St Mary Redcliffe Organ Recital - Seb Thomson

St Mary Redcliffe
Sebastian Thomson
(Oxford)
Thursday 15 June 2017
1.15-1.55 pm

Sebastian Thomson was until recently, Head of Academic Music and Assistant
Director of Music at Bloxham School. He was a chorister at Christ Church
Cathedral, Oxford before moving to Harrow School with the top music
scholarship. Sebastian studied at Bristol University before holding positions at
Chichester Cathedral, St Matthew's Church Northampton and Eton College.
Currently, Sebastian continues to pursue a freelance career as a choral
conductor and organist. Having studied the organ with David Goode and
David Briggs, he is in demand as both a recitalist and an accompanist. His
recent solo engagements include recitals at Westminster Abbey, Westminster
Cathedral, King’s College Cambridge, and St Paul’s Cathedral. Sebastian has
made appearances as a performer and speaker on local and national
television and radio. He has also been invited to play at Notre Dame
Cathedral, Paris, in 2017.
Sebastian is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists, and a prize winner in
the Choral Training Diploma examination from the College. Sebastian
conducts The Howells Voices, a mixed voice choir inspired by the music of
Herbert Howells. The choir takes occupancy 3 times a year in Britain’s
Cathedrals and has often been described as one of the very best visiting choirs
around. Recent venues include, Winchester, Westminster Abbey and York
Minster.
In 2015, Ian Carpenter was commissioned to write “Holy is the true light” for
the choir’s tour to Gloucester Cathedral for the Feast of All Saints. Sebastian is
gaining a reputation for commissioning new works. The Angels of Creation
Commissions are a collection of organ works composed for and premiered by
Sebastian. So far, David Bednall, Simon Whalley, Thomas Hewitt Jones, Neil
Cox, John Hosking and Daniel Saleeb have written for this project. His recent
CD achieved a 5 star review in Choir and Organ magazine.

Sebastian Thomson
(Oxford)
Thursday 15 June at 1.15pm
Improvisation sur Le "Te Deum" - Tournemire
Meditation (Trois Improvisations - Vierne
Pasticcio (Organ Book) - Langlais
Cortege et Litanie - Dupré
Variations sur un theme de Clement Jannequin - Alain
Choral No.3 in A Minor - Franck
Please turn off mobile phones before the concert begins
Please do not take photos during the performance.
No Recordings can be made of this concert
without the permission of the performers.

Next week: Thursday 22 June
Paul Bowen (Leeds)
Louis Couperin - Chacone
Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude and fugue in c minor BWV 547
Dieterich Buxtehude – Ciacona in e minor
John Stanley – Trumpet Tune
Herbert Howells – Master Tallis’s Testament
Nigel Ogden – Penguins’ Playtime
William James Mathias - Carillon
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