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HAVPCD278 – O clap your hands Sacred music by Orlando Gibbons

Orlando Gibbons was born in 1583 in Oxford. When he was 5 years old the family moved to Cambridge, where he became a chorister at King’s College from 1596 to 1598. He became a student there a year later and took his BMus degree in 1606. He probably sang as a Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal from about 1603, remaining in service there as an organist, eventually becoming the senior organist by 1625. He took his DMus at Oxford in 1622, and was appointed Organist of Westminster Abbey in 1623. He died suddenly in 1625. His small output of sacred music was written exclusively for the Anglican Church.

HAVPCD273 – Flourish for an Occasion The organ of St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle

This programme is designed to illustrate the ingenuity of the organ designer (Dr Sidney Campbell) and the skill of the builders (Harrison and Harrison of Durham), by presenting three short recitals of English, German, and French organ music.

HAVPCD268 – Now may we mirthës make

The music presented on this disc spans some 1000 years, from a plainsong hymn to a work by Sebastian Forbes composed for performance in Guildford Cathedral in 1979. Not all the works included on it will be equally familiar, although some form part of the Advent observance in almost every cathedral. Four organ works complete the programme.