Christchurch Priory
Thursday 24th January 2013 at 12.30 p.m
(WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL)
Overture to the Occasional Oratorio arr. W. T. Best G. F. HANDEL (1685-1759)
No ël Suisse LOUIS-CLAUDE DAQUIN (1694-1772)
Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor MAX REGER (1873-1916)
A Song of Sunshine ALFRED HOLLINS (1865-1942)
Intermezzo and Scherzoso (from Sonata No 8) JOSEPH RHEINBERGER (1839-1901)
Capriccio JOHN IRELAND (1879-1962)
Jonathan Hope is currently Organ Scholar of Winchester Cathedral, where he works with the worldfamous choir, plays the cathedral’s mighty Willis/Harrison organ for the daily services, is responsible for training the chorister probationers, and is accompanist to the cathedral’s two voluntary choirs.
Born in 1988, he studied initially with Stephen Lacey, John Belcher and David Sanger, before studying at the Royal College of Music, London (RCM) with Margaret Phillips (repertoire) and Sophie-
Véronique
Cauchefer-Choplin (improvisation). While at the RCM, Jonathan participated in masterclasses with Pieter van Dijk, Gordon Stewart, Jacques van Oortmerrsen and Dame Gillian Weir.
Increasingly in demand as a recitalist, Jonathan’s recital career to date has taken him throughout the UK, as well as France, Germany, Italy, the USA and Australia. Recently, he has performed solo recitals at
Canterbury Cathedral, Westminster Cathedral, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey and Saint-Sulpice,
Paris. In July 2010, Jonathan undertook a recital tour of Sydney and Melbourne, Australia.
Jonathan was Organ Scholar of Southwark Cathedral from 2010 to 2012, where his duties involved accompanying and directing the cathedral choirs in the daily services, and serving as Acting Sub-
Organist & Director of the Girls’ Choir in his final term. Whilst at Southwark, Jonathan played for prestigious occasions such as the funeral and subsequent memorial service of the former Dean of
Southwark, the installation of the new Dean, the enthronement of the Bishop of Southwark, and in frequent BBC broadcasts of the choir. During Jonathan’s time there the cathedral choirs toured Northern
Ireland and France. In November 2011 Jonathan took part in the launch of Choirbook for the Queen at
Southwark, in honour of HM The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. He also appears as an accompanist on the cathedral boys’ choir’s newly released recording on the Regent label “A Year at Southwark” (REGCD376) and as the main accompanist on the cathedral girls’ choir’s debut solo CD “Awake my Soul”, also by Regent (REGCD387), of works by Parry, Vaughan Williams, Judith Bingham and others. Prior to
Southwark, Jonathan was Organist and Director of Music at John Keble Church, Mill Hill, in London’s northern suburbs.
As an ensemble and continuo player, Jonathan has collaborated with Simon Carrington, Diego Masson,
Jeffrey Stewart and Roderick Earle. He has appeared with the RCM Baroque and Symphony Orchestras, the Southern Sinfonia, the London International Orchestra of Academia, the Charities Philharmonia, the
Uxbridge Choral Society, the Colchester Chamber Choir and the London Mozart Players. He has appeared at St. John’s, Smith Square, and in the Queen Elizabeth Hall (Southbank Centre, London) where he played in Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Trans, as part of ‘KLANG’, a festival to mark the 80 th
birthday of the composer. As an accompanist, he has broadcast live on both BBC Radio 3 and 4, and as a conductor on
RUV Radio (Iceland). Jonathan is an instrumental tutor at the City of London School for Boys, is accompanist to the Wherwell Singers, and teaches organ for the University of Winchester.
He can be found on his YouTube channel (
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SoundCloud profile (
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Light lunches, refreshments and drinks are available in Priory House before and after the recitals.
NEXT RECITAL:
12.30p.m.
(Christchurch Priory)

We thank Stephen Smith for publicising our recitals on his website