Toccata Classics announces a new recordings. Gerald Hendrie: Complete Organ Music, Volume 1 (TOCC 0684), features Tom Winpenny performing on the Harrison & Harrison organ of St. Albans Cathedral, UK.
Hendrie was born in 1936 in England, yet has been a resident of France since 1996. His works on this disc include Le Tombeau de Marcel Dupré, Sicilienne, Specula Petro, Sonata in Praise of St. Asaph, and Choral: Hommage à César Franck.
Tom Winpenny is Assistant Master of the Music at St. Albans Cathedral where his duties include accompanying the daily choral services and directing the acclaimed Cathedral Girls Choir. Previously, he was Sub-Organist at St. Paul's Cathedral, and during this time he performed with the Cathedral Choir at the American Guild of Organists National Convention, performed in Mahler's Symphony No. 8 with the London Symphony Orchestra, and played for many great state occasions. He has broadcast regularly on BBC Radio and regularly featured on American Public Media's Pipedreams. He is also Musical Director of the London Pro Arte Choir.
For information: toccataclassics.com.
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