Lunchtime Organ Recital: Oliver Hancock

for 30 mins
The Temple Church, London
The Temple Church, Temple, London EC4Y 7BB, EC4Y 1BB, United Kingdom
William Walton (1902-1983) arr. Robert Gower
- Orb and Sceptre

Thomas Arne (1710-1778)
- Allegro

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
- Sonata No.1 in F minor (Op.65)
i. Allegro moderato e serioso
ii. Adagio
iii. Andante recitativo
iv. Allegro assai vivace

Oliver Hancock is Director of Music at the Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick, where he is responsible for the musical life of the Church, training and conducting the choirs of boys, girls, and men in services and concerts both in Warwick and further afield. He is also Choral Director at King’s High School, Warwick. Oliver was Organ Scholar at Jesus College, Oxford, where he read for a degree in Music, and in 2010 he was among the first students to take the new MMus in Choral Studies degree at the University of Cambridge. From 2008-2012, he held the post of Assistant Organist to Ely Cathedral Girls’ Choir, and for the academic year 2011-12 was also Graduate Organ Scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge. As Sub-Organist at Portsmouth Cathedral until Christmas Day 2017, Oliver accompanied daily services and regularly conducted the cathedral choirs in services and concerts as well as undertaking outreach work across the diocese, alongside the position of School Organist at The Portsmouth Grammar School.

He has toured much of mainland Europe and the East coast of the USA, broadcast live on BBC One television, and BBC Radio 3 and 4, and played numerous recitals throughout the UK and further afield. He was for many years an Examiner for the ABRSM and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists.

The organ
The organ in the Temple church was built in 1924 for the Castle of Glen Tanar, Aberdeenshire, and installed in 1954 in the rebuilt church (following war damage), the gift of Lord Glentanar. The organ case was designed by W. E. Godfrey and installed in 1966 and is modelled on drawings of the Temple’s Father Smith organ of 1688, showing the crests of Inner and Middle Temple. The organ was rebuilt in 2013 by Harrison and Harrison of Durham and has 66 stops over four manuals.
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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: Oliver Hancock

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

William Walton (1902-1983) arr. Robert Gower
- Orb and Sceptre

Thomas Arne (1710-1778)
- Allegro

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
- Sonata No.1 in F minor (Op.65)
i. Allegro moderato e serioso
ii. Adagio
iii. Andante recitativo
iv. Allegro assai vivace

Oliver Hancock is Director of Music at the Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick, where he is responsible for the musical life of the Church, training and conducting the choirs of boys, girls, and men in services and concerts both in Warwick and further afield. He is also Choral Director at King’s High School, Warwick. Oliver was Organ Scholar at Jesus College, Oxford, where he read for a degree in Music, and in 2010 he was among the first students to take the new MMus in Choral Studies degree at the University of Cambridge. From 2008-2012, he held the post of Assistant Organist to Ely Cathedral Girls’ Choir, and for the academic year 2011-12 was also Graduate Organ Scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge. As Sub-Organist at Portsmouth Cathedral until Christmas Day 2017, Oliver accompanied daily services and regularly conducted the cathedral choirs in services and concerts as well as undertaking outreach work across the diocese, alongside the position of School Organist at The Portsmouth Grammar School.

He has toured much of mainland Europe and the East coast of the USA, broadcast live on BBC One television, and BBC Radio 3 and 4, and played numerous recitals throughout the UK and further afield. He was for many years an Examiner for the ABRSM and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists.

The organ
The organ in the Temple church was built in 1924 for the Castle of Glen Tanar, Aberdeenshire, and installed in 1954 in the rebuilt church (following war damage), the gift of Lord Glentanar. The organ case was designed by W. E. Godfrey and installed in 1966 and is modelled on drawings of the Temple’s Father Smith organ of 1688, showing the crests of Inner and Middle Temple. The organ was rebuilt in 2013 by Harrison and Harrison of Durham and has 66 stops over four manuals.

More info Join online

Safeguarding

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