Richard Purvis

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Born: 25 August 1913 — San Francisco, California — USA
Died: 25 December 1994 — San Francisco, California — USA
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Organist and Master of Choristers Emeritus and Honorary Canon of San Francisco’s famed Grace Cathedral.

The music of Richard Purvis holds a very special place in American 20th century history. His style has unique melodic, harmonic and rhythmic qualities. Not one to embrace fads, he was conservative in a very liberal, musical way, using the best of many musical styles. He was a master of composing and arranging concise, definitive, colorful and listenable pieces. Most compositions were musically realized for the sound of the great Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ in San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral, where he was Organist and Choirmaster for over 25 years. Richard built the Grace Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys into a nationally recognized body — eventually developing into the Grace Cathedral School for Boys in 1957.

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Sat 1 Jun: Action Painting: The Edges of Sound Baruch Performing Arts Center
Sat 8 Jun: Symphony No 5 St Johns, Smith Sq, London, SW1P 3HA
Fri 14 Jun: Day of Wrath "The Revelation"- concert in Bucharest Cinema Patria, Bulevardul Magheru 12-14, Bucuresti, Romania
Sat 15 Jun: A North East Choral Garland The Ave, Washington, Tyne and Wear NE38 7LE
Sat 15 Jun: Viva Vivaldi! Bristol Cathedral College Green Bristol
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(1886) Camille Saint-Saëns: Premiere of Symphony no. 3 in c minor op. 78 “Organ symphony”, in London, England, with Saint-Saëns conducting.
(1911) Maurice Ravel: Premiere of L'Heure Espagnol, in Paris, France.
(1989) Heinz Holliger: Premiere of What Where, Frankfurt, Germany.

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[details ←] Three Christmas Preludes, organ,
[details ←] The Organ Music of Richard Purvis Volume 2, organ,
[details ←] The Organ Music of Richard Purvis Volume 1, organ,
[details ←] What Strangers Are These? (Noel Ecossais), vocal, , choral, vocal,
[details ←] When The Saints Go Marching In, jazz band,
[details ←] When the Saints Go Marching In, jazz band,
[details ←] Rainy Day Waltz, clarinet,
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