Philip Moore (organist)
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Philip Moore (born 30 September 1943) is an English composer and organist.
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[edit] Early life
He attended Maidstone Grammar School.
[edit] Career
After studying at the Royal College of Music, he became Assistant Organist at Canterbury Cathedral in 1968. He was appointed Organist and Master of the Choristers at Guildford Cathedral in 1974. He succeeded Francis Jackson in 1983 as Organist and Master of the Music at York Minster,[1] a post he held until his retirement in 2008.
He has composed works for organ, including instrumental works, cantatas for choir and orchestra, and many pieces of Church music. These include anthems, music for worship and carols.
[edit] Personal life
He has a son and two daughters.
[edit] Compositions
[edit] Choral works[2]
- God is gone up (1980)
- It is a thing most wonderful (1987)
- In paradisum (1988)
- O Lord, support us (1991)
- Lo! That is a marvellous change (1991, anthem for men's voices)
- A Canticle of Light (2002)
- Holy is the true light (2006)
- O praise God in his holiness (2007, commissioned by Exultate Singers for the Bristol-based choir's fifth birthday)
- Lo! God is here! (1997, for John Scott and the choir of St Paul's Cathedral)
