David J Briggs
Born: 1st November 1962, Bromsgrove UK
Nationality: British
David John Briggs is an English organist and composer.
He started his career as a cathedral organist as Assistant Organist at Hereford Cathedral before becoming the organist of Truro and Gloucester Cathedrals. Heavily influenced by Jean Langlais and Pierre Cochereau, Briggs is regarded as one of the world's finest improvisors, and now works as a concert organist. He is also a composer of choral and organ music and has transcribed many orchestral works for solo organ, as well as many of Cochereau's recorded improvisations. His daughter is the composer Kerensa Briggs.
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- Berceuse for Organ (1)
- Cantabile (1)
- Concert Etudes (4) (1)
- Gaudeamus omnes (1)
- God be in my head (1)
- Hail, gladdening Light (2)
- I will lift up mine eyes (2)
- Intermezzo (1)
- Jesus Service (1)
- Le Tombeau de Durufle (1)
- Messe pour Notre-Dame (1)
- Messe pour Saint-Sulpice (1)
- Missa Brevis (for York Minster) (1)
- O Lord, support us (1)
- Organ Improvisation on Tantum Ergo (1)
- Pange lingua (1)
- Prelude (1)
- Saint Patrick’s Service: Magnificat (1)
- Set me as a seal (1)
- Song without Words (1)
- St Davids Service (1)
- Surrexit Dominus (1)
- Symphonie en Improvisation (1)
- Symphony 'Missa pro defunctis' (1)
- Te Deum laudamus (1)
- The Legend of St Nicholas (1)
- The Trinity College Fauxbourdon Service (1)
- The Trinity College Service (1)
- Toccata for St. Matthew's Day (1)
- Toccata on Surrexit Dominus (1)
- Toccata on Te Deum laudamus (1)
- Ubi caritas et amor (2)
- Variations on Greensleeves (2)
- Variations on Veni Creator Spiritus (1)
- Vexilla regis (1)
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