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He is an orchestral conductor born in Newquay, Cornwall,
England. He received his first
musical training as a chorister at Westminster Abbey and then became a
music scholar in Bristol prior to becoming an organ scholar at King's
College, Cambridge. Military
service interrupted his studies in WWII and he briefly served in the
British Infantry, winning the Military Cross. On his return to continue his studies at Cambridge he
was appointed Conductor of the Cambridge Philharmonic Society and the
Salisbury Musical Society as well as organist at Salisbury Cathedral. He moved
to Worcester Cathedral in 1950 and stayed there until 1957 when he became Director
of Music at King's College, Cambridge. He has also held directorships with
the Bach Choir and at the Royal College of Music. He continued his work as a conductor and organist and
made many recordings with the College Choirs of Cambridge. He conducted the King's College
Choir for the premiere of Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem" in Milan and
Venice and they further performed the piece all over the world. Has been awarded many honorary
degrees from English Universities and the USA and was given a knighthood in
the Queen's Silver Jubilee Honours List in 1977. He is currently an Honorary Fellow and the Musical
Director Emeritus of King's College Choir.
The Bach Choir recordings
Angelus ad Virginem
London 417 898-2 (
CD:
O Come All Ye Faithful
)
Members of the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Organ - John Scott
Conductor - Sir David
Willcocks
Once in Royal David's City (Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander/Henry John
Gauntlett)
London 417 898-2 (CD: O Come All Ye Faithful)
Brass - Members of The Philip
Jones Brass Ensemble
Organ - John Scott
Conductor - Sir David Willcocks
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
recordings
Cecil Frances Humphreys &
Henry John Gauntlett
Once in Royal David's City
EMI 66241 (CD: Christmas Carols from King's
College, Cambridge)
Conductor - Sir David Willcocks
Gregorio Allegri
Miserere Polygram 466 075-2 (CD: The Greatest Choral Show on
Earth)
Conductor - Sir
David Willcocks
Treble - Roy
Goodman
Choir of St.
Thomas's
Church recordings
Once in Royal David's City (Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander/Henry John
Gauntlett)
Pro Organo 7200 (CD:
Christmas on Fifth
Avenue)
Director - John Scott
Organ - Jeremy Bruns
Arranger - Sir David Willcocks
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