Sounds Phenomenal.
Thomas Trotter play the Klais Organ at Symphony Hall, Birmingham.
Tracks:
Ad Wammes - Miroir
Alexandra Guilmant (Sonata No.1 in D minor Op.42) - Introduction et Allegro
Sounds Spectacular.
Thomas Trotter play the Klais Organ at Symphony Hall, Birmingham.
Tracks:
Jan de Lublin - Poznanie
Jan de Lublin - Rocal Fuza
Thomas Trotter is one of Britain’s most widely admired musicians. In May 2002 he received the Royal Philharmonic Society’s prestigious Instrumentalist Award for his achievements in 2001 as “one of the foremost exponents of the organist’s art”. His career is firmly founded on his relationship with the City of Birmingham. He was appointed City Organist in 1983 (succeeding Sir George Thalben-Ball), and is now also Organist in Residence and Artistic Adviser at Symphony Hall. He was consultant for the Symphony Organ, the Hall’s magnificent new instrument by Klais, inaugurating it in October 2001 and performing regular monthly recitals on the instrument. His two CDs record on the Symphony Organ have been critically acclaimed, the most recent, Sounds Spectacular receiving a five star review in the BBC Music magazine and the assertion that the recording “confirms Trotter as one of today’s greatest living organists.”
Thomas Trotter performs internationally as soloist with, amongst others, the conductors Sir Simon Rattle, Bernard Haitink, Riccardo Chailly and Sir Charles Mackerras, and with leading orchestras such as the Vienna Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, and Royal Philharmonic. He has performed recitals in Berlin’s Philharmonie, the Leipzig Gewandhaus both the Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Vienna, Symphony Hall Birmingham, and London’s Royal Festival Hall.
Thomas Trotter