Dr Anthony Gritten: Organ Recital

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An anniversary celebration of Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (350 years) and Louis Couperin (400 years)
  • Date 8 June 2026 - 5.45 p.m.
  • Location St John's College Chapel
Organ Recital Gritten

This event is free and there is no need to book a ticket in advance.

Programme

Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676-1749)

Livre d’Orgue (1710): Suite du Premier Ton

  • I Grand Plein Jeu
  • II Fugue
  • III Duo
  • IV Trio
  • V Basse et Dessus de Trompette, ou de Cornet séparé, en Dialogue
  • VI Récits de Cromorne et de Cornet séparé, en Dialogue
  • VII Dialogue sur les Grands Jeux

Charles Racquet (1597-1664)

Fantaisie sur le Regina Caeli (1636)

Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703)

Livre d’Orgue (1699): Gloria

IV Récit de Tierce en Taille

Louis Couperin (c. 1626-1661)

A Solis Ortus Cardine OL 41-45 (1656-59)

  • I En Taille
  • II En Haulte Contre
  • III En Trio
  • IV En Basse
  • V En Triple, à la Haulte Contre

Fugue Renversée (1656)

Fantaisie des Duretez & Fantaisie II OL 1-2 (1650)

Clérambault

Livre d’Orgue: Suite du Deuxième Ton

  • I Plein Jeu
  • II Duo
  • III Trio
  • IV Basse de Cromorne
  • V Flûtes
  • VI Récit de Nazard
  • VII Caprice sur les Grands Jeux

Biography

Anthony is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists, and studied with Harry Gabb, David Sanger, and Anne Page. He gave the first complete performance of Daniel Roth’s magnum opus, Livre d’Orgue pour le Magnificat, and has performed four times in St. Sulpice, Paris, including a recital for Roth’s 70th birthday.

Anthony Gritten

Daniel Roth, Thierry Pallesco, Laurence Caldecote, and David Loxley-Blount have written works for him, and he has premiered various works, including Richard Francis’ four-movement symphony on themes by Lefébure-Wély, four of Michael Whytock’s Six Meditations on Gregorian Chant Themes, and Huw Morgan’s Ave Rosa Sine Spinis. Projects have included anniversary performances of the complete works of Buxtehude (a 6½ hour recital), Homilius (2½ hours), Tunder, Kneller, Alphonse Schmitt, Brahms, and Mendelssohn, and an ongoing series resurrecting forgotten French music from the early 20th century.

Anthony was an organ scholar and research student at Cambridge University, writing a doctorate on Stravinsky. He has worked at the University of East Anglia, the Royal Northern College of Music, and Middlesex University, and is currently Head of Undergraduate Programmes at the Royal Academy of Music. His publications include books on Music and Gesture, essays on Balakirev, Cage, Debussy, Delius, Goehr, Holloway, Roth, and Stravinsky, and numerous articles on issues in Performance Studies.