Castle Classics Pott, Francis (British B.1957)

F Pott: The Cloud of Unknowing - James Gilchrist, tenor; Jeremy Filsell, organ; Vasari Singers; Jeremy Backhouse, conductor

Label - Signum

Cat. No. - SIGCD105

2 CD Set

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F Pott: Meditations & Remembrances - The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin; Judy Martin, director; Tristan Russcher, organ

Label - Signum

Cat. No. - SIGCD080

Including A Meditation, Turn our Captivity [Psalm 126], Kyrie, Gloria, Jesu Dulcis Memoria, Introduction, Toccata & Fugue, Introduction & Toccata, Fugue, Sanctus, Benedictus, A Remembrance, Agnus Dei from Mass in five parts, O Lord, Support us all the Day Long

Described by The Times as "thrilling music... contemporary and original...impressive and profoundly affecting". Francis Pott's writing provides a treasure-trove of astonishingly beautiful composition. Meditations and Remembrances is a new collection of choral and organ pieces of extraordinary tenderness and masterly technique.Francis Pott began his musical life as a chorister at New College, Oxford. He held open music scholarships at Winchester College and Magdalene College, Cambridge. He was appointed administrative Head of Music at London College of Music and Media in 2001, subsequently becoming its Head of Composition and Research Development on Music, Media and Creative Technologies. He was a member of Winchester Cathedral Choir under David Hill from 1991 until 2001 and remains an active pianist and accompanist, uniting both composition and academic research.

Five Stars - Choir & Organ Magazine
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F Pott: Christus - Passion Symphony for solo organ - Jeremy Filsell, organ

Label - Signum

Cat. No. - SIGCD062

2 CD Set

"The five movements of Christus trace respectively the Coming of Christ; Gethsemane; the Via Crucis/Golgotha/the Deposition; the Tomb; and, finally, Resurrection, portrayed not as a prolonged psalm of victory already achieved, but as a vast struggle towards ultimate triumph." -Francis Pott

Born in 1957, Francis Pott was a chorister at New College, Oxford and a Music Scholar at Winchester and Magdalene College, Cambridge. At Cambridge he studied composition with Robin Holloway and Hugh Wood while pursuing piano studies as a private pupil of Hamish Milne in London. He remains active as a solo recitalist and accompanist and maintains an occasional piano duo partnership with Jeremy Filsell. He has appeared at the Wigmore hall and been heard on BBC Radio 3 playing his own works.

"This extraordinary work is a virtuosic masterpiece and one that many-an-organist might be fearful of performing, let alone recording, 'live'. Jeremy Filsell's masterly musicianship and skills here produce a stunning live account of this important work. Not a work beholden to any other: rather, an astonishingly original composition, compelling in its structural logic and exhilarating in performance. All in all, a stupendous achievement." - The Times

"Arrestingly original ...the large-scale cohesion fulfils its designation as 'Symphony' with monumental conviction." - Musical Times

"A tour de force." - The Spectator
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