Stephen Cleobury

Harrison & Harrison Organ at King's College Chapel, Cambridge

2003 Blackinton at Bethel University, Arden Hills, MN

1963 Casavant at Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN

Cleobury of King's

…after more than three decades as director of the Choir of King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury knows his job and still keeps on his toes as an organ soloist!

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of March 2, 2015

Links and Resources:

• Printable program listings

Music played in the program

Hour 1

JOHN GOSS:  Hymn, Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven –King’s College Choir/Richard Farnes, organ (Argo 414 609)

HERBERT HOWELLS:  Jubilate, fr Collegium Regale –King’s College Choir/Peter Barley, organ (Argo 430 205)

HOWELLS:  Anthem, Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks –King’s College Choir/Christopher Hughes, organ (EMI 54418)

HOWELLS: Paean, fr Six Pieces–Stephen Cleobury (1963 Casavant/Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN) Pipedreams Archive (r. 6/29/08)

G. F. HANDEL:  Arrival of the Queen of Sheba –Stephen Cleobury, organ (Priory DVD 3)

HOWELLS:  Rhapsody No. 2 –Stephen Cleobury, organ (Priory 480)

WALTER ALCOCK:  Introduction and Passacaglia –Stephen Cleobury, organ (Priory 005)

Hour 2

GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN:  Concerto da Caccia in D –Crispian Steele Perkins, trumpet; Stephen Cleobury, organ (Priory 189)

JOHN RUTTER:  All bells in paradise –King’s College Choir/Ben-San Lau, organ (KGS 001)

JUDITH WEIR:  Illuminare, Jerusalem –King’s College Choir/Ashley Grote, organ (EMI 58070)

JUDITH BINGHAM:  Jacob’s Ladder (Concerto) –TCAGO Festival Orchestra/Philip Brunelle, conductor; Stephen Cleobury (2003 Blackinton/Bethel University, Arden Hills, MN) Pipedreams Archive (r. 6/24/08)

EDWARD ELGAR (arr. Atkins):  Organ Sonata No. 2 –Stephen Cleobury (1963 Casavant/Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN) Pipedreams Archive (r. 6/29/08)

Mr. Cleobury talks about his choir, the regular commissioning of new music, an upcoming major renovation of the Chapel’s Harrison & Harrison pipe organ (which, unless otherwise indicated, is today’s featured instrument), and ‘connecting to his roots’ by keeping in shape as a soloist.

The Choir of King’s College tours in the United States between March 20-26, 2015, with appearances in New York City, Washington-DC, Saint Paul, Chicago and Dallas.

Watch an excerpt from Stephen Cleobury’s Priory DVD of the King’s College Chapel pipe organ, and listen online to Cleobury’s performance of Calvin Hampton’s Concerto for Organ and Strings (PIPEDREAMS #1402), as well as some additional solo selections from the post-convention AGO concert at Central Lutheran Church in Minneapolis:

            SAMUEL SEBASTIAN WESLEY: 
            JOHN McCABE: 
            WILLIAM MATHIAS: