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Since his acclaimed City of London debut at age 18, Dr Tim Rishton has enjoyed a distinguished international career as concert organist, broadcaster, author and lecturer, also holding posts at Norwegian and British universities.

He studied with Susi Jeans and at the universities of Reading (winning all organ-playing prizes), Manchester and Wales, where he took a doctorate in 18th-century music and later lectured.

Although best known for the German Baroque repertoire, his performances have ranged from Poulenc's organ concerto and 18th-century British concertos to Bach's complete organ works, and from Franz Schmidt at the Royal College of Organists to Scandinavian music at the Nordlands Festival. Current schedule includes concerts in Italy, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Norway and all parts of the UK; 2005 includes tours in Brazil, Australia and the US.

He has given lectures and master classes (several of them broadcast) in Norwegian, English and Welsh at many universities. He has made regular radio and television broadcasts, on the Norwegian channel NRK, as well as on HTV, S4C and BBC - most recently BBC1's televised Christmas service.

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He has made a number of solo recordings, as well as recordings with Aled Jones, Simon Roberts and others. He is currently recording a CD of Italian Baroque music, a series of CDs of music by Yorkshire composers including Tim Knight, a double CD of Bach's Art of Fugue, and preparing a CD of Norwegian organ music, including two major works especially written for the occasion.

As well as published organ music and many articles in scholarly journals and in The Revised New Grove and the German music encyclopaedia Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart , Tim has written a number of books, one of which (on liturgical organ playing) has been translated from Norwegian into various languages. A new book is due out this year.
 

From the Scandinavian press:

"Under åpningsnummeret av John Parry kunne en lukke øynene og drømme seg til syttenhundretallet. Bachs Passacaglia i c-moll [var] en dans med kraft og fylde i musikken"
"During the opening number by John Parry, you could close your eyes and dream of the eighteenth century. Bach's C-minor Passacaglia danced with strength and fullness in its music"
Finnmark Dagblad

"Orgelmusikk av ypperste klasse"
"Organ music of the highest class"
Sør-Varanger Avis

"Organisten vonar vi legg turen innom Harstad ein annan gong for han høyrer vi gjerne igjen"
"We hope that this organist will return to Harstad for we really want to hear him again"
Harstad Tidende

"en fremragende orgelspiller"
"a brilliant organist"
Gudbrandsdalen og Lillehammer Tilskuer

"Glimrande orgelspel ... vekte stor begeistring"
"Fabulous organ playing ... was greatly enjoyed"
Sogn Dagblad

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Contact details and further information

Kelbrook Vicarage,
Barnoldswick BB18 6TQ
U.K.

Tel: (+44) (0)1282 841607
Fax: (+44) (0)1282 843105

E-mail Tim Rishton

For further details, see Tim Rishton's website