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David Briggs
David Briggs is one of the world’s finest organists, but has recently been making his name with transcriptions of Mahler and Elgar Symphonies. Oliver Condy talks to him about the challenges of recreating the sound of an orchestra on a pipe organ.
As an organist, where has your love of the big Romantic orchestral masterpieces come from? Music from the 19th and 20th century has been my main passion since I was a teenager. In , I lead the violas in the National Youth Orchestra – it was a very formative and wonderful experience learning these these great pieces from the inside out: Mahler 5, Stravinsky’s Firebird, Ravel’s Daphnis; and we had some incredible conductors like Kirill Kondrashin, Simon Rattle, Charles Dutoit and Charles Groves. There was a time just when I was leaving school when I thought of maybe becoming an orchestral player.
But then the organ took over, presumably… You were organ scholar of King’s College, Cambridge – did you do transcript • David Briggs is the hands, feet and face of a $10 million wish list that includes a significant rebuilding of the interior of St James Cathedral and its pipe organ. The plan is to transform the corner of King and Church Sts from a piece of history and temple for Toronto&#;s dwindling Anglican faithful to a thriving music and arts hub. John Terauds John Terauds, Editor-Emeritus of Ludwig van Toronto, is currently a Divinity student at the University of Toronto and a church music director. He joined the Toronto Star in , was the classical music critic from to , and continues as a freelance critic for the paper. He is the co-author of Roy Thomson Hall: A Portrait, a book written with Toronto Star Colleague, William Littler. Latest posts by John Terauds (see all) To be fair, the overall vision of this improbable-inst-century-Toronto project belongs to the cathedral&#;s spiritual head, it&#;s dean, the Very Reverend Douglas Stoute, and the congregation&#;s secular masters • English educator () For other people named David Briggs, see David Briggs (disambiguation). David Briggs Briggs with his daughter Anne Atkins at his th birthday John Davidson Briggs Norwich, England John Davidson Briggs (7 November – 16 March ), known as David Briggs, was an English educator and headmaster of King's College School, Cambridge.[1] Briggs was born on 7 November in Norwich, England, son of Canon George efternamn Briggs and Constance Emily Tebbutt Barrow.[citation needed] One of his godfathers was the Archbishop of Can
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7 November &#;()Died 16 March () (aged&#;) Education Marlborough College, Kings College Cambridge Occupation(s) Educator, headmaster Known&#;for Choral scholar Spouse Catherine Mary Lormer (married ) Children 4 including Andrew Briggs and Anne Atkins Parent(s) George efternamn Briggs, Constance Barrow Life
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