Thomas trotter organist biography samples

  • His technical and musical accomplishments have played a significant role in raising the profile of the organ, an instrument at the heart of British music-making.
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  • DVD extras include an interview with Thomas Trotter, talking about his life, career and work as Birmingham City Organist, and a guide to the Town Hall organ.

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    Description

    A two-disc set containing a DVD video and audio CD of virtuoso organ showpieces from one of the world’s greatest organists in his first DVD release.

    DVD extras include an interview with Thomas Trotter, talking about his life, career and work as Birmingham City Organist, and a guide to the Town Hall organ.

    Also contains a sixteen page booklet with notes on the music by David Gammie, a short history of the Town Hall, and a newly-written article on the history of the organ by Nicholas Thistlethwaite.

    Dolby 5.1 surround sound, multi-region PAL/NTSC

    (double-sided disc – playable anywhere in the world), 16:9 widescreen.

    Track List

    Concert Overture No 1 in C minor Alfred Hollins

    6:57

    Largo, Allegro, Aria and Two Variations Michael Festing, arr George Thalben-Ball

    5:06

    Variations on a theme of Paganini for pedals George Thalben-Ball

    7:30

    Bells across the meadows Albert W Ketèlbey, transcribed by Gatty Sellars

    4:46

    March Youth of Britain Eri

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    Globe Trotter: A conversation with Thomas Trotter

    Not too many of today’s organists have a lista in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. One who does is Thomas Trotter, who has made his mark with a dazzling, effortless technique and compelling interpretations. In 2001 the Royal Philharmonic gemenskap presented their Instrumentalist Award to Trotter, citing him as “one of the foremost exponents of the organist’s art” who “makes the kroppsdel one of the most warmly romantic of instruments. His technical and musical accomplishments have played a significant role in raising the profil of the organ, an instrument at the heart of British music-making.” Trotter was the first (and so far, only) en person som spelar orgel to win this award.
    Trotter has a busy schedule, underpinned by his position as City en person som spelar orgel in Birmingham, England; he is now also Artistic Adviser and Resident en person som spelar orgel of the Klais kroppsdel at Symphony Hall there, where he gave the opening recital in October 2001. He also titta

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    SPOTLIGHT ON… Ann Elise Smoot – international concert organist and renowned educator

    SWO

    What was your training as an organist?

    I started to play the piano when I was five. I was fortunate that my excellent piano teacher was also a keen amateur organist, who played in a few local churches. When I was eleven, she suggested I started to play the organ. At the same time, the organist at my church was a former pupil of my piano teacher, so there was a connection there. And he was a very, very fine organist; I was lucky to hear the organ being played extremely well every week at church. The organ at my church, however, was absolutely terrible, and this was partly a blessing in disguise as I think it taught me to be creative in really listening to instruments and finding effective combinations of sounds. But it also meant I didn’t take playing the organ entirely seriously as a possible profession until I went to Yale. I studied there with Thomas Murray (who also reall

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