David Briggs

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Anonymous: The first Nowell 00:00 Tools
Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade: Pictures at an Exhibition: Ballet of the unhatched chicks 00:00 Tools
Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade: Pictures at an Exhibition: Catacombs 00:00 Tools
Adeste Fideles (O come, all ye faithful) 00:00 Tools
Anonymous: Ding Dong! Merrily on High 00:00 Tools
Choral No. 1 00:00 Tools
Litanies 00:00 Tools
Chorale Prelude: "Liebster Jesu wir sind hier BWV 731 00:00 Tools
Evocation, Op. 37: Allegro Deciso 00:00 Tools
Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade: Pictures at an Exhibition: Baba Yaga - the hut on fowl's legs 00:00 Tools
Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade: Promenade 00:00 Tools
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Scherzo) 00:00 Tools
Darke: In the bleak mid-winter 00:00 Tools
Scherzo Symphonique 00:00 Tools
Once in Royal David's City 00:00 Tools
Incantation pour un jour Saint 00:00 Tools
Air On The G String 00:00 Tools
Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade: Pictures at an Exhibition: Tuileries 00:00 Tools
O Little Town of Bethlehem 00:00 Tools
Symphony No. 5: Adagietto 00:00 Tools
Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade: Pictures at an Exhibition: Two Polish Jews, rich and poor 00:00 Tools
Messe Alme Pater: Sanctus 00:00 Tools
Kirkpatrick: Away in a manger 00:00 Tools
Variations de Concert 00:00 Tools
Symphony No. 5: Sturmisch Bewegt 00:00 Tools
Symphonie en Improvisation: III. Adagio 00:00 Tools
Vierne: Cathédrales (Pièces de Fantaisie) 00:00 Tools
Symphony No. 5: Trauermarsch 00:00 Tools
Messe Alme Pater: Gloria 00:00 Tools
Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City 00:00 Tools
Fantasia and Fugue in G minor BWV 542 00:00 Tools
Marcel Dupre: Symphonie-passion Op.23 (Symphony No. 1): Le Monde Dans L'attende Du Sauveur 00:00 Tools
Pomp And Circumstance March No. 1 00:00 Tools
Les Offices du Dimanche: Entrée Grand Orgue 00:00 Tools
Symphony No. 3 - The Organ - Poco Adagio 00:00 Tools
Sonata Britannica Op.152 00:00 Tools
Attende Domine 00:00 Tools
Symphonie en Improvisation: I. Moderato 00:00 Tools
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen 00:00 Tools
Prelude and Fugue in G major BWV 541 00:00 Tools
Prelude and Fugue in G major BWV 541 (5028612205687_01_) 00:00 Tools
Symphony No. 5: Rondo - Finale, Allegro 00:00 Tools
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1: In The Hall Of The Mountain King 00:00 Tools
Improvisation sur Alouette, Gentille Alouette: Variation 1 - Fileuse 00:00 Tools
Hungarian March (The Damnation Of Faust) 00:00 Tools
Grand Choeur in D 00:00 Tools
Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade: Pictures at and Exhibition: Promenade 00:00 Tools
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1: Morning 00:00 Tools
Anonymous: O Little Town of Bethlehem 00:00 Tools
An Occasional Trumpet Voluntary 00:00 Tools
Processional 00:00 Tools
Piece Heroique 00:00 Tools
Symphonie en Improvisation: II. Scherzo 00:00 Tools
Mendelssohn: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 00:00 Tools
I Saw Three Ships 00:00 Tools
Symphonie en Improvisation: IV. Final 00:00 Tools
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1: Anitra's Dance 00:00 Tools
Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade: Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade 00:00 Tools
Ding Dong! Merrily on High 00:00 Tools
