Richard Cook - William Saunders Dan Soper - Elli-Mae Mcglone
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D N U M D E R O F Saturday 28 November 5pm E Four of the Cathedral Organists R present an evening of rousing A music to celebrate the ten year F anniversary of our N Harrison and Harrison organ A Richard Cook - William Saunders Dan Soper - Elli-Mae McGlone F St Edmundsbury Cathedral FANFARE FOR EDMUND Saturday 28 November 2020 ORGAN DEMONSTRATION WILLIAM SAUNDERS CATHEDRAL MUSIC ADVISOR RICHARD COOK ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MUSIC Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565 JS Bach Folk Tune from Five Short Pieces Percy Whitlock Esquisse No.2 in B flat minor, Op. 41 No. 3 Marcel Dupré Richard Cook is currently the Assistant Director of Music at St Edmundsbury Cathedral. From January-October 2020, he held the position of Acting Director of Music at the cathedral, and established the Cathedral Girls’ Choir, which is already proving to be a successful venture. Prior to this he was Sub-Assistant Organist and Director of the Voluntary Choir at Worcester Cathedral, during which he played an active role in the running of the music department, and accompanied the Cathedral Choirs. This position afforded the opportunity to participate in the Three Choirs Festival each year, and during the 2017 festival, he played the organ for Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius with the Philharmonia Orchestra (in the presence of HRH the Prince of Wales). Last year, Richard was a repetiteur to the Three Choirs Festival Chorus. Richard was educated at St Edward's Comprehensive School in Romford, Essex, and subsequently received a prestigious scholarship to read music at Birmingham Conservatoire. During this period, he was Organist and Director of Music and All Saints’ Church, Bromsgrove, and latterly Organ Scholar at St Mary’s Collegiate Church, Warwick. Richard has accompanied the National Children’s Choir of Great Britain, and has directed and participated in various singing outreach projects across the country. Richard has performed recitals in many Cathedrals throughout the UK and Europe. St Edmundsbury Cathedral FANFARE FOR EDMUND Saturday 28 November 2020 ELLI-MAE MCGLONE CATHEDRAL ORGAN SCHOLAR Fanfare William Mathias Preambule from Seven Sketches Percy Whitlock Grand Chœur Dialogue Eugène Gigout Elli-Mae began to learn the piano at the age of 6, achieving grade 8 with distinction, and is now working towards a performance diploma. She has been a member of the Hall Gate Chamber Orchestra for many years where she began to take an interest in the organ. At 12 years old she then became Junior Organ Scholar at Doncaster Minster, working her way up to becoming Senior Organ Scholar during her secondary school years.Performing is Elli-Mae’s passion and she has been invited to perform many recitals around Doncaster and beyond, including Leeds Minster; St Lawrence Jewry, London; Bristol and Sheffield Cathedrals. Through her membership of the Danensian Choir, she has also sung and accompanied services at Worcester Cathedral, and through the Northern Cathedral Consort she has also played at Blackburn Cathedral.As the current Organ Scholar at St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Elli-Mae is excited for what opportunities the future may bring and hopes that you will enjoy her contribution to Fanfare for Edmund. St Edmundsbury Cathedral FANFARE FOR EDMUND Saturday 28 November 2020 DAN SOPER FORMER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MUSIC Carillon (de Longpont) (24 pièces en style libre) Louis Vierne Scherzetto Martin How In dir ist Freude from The Orgelbüchlein (BWV 615) JS Bach Tuba Tune Norman Cocker Dan Soper is a full-time Software Developer and a freelance organist. He made the move into software development in 2016 after 11 years as an Assistant Director of Music (9 of which were in Cathedrals) and amateur developer. Dan’s musical life began as a chorister at Canterbury Cathedral, continuing at Trinity School in Croydon, with Organ Scholarships at Croydon Parish Church, Chelmsford Cathedral and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he read music. During his time at Cambridge, Dan was responsible for the chapel choir, recording a CD and touring to Prague. There he also met Kat(herine), and wrote his first program — an online diary system for Chelmsford Cathedral. He spent a year after graduating at Winchester