Lunchtime Organ Recital

for 30 mins
The Temple Church, London
The Temple Church, Temple, London EC4Y 7BB, EC4Y 1BB, United Kingdom

Christopher Too
(Westminster Cathedral)

Louis Victor Jules Vierne (1870-1937)
- Deuxième symphonie pour grand orgue,
I. Allegro

Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979)
- Prélude
- Improvisation
from Trois Improvisations

Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901)
- Introduction and Passacaglia
from Sonata VIII, Op. 132

Christopher Too is the Organ Scholar at Westminster Cathedral, where he plays for a large proportion of the daily Masses and Offices alongside what is widely considered to be one of the finest choirs in the world. Brought up in Bridlington, East Yorkshire, Chris began organ lessons as a chorister at Bridlington Priory under the then newly-founded Dr Martin Clarke Young Organ Scholars Trust, and was educated at Ampleforth College. After leaving school, Chris spent his gap year as the Organ Scholar at Gloucester Cathedral. From 2019, Chris was the Junior Organ Scholar at King’s College, Cambridge under Daniel Hyde, accompanying the world-famous choir for their daily pattern of services and touring with The King’s Men, whilst studying for his Music degree and receiving organ lessons from Margaret Phillips. Chris subsequently took up the Organ Scholarship at Jesus College, where he performed with the choir for a number of concerts and special services, including tours around the UK and Paris. After graduating from Cambridge, Chris spent a year at Salisbury Cathedral where he gained his FRCO. Alongside his growing portfolio as a skilled accompanist, Chris has performed as a recitalist in venues across the UK including York Minster, Bridlington Priory, King’s College, Cambridge and Westminster Cathedral, and has played for broadcasts on BBC Radio 3. Chris is looking forward to joining the music team at St Paul’s Cathedral in September 2024.

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Welcome to the prayerful and beautiful Temple Church, steeped in the history of Christendom, this country and the whole Common Law World. 1162: the Round Church was built to be London’s Jerusalem. 1214–19: Magna Carta was negotiated in the Temple, and its greatest hero was buried in the Church. 1584, 1776, 1787: from Raleigh’s expeditions through the colonial constitutions to the American Declaration of Independence and Constitution, the Temple was the birthplace of American Law. And to this day the Church serves the legal colleges Inner and Middle Temple, London’s residents, visiting jurists and travellers from all over the world with some of the most uplifting services, music and discussions in London.

How can so ancient a building be equipped to serve the modern age in prayer and praise and engagement with the socio-legal challenges facing Britain and the wider world? Through Restoration & Renewal: Equipping the Temple Church for the next 100 Years, a major programme of refurbishment and repair, energised and supported by The Friends of the Temple Church.

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Lunchtime Organ Recital

for 30 mins
The Temple Church, London
The Temple Church, Temple, London EC4Y 7BB, EC4Y 1BB, United Kingdom

Christopher Too
(Westminster Cathedral)

Louis Victor Jules Vierne (1870-1937)
- Deuxième symphonie pour grand orgue,
I. Allegro

Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979)
- Prélude
- Improvisation
from Trois Improvisations

Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901)
- Introduction and Passacaglia
from Sonata VIII, Op. 132

Christopher Too is the Organ Scholar at Westminster Cathedral, where he plays for a large proportion of the daily Masses and Offices alongside what is widely considered to be one of the finest choirs in the world. Brought up in Bridlington, East Yorkshire, Chris began organ lessons as a chorister at Bridlington Priory under the then newly-founded Dr Martin Clarke Young Organ Scholars Trust, and was educated at Ampleforth College. After leaving school, Chris spent his gap year as the Organ Scholar at Gloucester Cathedral. From 2019, Chris was the Junior Organ Scholar at King’s College, Cambridge under Daniel Hyde, accompanying the world-famous choir for their daily pattern of services and touring with The King’s Men, whilst studying for his Music degree and receiving organ lessons from Margaret Phillips. Chris subsequently took up the Organ Scholarship at Jesus College, where he performed with the choir for a number of concerts and special services, including tours around the UK and Paris. After graduating from Cambridge, Chris spent a year at Salisbury Cathedral where he gained his FRCO. Alongside his growing portfolio as a skilled accompanist, Chris has performed as a recitalist in venues across the UK including York Minster, Bridlington Priory, King’s College, Cambridge and Westminster Cathedral, and has played for broadcasts on BBC Radio 3. Chris is looking forward to joining the music team at St Paul’s Cathedral in September 2024.

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The care and protection of children, young people and vulnerable adults who are involved in Church activities is the responsibility of the whole Church. Everyone who participates in the life of the Church has a role to play in promoting a Safer Church for all.This Safeguarding Policy is based on the Safeguarding Policy Statement of the Church of England that was agreed and published by the House of Bishops in 2017. It sets out the Safeguarding Policy of the Diocese of London and in particular a summary of the roles and responsibilities of all church bodies and office holders as we work together to protect children, young people and vulnerable adults who are involved in church activities.

This policy makes six overarching policy commitments:

To promote a safer environment and culture
To enable and ensure safe recruitment practice and to support all those within the Church with any responsibility related to children, young people, and vulnerable adults
To respond promptly to every safeguarding concern or allegation
To offer pastoral care to victims/survivors of abuse and other affected persons
To offer pastoral care to those who are the subject of concerns or allegations of abuse and other affected persons
To respond to those who may pose a present risk to others.

https://www.templechurch.com/application/files/7216/2074/0149/Temple_Church_Safeguarding_Policy_revi