War March of the Priests 00:00 Tools
Scherzo: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (5028612205687_01_) 00:00 Tools
Suite de Danses Improvisées: Tambourin 00:00 Tools
Four movements from "Messe pour les Paroisses" 00:00 Tools
Symphony No. 5: Scherzo 00:00 Tools
Symphonie-Passion Op.23 (Symphony No. 1): Le Monde dans l'attende du Sauveur 00:00 Tools
Anonymous: I Saw Three Ships 00:00 Tools
Wade: Adeste Fideles (O come, all ye faithful) 00:00 Tools
Improvisation sur Alouette, Gentille Alouette: Variation 4 - Tierce en Taille 00:00 Tools
Messe Alme Pater: Agnus Dei 00:00 Tools
Flight Of The Bumble Bee 00:00 Tools
Louis Vierne: Meditation 00:00 Tools
Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night) 00:00 Tools
Anonymous: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen 00:00 Tools
Scherzo Op.4 00:00 Tools
Suite for Viola & Orchestra: Group 3: Musette 00:00 Tools
Cortege 00:00 Tools
Messe Alme Pater: Kyrie 00:00 Tools
Symphonie-Passion Op.23 (Symphony No. 1): Resurrection 00:00 Tools
Improvisation on the bell chime of St Sernin 00:00 Tools
Prelude and Fugue in E flat BWV 552 (5028612205687_01_) 00:00 Tools
Vierne: Symphony #3 In F Sharp Minor, Op. 28 - 2. Cantilene 00:00 Tools
The Infant King (Old Basque) 00:00 Tools
Adagio 00:00 Tools
Piece Heroique (5028612205687_01_) 00:00 Tools
Three Pieces For Musical Clocks: Allegretto 00:00 Tools
Organ Improvisation on Tantum Ergo 00:00 Tools
Sarabande: Pour Le Piano 00:00 Tools
The first Nowell 00:00 Tools
Vierne: Symphony #3 In F Sharp Minor, Op. 28 - 1. Allegro Maestoso 00:00 Tools
Vierne: Symphony #3 In F Sharp Minor, Op. 28 - 3. Intermezzo 00:00 Tools
Prelude And Fugue In E Flat BWV 552 00:00 Tools
Up! Good Christen folk, and listen - Tune from Piae Cantiones 00:00 Tools
Chorale Prelude: Herr Jesus Christ dich zu uns wend BWV 655 00:00 Tools
Improvisation sur Alouette, Gentille Alouette: Variation 9 - Final 00:00 Tools
Marche Episcopale 00:00 Tools
Suite de Danses Improvisées: Gigue 00:00 Tools
Improvisation sur Alouette, Gentille Alouette: Variation 7 - Flutes 00:00 Tools
Three Pieces For Musical Clocks: Tempo Di Minuetto 00:00 Tools
Anonymous: 00:00 Tools
Suite de Danses Improvisées: Sarabande 00:00 Tools
Symphonie-Passion Op.23 (Symphony No. 1): Nativite 00:00 Tools
JS Bach / Chorale Prelude 'Herr Jesu Christ' 00:00 Tools
Ubi caritas et amor 00:00 Tools
Widor: Symphony #5 In F Minor, Op. 42/1 - 5. Toccata 00:00 Tools
Symphonie en Improvisation 00:00 Tools
Improvisation sur Alouette, Gentille Alouette: Variation 5 - Trio 00:00 Tools
Variations sur "A la venue de Noel 00:00 Tools
Priere 00:00 Tools
Scherzo: The Sorcerer's Apprentice 00:00 Tools
Caprice 00:00 Tools
Langlais: Incantation Pour Un Jour Saint 00:00 Tools
Marcel Dupre: Symphonie-passion Op.23 (Symphony No. 1): Resurrection 00:00 Tools
Cartoon Moon 00:00 Tools
Louis Vierne: Cortege 00:00 Tools
Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade: Pictures at and Exhibition: Il vecchio castello 00:00 Tools
Suite de Danses Improvisées: Musette 00:00 Tools
Marcel Dupre: Symphonie-passion Op.23 (Symphony No. 1): Nativite 00:00 Tools
Improvisation on Baa-Baa, Black Sheep (Finale) 00:00 Tools
Waltz of the Flowers: Nutcracker Suite (5028612205687_01_) 00:00 Tools
Anonymous: The Infant King (Old Basque) 00:00 Tools
Fantaisie in E flat 00:00 Tools
Daphnis Et Chloe - Orchestral Suite No. 2 00:00 Tools
Suite de Danses Improvisées: Marche 00:00 Tools
Suite de Danses Improvisées: Menuet 00:00 Tools
Pierre Cochereau: Improvisation Sur Alouette, Gentille Alouette: Variation 2, Lent 00:00 Tools
Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade: Pictures at an Exhibition: Gnomus 00:00 Tools
Overture: The Mastersingers Of Nuremberg 00:00 Tools
Gauntlett: 00:00 Tools
Widor: Symphony #5 In F Minor, Op. 42/1 - 1. Allegro Vivace 00:00 Tools
Vierne: Symphony #3 In F Sharp Minor, Op. 28 - 4. Adagio 00:00 Tools
Meditation 00:00 Tools
Widor: Symphony #5 In F Minor, Op. 42/1 - 2. Allegro Cantabile 00:00 Tools
Improvisation sur Alouette, Gentille Alouette: Variation 8 - Mutations 00:00 Tools
Le Jardin Suspendu (5028612205687_01_) 00:00 Tools
Widor: Symphony #5 In F Minor, Op. 42/1 - 4. Adagio 00:00 Tools
Anonymous: Up! Good Christen folk, and listen - Tune from Piae Cantiones 00:00 Tools
Hand Full of Fire 00:00 Tools
Improvisation sur Alouette, Gentille Alouette: Variation 3 - Fonds 00:00 Tools
March Heroique 00:00 Tools
Vierne, Symphony 3 - 2 Cantilene 00:00 Tools
Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade: Pictures at an Exhibition: The Great Gate of Kiev 00:00 Tools
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1: The Death Of Ase 00:00 Tools
Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade: Pictures at an Exhibition: Bydlo 00:00 Tools
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Having been educated at Solihull School he was organ scholar at King's College, Cambridge from 1981-84. At just 17 he was awarded his Fellowship of the Royal College of Organists (FRCO) a prestigious award for professional organists. Briggs was also Principal Viola of the National Youth Orchestra. Whilst at King's, he toured Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany with the college choir. In 1983 he received the Countess of Munster Award to study Interpretation and Improvisation with Jean Langlais in Paris, with whom he furthered in his interest in the art of improvisation by his transcriptions of the recordings of the late Pierre Cochereau. Transcribing the remarkable improvisations from Cochereau's cassette recordings took eleven years. Briggs' subsequent performances and recordings of them earned him his initial acclaim. He was also the first British organist to win the Tournimire prize for improvisation at the St Albans International Organ Festival. On leaving King's, he took up the post of Assistant Organist at Hereford Cathedral where he also took over the directorship of Hereford Chamber Choir and String Orchestra. He was appointed Organist and Master of the Choristors of Truro Cathedral in 1989, before moving to the similar post at Gloucester Cathedral in 1994. While at Gloucester he oversaw the rebuilding of the organ which included the installation of the Divided Pedal. This allows the Pedal Board to be 'split', meaning the pedal stops sound on the lower section, the upper section can be set to reproduce the sound of any of the manuals. Briggs also oversaw the installation of this system on the Father Willis organ of Truro Cathedral in its rebuild in 1991. In May 2002, Briggs retired due to ill health and was replaced by Andrew Nethsingha, who had previously also succeeded him at Truro. David is still Organist Emeritus at Gloucester Cathedral, and gives regular masterclasses at the Royal Northern College of Music and Cambridge University. He spends most of his time as a very busy international concert artist, composer, and organ advisor. He now lives in New York. (from Wikipedia) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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