Details
The Queen's College
High Street
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 4AW
England
Tickets
Prices: Free Admission
Booking line: 01865289177
Programme
Dietrich Buxtehude – Präludium in G minor, BuxWV 149
Dietrich Buxtehude – Es spricht der Unweisen Mund wohl, BuxWV 187
Dietrich Buxtehude – Fuga in C (Gigue), BuxWV 174
Girolamo Frescobaldi – Bergamasca, F 12.46
Girolamo Frescobaldi – Canzon terza, F 9.13
Maurice Greene – Voluntary VIII in c (Largo-Allegro)
William Boyce – Voluntary in D major
Georg Muffat – Toccata Septima
Performers
Gabriele Damiani – organ
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Programme Note
Previously Chapel Organist and Music Teacher at St Edward’s, Oxford, Gabriele Damiani has recently served as Director of Music at Our Lady’s, Abingdon (OLA), where he led a team of fifteen Visiting Music Teachers and oversaw the school’s full academic and practical music programme.
He studied at the Verdi Conservatoire in Turin, Italy, before continuing his training with Anne Marsden Thomas at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. As part of his Bachelor of Music studies, he attended masterclasses with P. Hurford, A. Marcon, L. Lohmann and J. van Oortmerssen, and undertook extensive training in counterpoint, conducting, basso continuo and accompaniment. During his final year, he was appointed Church Music Scholar at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, and subsequently served as Organ Scholar at Westminster RC Cathedral.
An ARCO prize-winner, Gabs has been an accredited Royal College of Organists’ organ teacher since 2012, representing the Oxford area and specialising in practice techniques and Baroque repertoire. A visiting tutor at the University of St Andrews and co-founder of the Accademia Organistica in Trieste, Italy, he maintains an active performance schedule across the UK and internationally. He is also active as piano accompanist, continuo player, orchestral conductor and church musician.
