David Briggs

Concert Organist and Composer

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Chempinesca (2004)

Piano Duet

In celebration of Beryl Chempin's distinguished teaching career at the Birmingham Conservatoire (Premiered at the Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham)
(5 mins)

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Dreamworld (2004)

Song Cycle for Tenor and Piano
French romantic texts by Verlaine, de Banville, Bourget etc
Commissioned by Rachel Bosanko, for Edward Goater
Recorded on Chestnut Music 001

Clair de Lune - Les donneurs de sérénades - Musique - Les roses - Pantomime
(21 mins)
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The Song Cycle Dreamworld was commissioned by Rachel Bosanko for Edward Goater and composed in December 2004/January 2005. This cycle is intensely personal and even semi-autobiographic in its combination of playfulness and emotion. The primary influences are Maurice Durufle, Claude Debussy and Lili Boulanger, the underrated French composer whose life was tragically cut short in 1918 at the age of 24. The first song, 'Clair de Lune', creates an impression of dusk and a lover lamenting the loss of past relationships. This is followed by 'Les donneurs de Serenades', with the irregular 5/4 pulse adding humour and energy, culminating in an ecstatic and abrupt conclusion. Next, 'Musique', again encapsulates a dreamy, night time ambience depicting calm, icy moonlight and silent, dark skies. 'Les Roses' refers to the generosity of the human heart. 'Pantomine' depicts the colourful fooling around of young lovers. The music holds back briefly towards the end as Columbine turns in on herself. The final song, 'Nuit d’Etoiles', has a similar melancholic spirit to 'Clair de Lune' except in this instance there is, in the final bars, a coming together and sense of fulfilment that is interpreted in the music by a richly diatonic conclusion in F sharp major.

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Elegiac Meditation for French Horn and Organ (2004)

Commissioned by Robert Libcke, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Very melodic – Straussian harmonies
(6 mins)

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Fanfare for Wells (2002)

for Organ, 3 Trumpets, 3 Trombones and Cymbals.

A 2 minute Fanfare ('à la Marcel Dupré!') intended for use immediately before 'I was glad' (C H H Parry), commissioned by the Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir, September 2002
(2 mins)

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Poème Exotique (2009)

Commissioned by the Northshore Youth Symphony Orchestra, Massachusetts
Orchestration: 3.2.2.2 – 2.3 – Hp.Cel – Glock, Wood Block, SD, Triangle – Str
(10 mins)

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Prelude, Allegro and Variations for Viola, Violoncello and Piano (2008)

Commissioned to celebrate the 375th anniversary of the founding of Ipswich, MA, in 2009
(20 mins)

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Sonata for Cello and Organ (2008)

Commissioned by Richard Jenkinson and James Parsons

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Sonata for Violin and Organ (2015)

(12 mins)

For Miriam Briggs on her 18th birthday! 

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Three Motets for Soprano and Organ (2006)

Salve Regina – Ave Maris Stella – Alma Redemptoris Mater
Commissioned by Stephen Farr for Jennifer, his wife.

… top C’s required!
(12 mins)

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Wedding processional (2005)

2 Trumpets and Organ
Commissioned by Maria Foxton, for Jessica and David

…with a passing (canonic) nod to Henry Purcell!
(4 mins)

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