Anthony Gritten – organ

The Programme

Anthony Gritten – organ

Final Te Deum (1981)

Six Meditations on Gregorian Chant Themes (2023-2024)
I. Ave Maris Stella
II. O Oriens
III. Hosana Filio David
IV. Ubi Caritas et Amor
V. Resurrexi
VI. Alleluia

Prelude and Fugue (2024)

The Artist

Anthony Gritten is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists, and studied with Harry Gabb, David Sanger and Anne Page. He gave the first complete performance of Daniel Roth’s magnum opus, Livre d’Orgue pour le Magnificat, and has performed four times in St Sulpice, Paris, including a recital for Roth’s 70th birthday. He has also premiered various works, including Richard Francis’ four-movement symphony on themes by Lefébure-Wély, Laurence Caldecote’s Variations on Victimae Paschali Laudes, four of Michael Whytock’s Six Meditations on Gregorian Chant Themes, David Loxley-Blount’s Toccata ar St Denio, and Huw Morgan’s Ave Rosa Sine Spinis. Projects have included anniversary performances of the complete works of Tunder, Buxtehude (a 6½ hour recital), Homilius (2½ hours), Kneller, Brahms and Mendelssohn, and an ongoing series resurrecting forgotten French music from the early 20th century.

Anthony was an organ scholar and research student at Cambridge University, writing a doctorate on Stravinsky. He has worked at the University of East Anglia, the Royal Northern College of Music, and Middlesex University, and is currently Head of Undergraduate Programmes at the Royal Academy of Music. His publications include books on Music and Gesture, essays on Balakirev, Cage, Debussy, Delius, Goehr, Holloway, Roth, and Stravinsky, and numerous articles on issues in Performance Studies. Many publications can be downloaded from ram.academia.edu/AnthonyGritten