darke Memorial Prize for organ.\
 n\nBefore joining the Temple Church\, Charles was Associate Director of Mu
 sic at All Saints\, Margaret Street\, one of London’s most prestigious m
 usic departments\, from 2011-16. Recently\, four live performances with Te
 mple 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. Engagements for 2026 include a recital at St 
 Bavo\, Haarlem in the Orgelstad concert series. A solo recital of British 
 music\, recorded at the Temple Church\, was released in October 2025 and i
 s available from the Temple Church shop or here\, https://orcd.co/templeor
 gan100 \n\nCharles’s playing can be heard at several weekly services and
  concerts at the Temple Church\, continuing the virtuoso tradition of such
  predecessors as George Thalben-Ball and John Birch. \n\nThe Temple 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 rebuilt church 
 (following war damage)\, the gift of Lord Glentanar. The organ case was de
 signed 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.
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LOCATION:The Temple Church\, London
URL:https://www.templechurch.com/music/lunchtime-organ-recitals
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