David Halls (Salisbury Cathedral) - return to Welcome
Organ Recitals Nationwide
Programme
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
“Sonata No 1 in F minor” Op 65
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) - “Larghetto” from Serenade for Strings, Op. 20
arr. C H Trevor
J S Bach (16851750 - “Prelude and Fugue in B minor” BWV 544
Theodore Dubois (1837-1924)
“Fiat Lux” from Douze Pieces Nouvelles
Percy Whitlock (1903-46) - “Canzona and Scherzetto” from Sonata in C minor
Leon Boellmann (1862-92) -
“Suite Gothique” Op. 25
Introduction - Choral - Menuet gothique
Priere a Notre-Dame - Toccata
Biography
Born in 1963, David Halls was taught the piano from the age of four. Whilst a pupil at Harrogate Grammar School, he was Assistant Organist at St. Wilfrid's, Harrogate, studied the organ with Adrian Selway at St Peter’s Church, Harrogate, with Ronald Perrin at Ripon Cathedral and later with Thomas Trotter in London. David won an Organ Scholarship to Worcester College, Oxford and graduated in 1984 with an Honours Degree in Music. He passed both the Associate and Fellowship Examinations of The Royal College of Organists in the same year, being awarded five prizes and the Silver Medal from the Worshipful Company of Musicians. He studied in Winchester for a post-graduate Certificate in Education and was Organ Scholar of Winchester Cathedral under the guidance of Martin Neary and James Lancelot. He became Director of Music at Salisbury Cathedral in September 2005 and was appointed a Lay Canon in 2025. In addition to his daily duties in the Cathedral, he has toured Austria, Estonia, France, Holland, Italy, Latvia, Sweden and the USA with the cathedral choirs and has appeared as conductor, accompanist and soloist in many concerts and recordings. In demand as a recitalist in cathedrals and churches throughout the UK, he has recorded four solo CDs on the Willis Organ in Salisbury Cathedral; a recording of organ music from St Wilfrid’s Church, Harrogate, was released in 2015. His organ DVD/CD The Grand Organ of Salisbury Cathedral was released in 2012 to great acclaim. He is active as a composer with many choral and organ works published in the UK and the USA. He is President of the Salisbury and District Organists’ Association and conducts the Salisbury Musical Society and the Salisbury Symphony Orchestra. He has worked with the City of London Sinfonia, the Chelsea Opera Group Orchestra, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the Hanover Band and Florilegium. Recent work includes the Monteverdi Vespers; Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony; Brahms Requiem; Verdi Requiem; Bach Mass in B minor; Paul Carr Awakening; Mendelssohn Elijah and Walton Belshazzar’s Feast.