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Simon Preston
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English organist, conductor, and composer (1938–2022)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Il mediterraneo quale elemento del potere marittimo
- Coronation Te Deum
- Fantasia, the Christmas Light
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Film & TV
Known for
- G.F. Handel: Messiah — Organist and Master of the Choristers1982
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1938-08-04
- Active to
- 2022-05-13
british composerbritish conductorbritish organistclassicalcomposerconductor
Discography
- Music of the High Renaissance in England1966
- Symphony of Psalms / Canticum Sacrum1975
- Concerto for Organ, Strings & Timpani / Concert champêtre for Harpsichord & Orchestra1978
- Choral Works1981
- Coronation Anthems1982
- Israel in Egyprt1984
- The Cuckoo and the Nightingale: 4 Organ Concertos1984
- Widor: Symphony no. 5 / Vierne: Carillon de Westminster1984
- Dettingen Te Deum / Dettingen Anthem1984
- Reubke: Organ Sonata "The 94th Psalm" / Liszt: Fantasia and Fugue on "Ad Nos"1985
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 18,570
- Total plays
- 173,851
Tags
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Simon Preston (b. 1938) is an internationally acclaimed concert organist. Originally a chorister at King's College, Cambridge, he studied the organ with C. H. Trevor before returning to King's as organ scholar. He was sub-organist of Westminster Abbey from 1962-67, and organist of Christ Church, Oxford from 1970 before returning to Westminster as Organist and Master of the Choristers in 1981. He relinquished his Westminster post in 1987, and has since led an international concert career <a href=
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Simon
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Bournemouth
- Occupation
- harpsichordist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- composed musical work
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- organ
Show 3 more facts
- date of birth
- 1938-08-04
- date of death
- 2022-05-13
- name in native language
- Simon Preston
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