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About David Briggs
Artist Biography
David Briggs is one of the world's foremost concert organists, with an unusual specialty in the French improvisatory tradition. He began his career in cathedral posts and then became mostly a concert organist. In 1982 and 1983, Briggs performed in the annual Festival of Lessons and Carols before a worldwide audience of 35 million. In 1994, he made his recording debut with the album Improvisation, The Illusionist's Art. He has recorded a complete cycle of his transcriptions of Mahler's symphonies for organ; he is prolific as an arranger, often of orchestral works. By 2022, Briggs' recording catalog numbered some 30 items, and that year, he released the album Vaughan Williams: Transcriptions from Truro.
Hometown
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England
Genre
Classical
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