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Organ Concert: Matthew Martin

Organ Concert: Matthew Martin

30th November 2024

Charles Racquet (1597–1664) Fantaisie JS Bach (1685–1750) Canonic Variations: Vom Himmel hoch (769) 5 vss Matthew Martin (b.1976) Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier Aarre Merikanto (1893–1958) Präludium und Fuge e-moll Francis Jackson (1917–2022) Scherzetto Pastorale Joseph Ahrens (1904–1997) Hymnus: Veni creator spiritus (7 versets) Percy Whitlock (1903–1946) Elegy (Symphony in G minor) Matthew Martin Prelude and Fugue Matthew Martin is Precentor and Director of College Music at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. He read Music at Magdalen College, Oxford, before studying at the Royal Academy of Music with David Titterington, and afterwards with Marie-Claire Alain in Paris with support from the Eric Thompson Trust. From 2015 to 2020 he was Director of Music at Keble College, Oxford, and Artistic Director of the Keble Early Music Festival. At Gonville & Caius he directs the acclaimed college choir and has recorded a series of three discs for Linn Records since his arrival in 2020. The latest, an account of Michael Haydn’s Requiem with the Academy of Ancient Music, is due for release next year. The first, motets by Peter Philips and Richard Dering, was received to critical acclaim. ‘Under the marvellously well-judged direction of Matthew Martin … everything seems fresh and vital’ (Gramophone). Matthew spent much of his early life immersed in cathedral music and in 2010, after six years as Assistant Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral, he decided to focus more on composition. Since then he has been commissioned to write music for many leading ensembles. He won the Liturgical category in the 2013 Ivors Composer Awards, and the first album of his choral music (Jubilate Deo) was recorded by Daniel Hyde and the Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford. He has written for the Cheltenham Music Festival (Trumpet Sonata) and The Tallis Scholars (Lamentations of Jeremiah). His Rose Magnificat for Paul McCreesh and the Gabrieli Consort & Players won the Choral category in the 2019 BBC Music Magazine Awards. In 2019, he was asked to write a festival anthem (In the midst of thy Temple) for the choir of Westminster Abbey, marking the 750th anniversary of its refounding, and a test piece for organ (Triptych) for the 2019 St Albans International Organ Competition. Most recently, he was commissioned to write a new carol (Angelus ad Virginem) for the 2023 Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at King’s College, Cambridge, and is currently working on a major new work for The Tallis Scholars to be performed as part of Miller Theatre’s 2025-26 Early Music series in New York. The St Albans International Organ Festival presents monthly International Concerts on Saturdays throughout the year. Entrance and programme are free, with charitable donations invited to support future events presented by the St Albans International Organ Festival.

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Organ Concert: Matthew Martin St Peter’s Street
AL1 3HG

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