Anthony Wilson
Welcome to my website. I am an Eastbourne-based music teacher, composer, pianist and organist.
Organist
A committed Christian, with a great love of church music, I have worked in churches as an organist and choir trainer since my teens. I have been Musical Director at St. Mary's Willingdon since 2020.
As well as singing in the church, I have been privileged to direct church choirs at Westminster Abbey, Coventry Cathedral, Brecon Cathedral, Canterbury Cathedral, Winchester Cathedral, Portsmouth Cathedral, Rochester Cathedral, Chichester Cathedral and Southwark Cathedral. I have occasionally been invited to accompany choirs in places such as Chichester Cathedral, Winchester Cathedral, St Albans Cathedral, St Paul's Cathedral, Exeter Cathedral, Lincoln Cathedral and Gloucester Cathedral.
Whilst working part-time as a teacher and musician, I have developed my organ playing skills, gaining the ATCL, ARCO, LLCM and FLCM diplomas. Below are links to some videos of my playing. More are available on my You Tube channel. The organ is a Viscount Chorale 3 digital instrument, with the audio produced through the Hauptwerk software system.
J.S. Bach: Prelude & Fugue in e, BWV 533
Few would argue that Johann Sebastian Bach is not amongst the greatest composers.
BWV 533 shows many of the hallmarks of his early works: a fantasy-like opening and a well developed motivic argument.
F. Price: Air (Suite for Organ)
A talented pianist and composer, Florence Price also played the organ in Arkansas.
Her Suite for Organ is unjustly neglected. The Air is especially poetic, with some wonderful harmonic touches.
C.V. Stanford: Postlude in G minor
Sir Charles Stanford is one of the doyens of English Church Music. Irish-born, he was influential as both composer and teacher.
This postlude says much in a short space of time and makes a suitably grand concert or service item.
Greenhill: Folk Song (Three Pieces for Organ)
Harold Greenhill was the blind organist of several East London churches.
This charming piece was a real find: a ravishing folk-like melody and limpid harmonies. The piece was composed in memory of Delius.
J. Boulay: Prélude
Joséphine Boulay’s music is ripe for rediscovery. She composed a comparatively small number of pieces for the organ, but the C# minor prelude is of a high quality.
A limpid melody is supported by piquant harmonies and the typical timbres of the French romantic organ.
Bales: Finale from Petite Suite
Gerald Bales, a Canadian composer has written some very exciting music. His Petite Suite is suitably compact.
This finale is both compact and engaging.
