David Aprahamian Liddle MA (Cantab.) FRCO ARCM was the youngest
English pupil of André Marchal. He was educated at Worcester
College for the Blind and then read music at St John’s College,
Cambridge (where he was Assisting Organ Scholar at King’s
College), before embarking on an international career as a concert
organist and composer. He gained his FRCO whilst also winning
the prestigious Limpus Prize and, soon after, the Worshipful Company
of Musicians awarded him the W T Best Memorial Scholarship.
In 1990 David had the distinction of giving the first recital
on the partly restored Willis organ at the Alexandra Palace, the
first time that this famous instrument had been heard in public
for fifty years. He was the first to broadcast on the organ and
from 1991 to 1993 arranged a hugely popular series of Sunday afternoon
Organ Proms with guest players.
A popular guest artist, David has performed at most of the major
venues in the UK and overseas, including the Royal Albert Hall
and Royal Festival Hall and most of the major cathedrals and has
given celebrity recitals at Westminster Abbey, Westminster and
St Paul’s Cathedrals. David has made many tours of America
where as a recitalist and lecturer he visited Yale and other universities.
His CDs of organ music for the Priory and Guild Music labels
have received universal acclaim. David Aprahamian Liddle is Organist
of St. Barnabas’ Church, Pimlico. His compositions are available
from Chester-Novello or the Wynstay Press.
He gave the world première of his work for solo organ,
Homophony Op15, at La Madeleine in Paris. In December 2003, his
Missa Brevis Op16, was performed by the choir of St Mary's, Bourne
Street. David has recently given recitals at Notre-Dame de Paris,
York Minster, Gloucester, Winchester and Wells cathedrals, King's
College Cambridge, and Bath Abbey.
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