Norman Harper – organ and piano

The Programme

‘Piano Month’ at St Bride’s

Norman Harper – organ and piano

Fantasia in F minor & major, KV 594

Adagio from Serenade in B flat, KV 361
(arranged Norman Harper)

Fantasia in D minor for piano, KV 397/385g

Fantasia in F minor, KV 608

Welcome to ‘Piano Month’ at St Bride’s – celebrating the acquisition of our new Steinberg Grand Piano.

The Artist

Norman Harper was born in south Essex and was organ scholar at Gonville and Caius College Cambridge, studying organ with Peter le Huray and Gillian Weir, and composition with Peter Tranchell. Following a career as teacher, choral director, recitalist and accompanist, Norman was appointed to the music staff of St George’s Metropolitan Cathedral, Southwark, where he served as organist and director of music. Norman has played recitals at Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s Cathedral, St John’s College & King’s College Cambridge and many other major venues in the UK, America, Europe and Australia. He has broadcast solo organ recitals on BBC Radio 3 and directed or accompanied numerous broadcast services on BBC radio and television. His latest CD ‘Church bells beyond the stars’, consisting of 20th & 21st century British music, was recorded at St George’s Cathedral and released in July 2022 on the Signum Classics label.