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Malcolm
Archer
http://www.lammas.co.uk/archer.htm
Malcolm
Archer was appointed Organist and Master of the Choristers at Wells
Cathedral in 1996 where he directs and trains the Cathedral choir for its
daily services in the Cathedral, as well as being the Musical Director for
Wells Cathedral Oratorio Society. In addition to overseas tours and radio
and TV broadcasts he has recorded with the Cathedral Choir a wide range of
CDs and the choir now records regularly for several record companies.
Malcolm
was educated at King Edward VII School, Lytham, the Royal College of Music
(where he was an RCO scholar) and Jesus College Cambridge where he was
organ scholar. He studied the organ with Ralph Downes, Gillian Weir and
Nicolas Kynaston, and composition with Herbert Sumsion and Alan Ridout. He
continues to study the organ with Daniel Roth in Paris. He has given organ
concerts in nine European countries, Canada and the USA. Amongst other
notable invitations, he has played for the IAO Congress on more than one
occasion and given the Winston Churchill Memorial Concert at Blenheim
Palace. He has also recorded for BBC Radio 2 and Radio 3, and played at
most principal venues in the UK. He has recorded six organ CDs in
repertoire as varied as J.S.Bach and Olivier Messiaen.
Malcolm
Archer is also a prolific composer with well over 200 published works. His
work Three Psalms of David was premiered in Wells Cathedral as part of the
Classics West Festival, with the Classics West International Chorus and
The Virtuosi of London. He has also written a five movement millennium
work for Lichfield Cathedral, called The Coming of the Kingdom. He was
commissioned to write works for The Southern Cathedrals’ Festival, the
Exeter Festival and the Musica Deo Sacra Festival. He has recently been
commissioned to write a work for the 350th Sons of the Clergy Festival in
2004, which is held in St. Paul’s Cathedral. His works receive regular
performances on BBC Radio and TV.
Malcolm
Archer is an examiner and council member for the Royal College of
Organists and an examiner for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of
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