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David started learning the piano at the age of 7. By the age of 13 his principal study had become the organ, initially at his Parish Church, and later with John Webster at Oxford University, and John Clough at Gloucester Cathedral.
David attended Westminster College Oxford where he studied to become a teacher of Music. (Other Westminster alumni include Peter Steadman and Revd Ian Howarth.) His teaching career began in Primary schools, and continued at Secondary level, leading to Head of Department posts and to his school gaining Performing Arts specialist status. He was also involved in initial teacher training through the school's links with Bath Spa University. David has performed and directed music in educational and church settings, including 30 years as Director of Music for his church, work with Christian Radio, and a number of visits to the USA, Europe, and Scandinavia, as well as around the UK. David and his wife Joy moved to West Sussex in 2009 to be closer to part of the family. Their son and daughter are both professional musicians. |
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Architect Frank Gehry devoted a great deal of time to the design of our first instrument.
He worked with Los Angeles organ designer and builder Manuel J Rosales to create something different from a typical church organ with its rows and rows of metal tubes. Eventually, Gehry presented a concept that looked like a cluster of flowers shooting out of the ground. Rosales found this design wonderful and agreed that it was something they could pursue. Rosales recommended European organ builder Casper von Glatter-Götz to fabricate and install the many complex components. What we see today is the dramatically splayed composition of beams which Gehry refers to as ‘French fries’. The instrument was finally completed in 2004. Click on the concert hall images below to expand them and explore the concert hall and its stunning organ. |
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Toccata in C major from BWV 564 (before c1712) (7m00) performed by Thomas Mellon, on the 2004 Casper von Glatter-Götz organ, voiced by Manuel J Rosales, case design by Frank Gehry |
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
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The Organ of the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
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Dieterich Buxtehude (c1637/39-1707) Praeambulum super D Preambule on D (4m00) performed by Catalina Vicens, on the organ in St Andreas Church, Ostönnen, Wrestfalia, Germany |
organ in St Andreas, Ostönnen, Westfalia
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St Pierre des Chartreux, Toulouse, France
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Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772) Noel VI sur les jeux d'anches, sans tremblant, et en duo «Qu'Adam fut un pauvre homme» (5m40) Noel VI on the reed stops, without tremulant, and in duo "that Adam was a humble man" performed by Michel Bouvard, at the organ in St Pierre des Chartreux, (St Peter of the Carthusians), Toulouse, France |
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John Stanley (1712-1786) from Voluntary in D minor I, Op 5 No 8 (pub 1745) Adagio (1m45) performed by Finnish concert organist Kalevi Kiviniemi, at the Bamboo Organ, in St Joseph's Church, Las Piñas, Manila, Philippines |
Bamboo Organ, Las Piñas, Manila, Philippines
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Abbey Church of St Martin and Oswald, Weingarten, South Wurttenburg
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Johann Caspar Kerll (1627-1693)
Capriccio sopra il cucu Cuckoo Capriccio (1934) (4m05) performed on the 1750 Joseph Gabler organ in the Abbey Chiurch of St Martin and Oswald, Weingarten, South Wurttenburg, Germany |
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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) (4m00) Bagatelle No 25 in A minor Für Elise, WoW 59 Bia 515 (1810) performed by Monte Maxwell, on the Great Stalacpipe Organ in the Luray Caverns of Virginia, USA |
Stalacpipe Orgam, Luray Caverns, VA
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• a full-sized organ playing daily in a department store
• the organ in the world's largest arts centre • two town hall organs on opposite sides of the globe |
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