David Bednall

about

David Bednall is a busy composer and organist, combining an extensive freelance career with the position of Sub Organist at Bristol Cathedral, PhD Studies in Composition with Dr. John Pickard at the University of Bristol and Directorship of the University Singers. He studied with Dr. Naji Hakim and David Briggs and between 2002 and 2007 was at Wells Cathedral, nitially as Sub Organist and then as Assistant Organist. As well as the daily services he accompanied the choirs for concerts and on radio and television broadcasts. He also made a number of recordings with the Cathedral Choir and Chamber Choir on the Hyperion, Regent, Lammas and Priory labels. He was born in 1979 and studied in Sherborne and then at The Queen’s College, Oxford where he was Organ Scholar. In 2000 the Chapel Choir toured Paris under his direction, singing at Notre Dame and other venues, and released a live concert CD. In 2000 he was appointed Organ Scholar at Gloucester Cathedral under David Briggs and Ian Ball. While there he spent periods as Acting Director of Music and Acting Assistant Organist, was closely involved in the Three Choirs Festival, and was involved in two recordings – as Director on Lux Aeterna with the Cathedral Choir, and as Accompanist on the critically acclaimed Comfort and Joy with the Saint Cecilia Singers. He was a prize-winner in Improvisation and Performance at the examination for Fellow of The Royal College of Organists in 2002, and has given recitals at L’Église de La Tr

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Sounds Parisian

Sudden Light

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Bednall: Welcome All Wonders

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David Bednall: Sudden Light (Choral Works)

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Sounds Spontaneous: Improvisations Through the Church's Year

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Requiem - David Bednall

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Francis Jackson: Sacred Choral Works

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The House of the Mind

A New Heaven

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A Multitude of Voices (WWI Centenary in Choral Songs)

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Songs by Michael Head and Friends

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Before the Ending of the Day

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