College as Assistant Organist, working with the Quiristers. From 2006 to 2010, Dan was Assistant Director of Music at Rochester Cathedral, where his responsibilities included the Girls’ Choir, service accompaniment and the music library, as well as departmental administration. He was involved on three Songs of Praise programmes, two Radio 3 Choral Evensong broadcasts, three CD recordings and one Classic FM broadcast. When the Cathedral music department was restructured in 2008, the ADoM job became part-time, and he took on responsibility for the Cathedral’s IT; he continued in this IT role when he moved to Dartford Parish Church as Assistant Director of Music, where he spent a year whilst trying a freelance IT and music career. Having failed to achieve the work balance for which he was hoping, he was delighted to be appointed as full-time Assistant Director of Music at St Edmundsbury Cathedral in 2011, where he enjoyed accompanying on the newly refurbished glorious Harrison & Harrison organ, including for two Radio 3 broadcasts and one CD recording. He also directed the St Edmundsbury Singers and had responsibility for visiting choirs and lunchtime recitals. His time at the Cathedral was one of significant personal developments: he became a driver in 2012, married Kat in 2014 and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists in 2015. As a freelance musician, Dan accompanies and directs a small number of Cathedral ‘visiting’ choirs. When he’s not working, Dan enjoys working (both with music and with computers), proof-reading, cycling and looking after 4- year-old Emily. St Edmundsbury Cathedral FANFARE FOR EDMUND Saturday 28 November 2020 WILLIAM SAUNDERS CATHEDRAL MUSIC ADVISOR Fanfare Percy Whitlock Gigue Fugue in G major BWV 577 JS Bach Fugue sur le nom d'Alain op.7 Marcel Duruflé William Saunders is one of Britain’s leading young concert organists, with an extensive schedule that includes many distinguished venues across Europe. He tours Germany annually and has performed recitals in including Hamburg and Cologne Cathedrals and the St Marien Church in Lübeck. His musical activities in the United Kingdom have included performances at the Cambridge Summer Music and Oundle International Festivals, and he has also accompanied the Kings Voices, the mixed-voice chapel choir of King’s College, Cambridge and Aldeburgh Voices, a choir established by Benjamin Britten. William’s organ repertoire is varied, but he particularly enjoys performing Romantic and modern English music, which has led to the production of a number of critically acclaimed CDs in recent years. The Gramophone commends his technique for its “rhythmic vitality” and his “athletically inclined” playing. William’s passion for inspiring youngsters and providing an unparalleled music education led to him holding the post of Director of Music at The Royal Hospital School in Suffolk between 2012-2019. He was responsible for a dynamic music department that undertook in excess of 80 concerts and services per year. These ranged from informal lunchtime concerts to those which attracted audiences of 800+ paying members of the public. Recent highlights have been working with the BBC Big Band, the Swingle Singers, National Youth Choir of Great Britain and forming partnerships with HM Royal Marines Training Band and Royal College of Organists. In addition, William has directed a number of highly successful ensembles including the Holbrook Choral Society; highlights included conducting The Dream of Geronitus by Elgar with 250 singers. He directed the Chapel Choir at The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance at The Royal Albert Hall in the presence of the royal family, which was broadcast live on BBC radio and television. He established the Sing Up Suffolk event which involved 800 primary school children annually to the school with the primary aim of making singing fun and accessible. Other conducting activities include his directorship of the Prometheus Consort, a choir that regularly leads the worship at St Paul’s Cathedral when the resident choir are on holiday. Before 2012 William was Assistant Director of Music at Ipswich School where he founded and directed the annual Festival of Music. He has also held the position of Organist at St Mary-le-Tower Civic Church, Ipswich and Deputy Organist at St Edmundsbury Cathedral. An interest in fast cars, good food and keeping fit ensure he is kept busy even when not engaged in music!.