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David Briggs
12+ albums
pipe organorgancomposerClassicalenglish
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Having been educated at Solihull School he was organ scholar at King's College, Cambridge from 1981-84. At just 17 he was awarded his Fellowship of the Royal College of Organists (FRCO) a prestigious award for professional organists. Briggs was also Principal Viola of the National Youth Orchestra. Whilst at King's, he toured Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany with the college choir. In 1983 he received the Countess of Munster Award to study Interpretation and Improvisation with Jean Langlais in Paris, with whom he furthered in his interest in the art of improvisation by his transcriptions of the recordings of the late Pierre Cochereau. Transcribing the remarkable improvisations from Cochereau's cassette recordings took eleven years. Briggs' subsequent performances and recordings of them earned him his initial acclaim. He was also the first British organist to win the Tournimire prize for improvisation at the St Albans International Organ Festival. On leaving King's, he took up the post of Assistant Organist at Hereford Cathedral where he also took over the directorship of Hereford Chamber Choir and String Orchestra. He was appointed Organist and Master of the Choristors of Truro Cathedral in 1989, before moving to the similar post at Gloucester Cathedral in 1994. While at Gloucester he oversaw the rebuilding of the organ which included the installation of the Divided Pedal. This allows the Pedal Board to be 'split', meaning the pedal stops sound o
top songs
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God Be in My Head
6722Anonymous: The first Nowell
2923Hail, Gladdening Light
2374Set Me as a Seal
2285Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade: Pictures at an Exhibition: Ballet of the unhatched chicks
1926Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade: Pictures at an Exhibition: Catacombs
1837Adeste Fideles (O come, all ye faithful)
1038Ubi caritas et amor
799St Davids Service: I. Jubilate Deo
6810Choral No. 1
46albums
Briggs: God Be in My Head
Sounds Artistic
Briggs: Hail, gladdening Light & Other Works
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Essential Christmas
The World of Organ Transcription / The Organ of Gloucester Cathedral
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The World of Organ Transcription
Popular Organ Music Volume 2 / The Organ of Gloucester Cathedral
Briggs: Hail, Gladdening Light
Sounds French - David Briggs Plays the Organ of Blackburn Cathedral
"Organ Kaleidoscope" / The Organ of Gloucester Cathedral
Great European Organs No. 16: St. George's Hall, Liverpool
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Popular Organ Music, Vol. 2