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Simon Preston

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Simon Preston

Simon Preston has been played on NTS shows including True As Few w/ Mark, with Le Banquet Celeste first played on 12 September 2015.

Simon Preston (b. 1938) is an internationally acclaimed concert organist. Originally a chorister at King's College, Cambridge, he studied the organ with C. H. Trevor before returning to King's as organ scholar. He was sub-organist of Westminster Abbey from 1962-67, and organist of Christ Church, Oxford from 1970 before returning to Westminster as Organist and Master of the Choristers in 1981. He relinquished his Westminster post in 1987, and has since led an international concert career, and has also composed works…

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Le Banquet Celeste
Messiaen, Simon Preston
Argo1970
Le Banquet Celeste
Messiaen, Simon PrestonArgo1970
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Mass For Four Voices
William Byrd, Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Simon Preston
Argo1977
Mass For Four Voices
William Byrd, Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Simon PrestonArgo1977
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Mass For Five Voices
William Byrd, Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Simon Preston
Argo1977
Mass For Five Voices
William Byrd, Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Simon PrestonArgo1977
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La Nativité Du Seigneur
Olivier Messiaen, Simon Preston
Argo1965
La Nativité Du Seigneur
Olivier Messiaen, Simon PrestonArgo1965
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Israel In Egypt
Handel, Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral · Oxford, English Chamber Orchestra, Simon Preston
Argo1976
Israel In Egypt
Handel, Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral · Oxford, English Chamber Orchestra, Simon PrestonArgo1976
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A Spotless Rose
Britten, Howells, Joubert, Vaughan Williams, Warlock, Westminster Abbey Choir, Douglas Guest, Simon Preston
His Master's Voice1967
A Spotless Rose
Britten, Howells, Joubert, Vaughan Williams, Warlock, Westminster Abbey Choir, Douglas Guest, Simon PrestonHis Master's Voice1967
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Ave Maria
Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Colin Walsh, Organ, Simon Preston, Elgar, Rachmaninov, Verdi, Bruckner, Fauré, Kalinnikov, Brahms
Argo1977
Ave Maria
Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Colin Walsh, Organ, Simon Preston, Elgar, Rachmaninov, Verdi, Bruckner, Fauré, Kalinnikov, BrahmsArgo1977
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