Programme
Toccata in D minor (BuxWV 155) - Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
Sellinger's Rownde - William Byrd (1539/40-1623)
Symphony in F - William Boyce arr. Arthur Hutchings
Passacaglia in C minor (BWV 582) - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude on an Old Folk Tune - Amy Beach (1867-1944)
Prélude, Adagio et Choral varié sur le thème du 'Veni Creator' - Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
About William Fox
William was a chorister at York Minster, before holding organ scholarships at Wells and Hereford Cathedrals. William became a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists as a teenager, winning the Turpin and Durrant prize. He was then organ scholar and a prizewinning academic scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford, from where he graduated with a first class degree in Music.
William teaches the organ at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and gives recitals throughout the UK. In 2021 and 2022 he performed the complete organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach in a series of 30 recitals in St Paul’s. His recording of the organ works of Cecilia McDowall was released in 2021, gaining 5 * reviews in Choir and Organ and The Organ. As a continuo and orchestral organist William has recently appeared with the Gabrieli Consort and Players, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the City of London Sinfonia and the Cardinall’s Musick.
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Arts Council of Northern Ireland
Supported by Lottery Project Funding from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland
