Lennox & Michael Berkeley: Organ Works Tom Winpenny

• Lennox Berkeley: Impromptu
• 1Impromptu03:11
• Lennox Berkeley: 3 Pieces, Op. 72, No. 1
• 2No. 1. Aubade02:53
• 3No. 2. Aria03:04
• 4No. 3. Toccata04:48
• Michael Berkeley: Organ Sonata
• 5I. Ricercare04:07
• 6II. Intermezzo03:36
• 7III. Toccata06:06
• Lennox Berkeley: Andantino, Op. 21, No. 2b (arr. J. Bate)
• 8Andantino, Op. 21, No. 2b03:19
• Lennox Berkeley: Fantasia, Op. 92
• 9Fantasia, Op. 9209:08
• Michael Berkeley: Wild Bells
• 10Wild Bells05:47
• Total Runtime45:59

Info for Lennox & Michael Berkeley: Organ Works

Following on from the success of his recording of organ works by Stanford (Resonus RES10104), organist Tom Winpenny presents the first complete recording of the organ works of father and son Lennox and Michael Berkeley.

Containing two world premiere recordings - Impromptu (1941) by Lennox Berkeley and Sonata (1979) by Michael Berkeley - this varied recital is performed on the renowned 1962/2009 four-manual Harrison & Harrison organ of St Albans Cathedral, where Tom is a resident organist.

Composed over a period of less than 50 years, this eclectic and fascinating collection of organ works also contains the Three Pieces for Organ, Op. 72, No. 1 and Fantasia, Op. 92 by Lennox and Wild Bells (1986) by Michael. Also included is the Andantino, arranged by Jennifer Bate from Lennox's Festival Anthem.

'Another very welcome catalogue-gap filler from Resonus [...] these performances make a strong case for the works and the recording is excellent'. (MusicWeb International)

Tom Winpenny, organ

Tom Winpenny
is Assistant Master of the Music at St Albans Cathedral where his duties include accompanying the daily choral services and directing the acclaimed Abbey Girls Choir. Previously, he was Sub-Organist at St Paul's Cathedral, and during this time he performed with the Cathedral Choir at the American Guild of Organists National Convention, performed in Mahler's Symphony no. 8 with Valery Gergiev and the LSO, and played for many great state occasions. He has also broadcast regularly on BBC Radio and been featured on American Public Media's Pipedreams.

He began organ lessons under John Scott Whiteley while a chorister at York Minster, and continued as a Music Scholar at Eton College under Alastair Sampson. After holding the post of Organ Scholar at Worcester Cathedral and then St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, he was for three years Organ Scholar at King's College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a degree in music. With the Choir of King's College, he gave concerts in the USA, Hong Kong and throughout Europe, in addition to appearing as their accompanist on CD releases on EMI Classics.

He has taken part in the first performance of works by Sir John Tavener, Judith Bingham, Jonathan Dove, Francis Grier and Francis Pott. He has studied with Thomas Trotter and Johannes Geffert, and won First Prize and the Audience Prize at the 2008 Miami International Organ Competition.

Recent and forthcoming engagements include recitals in Leeds Town Hall, Truro Cathedral, Stockholm Cathedral and in the USA in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Independence, Missouri. His solo organ recordings include a recital on the organ of St Albans Cathedral (JAV Recordings), organ works by Judith Bingham (Naxos) - including the first recording of the concerto Jacob's Ladder, and music by Charles Villiers Stanford, played on the organ of Queens' College, Cambridge (Resonus Classics). He also directs St Albans Abbey Girls Choir in a recently-released recording of Mendelssohn Choral Works (Naxos).

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