Alan Harverson

org, p, 1922-2006 GB
Musician of Classical

Alan Harverson (Alan Hooper) (16 August 1922 – 31 January 2006) was an English organist, pianist and teacher, born and raised in southern Ireland.He won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in 1939, taking six prizes for piano and organ playing and the coveted Certificate of Merit. He was eventually elected to a professorship in 1973 after having taught there since 1942. He was an organist at number of London churches in succession, including St Mary's Bryanston Square and the London Oratory. He was appointed to the influential churches of St Gabriels, Cricklewood and the Servite Priory, Fulham, where he presided over a new instrument by Grant, Degens & Bradbeer. It is typical of him that, having been appointed, he refused to take up the position in Fulham until the new organ had be

Instruments

Organ
Piano

Genres

Classical
Soundtrack
World
Folk
Pop

Plays With

BBC Symphony Chorus

Orpington Junior Singers

Popular Tracks

Requiem in D minor, K.626 (compl. by Franz Xaver Süssmayer): 3. Sequentia: Lacrimosa on Mozart: Great Choral Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, London Symphony Chorus, John Alldis Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

Requiem in D minor, K.626 (compl. by Franz Xaver Süssmayer): 3. Sequentia: Dies irae on Mozart: Great Choral Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, London Symphony Chorus, John Alldis Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

Requiem in D minor, K.626 (compl. by Franz Xaver Süssmayer): 1. Introitus: Requiem on Mozart: Great Choral Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, London Symphony Chorus, John Alldis Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

Requiem in D minor, K.626 (compl. by Franz Xaver Süssmayer): 3. Sequentia: Confutatis on Mozart: Great Choral Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, London Symphony Chorus, John Alldis Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

Requiem in D minor, K.626 (compl. by Franz Xaver Süssmayer): 3. Sequentia: Rex tremendae on Mozart: Great Choral Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, London Symphony Chorus, John Alldis Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

Requiem in D minor, K.626 (compl. by Franz Xaver Süssmayer): 3. Sequentia: Recordare on Mozart: Great Choral Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, London Symphony Chorus, John Alldis Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

Requiem in D minor, K.626 (compl. by Franz Xaver Süssmayer): 2. Kyrie on Mozart: Great Choral Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, London Symphony Chorus, John Alldis Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

Requiem in D minor, K.626 (compl. by Franz Xaver Süssmayer): 4. Offertorium: Hostias on Mozart: Great Choral Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, London Symphony Chorus, John Alldis Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

Requiem in D minor, K.626 (compl. by Franz Xaver Süssmayer): 3. Sequentia: Tuba mirum on Mozart: Great Choral Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, London Symphony Chorus, John Alldis Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

Requiem in D minor, K.626 (compl. by Franz Xaver Süssmayer): 8.Communio: Lux aeterna on Mozart: Great Choral Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, London Symphony Chorus, John Alldis Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

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Band Members

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Baroque Organ Music	Alan Harverson	1969	Album
Best Loved Organ Music	Johann Sebastian Bach, Pierre Cochereau, Alan Harverson	1962	Single
ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL	The Linden Singers, Alan Harverson		Single

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