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Francis Jackson
org, *1917 GB, Malton, North Yorkshire
Composer of Classical
Francis Alan Jackson CBE (born 2 October 1917) is a British organist and composer. He was the organist and director of music at York Minster for 36 years.Jackson was born in Malton, Yorkshire and received his early education as a chorister at York Minster under his predecessor, Sir Edward Bairstow. His first cousin once removed was the lyric soprano, Elsie Suddaby. He was appointed organist and director of music at York Minster in 1946 and held these positions until his retirement in 1982. Jackson played for the wedding of Elizabeth II's cousin, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, to Katherine Worsley on 8 June 1961. The final voluntary was the final movement of Charles-Marie Widor's Symphony No. 5 for organ: Toccata, which set a fashion for the use of this piece for weddings.
Plays With
| BBC Northern Singers |
Popular Tracks 
Good King Wenceslas on Christmas Carols from York Minster by York Minster Choir & Francis Jackson Trumpet Voluntary on The Magnificent Organ by George Frideric Handel, Jeremiah Clarke, Edwin Lemare, Charles-Marie Widor, Louis-Claude Daquin, Léon Boëllmann, Henry Walford Davies & Francis Jackson Symphony No.5 in F Major on Organ Classics from York Minster by Francis Jackson Tuba Tune on Pipes of Splendour by Francis Jackson & Michael Austin Toccata on Great Cathedral Organs of England by Christopher Dearnley, Timothy Farrell, Barry Rose, Allan Wicks, Francis Jackson & Noel Rawsthorne Suite Gothique on Organ Classics from York Minster by Francis Jackson Solemn Melody on The Magnificent Organ by George Frideric Handel, Jeremiah Clarke, Edwin Lemare, Charles-Marie Widor, Louis-Claude Daquin, Léon Boëllmann, Henry Walford Davies & Francis Jackson Scherzo on Great Cathedral Organs of England by Christopher Dearnley, Timothy Farrell, Barry Rose, Allan Wicks, Francis Jackson & Noel Rawsthorne Carillon-Sortie on Great Cathedral Organs of England by Christopher Dearnley, Timothy Farrell, Barry Rose, Allan Wicks, Francis Jackson & Noel Rawsthorne Suite Gothique on Organ Classics from York Minster by Francis JacksonTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Band Members
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Choral Works | Francis Jackson, The Exon Singers, Matthew Owens | 2006 | Album |
| Music For Ceremonial Occasions | The London Symphony Orchestra, The Choir Of Westminster Abbey, David Hill, Francis Jackson | 1993 | Album |
| Michael Austin Spiller Musik Af Bach, Jackson, Stanley, Krag-Elert, Liszt På Orglet I Skt. Markus Kirke, Aalborg, Danmark | Johann Sebastian Bach, Francis Jackson, John Stanley, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Franz Liszt - Michael Austin | 1983 | Album |
| The Hovingham Sketches | Francis Jackson | 1982 | Album |
| The Organ At York Minster | Francis Jackson, John Scott Whiteley | 1979 | Album |
| The Organ At York Minster | Francis Jackson | 1979 | Album |
| Via Crucis / Ecce Sacerdos Magnus / Psalm 48 / Ave Verum Corpus | Franz Liszt, Sir Edward Elgar - Leeds Parish Church Choir, Simon Lindley, Francis Jackson | 1979 | Album |
| Plays Music By Guilmant - York Minster Organ | Francis Jackson | 1978 | Album |
| 'In Quires And Places...' No. 10 | York Minster Choir, Francis Jackson, Geoffrey Coffin | 1975 | Album |
| The Organ Of Down Cathedral | Francis Jackson | 1970 | Album |
| Nineteenth Century Organ Music | Francis Jackson | 1967 | Album |
| Organ Music At York Minster | Francis Jackson | 1966 | Single |
| The Organ Of York Minster | Francis Jackson | 1964 | Album |
| York Minster | Francis Jackson | 1964 | Album |
| Via Crucis - The Fourteen Stations Of The Cross For Mixed Choir, Soloists And Organ | Franz Liszt | 1959 | Album |
| The First International Congress of Organists, Volume IV | Ralph Downes, Gordon Jeffery, Francis Jackson | 1957 | Album |
| English Church Music | York Minster Choir Conducted By Francis Jackson | Single | |
| Graham Barber Plays The Willis Organ Of Salisbury Cathedral | Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Francis Jackson, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Abel Fleury - Graham Barber | Album | |
| English Church Music | York Minster Choir Conducted By Francis Jackson | Single | |
| Choral And Organ Music From York Minster | Francis Jackson, York Minster Choir | Single |
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