1937- ROMANTIC WORKS FOR ORGAN

 

WHITLOCK Sonata in C minor,

BAIRSTOW Sonata in E-flat,

HARRIS Flourish for an Occasion

 

Colm Carey (Organ)

 

Born in Ireland, Colm Carey studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Nicholas Danby and David Titterington, where he read for a University of London BMus.  He also gained the Dip.RAM, the Academy’s highest performance award, and later became Meaker Fellow. As winner of the prestigious Julius Isserlis Scholarship, he went on to study at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève with Lionel Rogg, where he won the ‘Premier Prix de Virtuosité avec Distinction’ on completion of his course.  He subsequently won the Audience Prize at the St. Albans International Competition.

 

Since then Colm has performed in France, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Italy, Denmark, Canada, the USA, Australia and throughout Britain and Ireland.  His repertoire embraces all the major traditions, from the French Classical School and the German Baroque to the great symphonic tradition of the nineteenth century, and as a keen exponent of contemporary music he has given first performances of new works by Lionel Rogg, Roderick Williams, Ruth Byrchmore and Andrew Johnstone.  Colm Carey has just been appointed master of the music at the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula, in the Tower of London.

 

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