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Organ
HeadofOrgan
DavidTitterington
MA,HonDMus,HonFRCO,HonRAM
OrganScholaratPembrokeCollege,Oxford,
andtheConservatoiredeRueil-Malmaison,
Paris,withMarie-ClaireAlainandSusan
Landale(PremièrPrixàl’unanimité).Gives
recitalsandmasterclassesworld-wideand
isamemberofmanyinternationaljuries.
Haspremièredmanyimportantworks
andrecordsextensively.VisitingProfessor,
FerencLisztAcademy,Budapest.In2007,
DavidTitteringtonwasappointedArtistic
DirectoroftheInternationalOrganFestival
atStAlbans.
IlyaKudryavtsev:postgraduate TheCourse YourAudition ‘Thisismusic[Messiaen’sLivred’orgue]
‘Evenonemonthafterarrivinghereand TheAcademy’scomprehensiveand Specificrequirementsareavailableat inwhicheverynoteneedstobeprecisely
divingintotheAcademy’sintensive specialistorgancurriculumhasaworld- www.ram.ac.uk/organandfromthe placedandeverygesturemadetocount:
schedule,Icouldalreadyfeelmy widereputation.Thecourseincludes Registry.Seep.59forgeneraldetails. requirementsthatwerecomfortablymet
confidencegrowing.Towardstheendof contemporarymusicseminars, byIliaKudryavtsevinthisabsorbing
mysecondyearhere,Iperformed improvisation,integrationwithHistorical TheTeachers performance…Kudryavtsevsawit
Messiaen’sLivred’orgueafterafew Performancestudies,thehistoryand NicolasKynastonHonFRCO throughasanunbrokenwhole:clearly
monthsofveryhardpreparation—not repertoireoftheorganandworkshopsby SusanLandaleBMus,HonFRCO thefutureforMessiaen’sorganmusicis
longago,Ihadn’tevenimaginedbeing distinguishedguestteacherssuchas LionelRoggHonDMus,HonFRCO anassuredonewithexponentsofthis
abletoplaysuchademandingwork. Marie-ClaireAlain,KennethGilbert,Piet PatrickRussillMA,HonRAM,HonFRCO calibretoperformit.’
Kee,KeiKoitoandDanielRoth.InJune DavidTitteringtonMA,HonDMus, www.classicalsource.com
OurtriptoNeresheimwasagreat 2002,apioneeringharmoniumcourse
HonFRCO,HonRAM
February2008
opportunitytolearnaboutGerman beganunderthedirectionofAnnePage.
instruments.Iplayedinservicesevery VisitingProfessors Commentsonthe‘GrandChorus’recording:
dayandperformedto1,500people.Even Studentshaveregularaccesstoorgans JonLaukvik(StuttgartHochschule)
withintheAcademy,wecanexplore inthe‘classical’and19th-centuryFrench JamesO’DonnellKCSG,MA,FRCO, ‘Thisrecordingprojectisaremarkable
differentstylesoforgan—IknowthatI symphonictraditions,thefour-manual
FRSCM,HonRAM
achievement,thoroughlyrecommended’
canplayanywhereintheworldnow! classicalorganbyRiegerinnearbySt BritishJournalofOrganStudies2006
MaryleboneParishChurchispart-ownedby Harmonium
I’vealsoperformedatSpitalfieldsFestival theAcademyandusedasitsmainteaching AnnePageBMus ‘ThetwoCDsallowustocompareand
andinHuddersfield,andhavegained instrument,aswellasatwo-manualorgan, contrastthemyriadcolours,characters
experiencefromplayingexternal,paid afterthegreatFrenchbuilderCavaillé-Coll,in Organology andtonalqualitiesoftheseorgansplayed
bookings.I’vegonetoconductingclasses, theDuke’sHall.ArareNeapolitanorganof WilliamMcVickerBA,PhD,LRAM,ARCO, by19performers,whohavesucceededin
andI’veplayedinensembles.Ihavealso 1763byMichelangelo&CarloSanarica,
HonFIMIT,HonARAM
bringingoutthebestofeachinstrument.
thoughtalot:asanorganistyou’reoften restoredinItalybytherenownedRiccardo Theresultisawonderfulmusical
invisibletotheaudience,butnevertheless Lorenzini,wasinauguratedinspring2004. AuralSkillsandPaperwork achievementandarecordingofmajor
inaparticularlycloserelationshipwith DavidPettitMA,BMus,FRCO,HonARAM documentarysignificance’
boththeinstrumentandthebuilding Postgraduatesfollowacurriculumdesigned ChoirandOrgan,January2007
you’rein.Thatbringsalotofchallenges, fortheirindividualneeds.Performance AHRCCreativeResearchFellow
buthasgivenmeplentyofideastoo.’ practiceprojectsaresupervisedbyspecialists DianaBurrellBA,FTCL ‘Thisisanadmirablerecordingand
andfrequentlytaketheformofoverseas congratulationsareduetoallthose
visitswhererepertoirestudyismatchedto ‘Politicianscoulddoworsethanpay responsibleforitsconceptionand
aspecificorgan-buildingtradition. avisittotheRoyalAcademyofMusic’s execution.Onegreatlyadmiresthe
departmentoforganstudiestosee sensitivityandtechnicalexpertise
Theone-yearOrganFoundationCourse howsubstantialchangecanbe oftheperformers’
isdesignedprimarilyfor‘gap-year’students achieved…theaugustconservatoire OrganHistoricalTrustofAustralia,
preparingeitherforOxbridgeorgan knowsathingortwoaboutinstituting December2006
scholarshipsorforthosewishingtodevelop andmanagingchange,notforchange’s
theirorganplayingandchoraldirection sakebutfortheadvantagesitoffers
skillstoahighlevelbeforeuniversityor tostudents.Eventhesuper-hungry
conservatoirestudies. andobsessivelycuriousamongthose
selectedtojointheAcademy’sannual
‘GrandChorus’,adouble-CDof22historic intakeoforganstudentsareunlikely
andimportantorgansSouthoftheThames tobeundernourishedbythelearning
recordedincollaborationwiththeSouthwark experiencesdevelopedbyTitterington
andSouthLondonSocietyofOrganists, andhiscolleagues’
wasreleasedin2006.Therecordingsare ChoirandOrgan,January2008 DepartmentAdministrator:
documentedatwww.ram.ac.uk/SSLSO HelenDevereuxMurrayBMus
Telephone02078737405
Emailorgan@ram.ac.uk
OpenDay:26thSeptember2008
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