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Plumley, Gavin (2nd March 1981-Present)

He is an organist, choral conductor and theatrical and literary agent born in Dundee, Scotland.  He studied at Keble College, Oxford, as an organ scholar and conductor as well as studying, writing and broadcasting on the subject of the composer Leos Janacek.

He has made recordings with the Keble College Choir as the conductor and has written about the works of composers that include Bach, Bartok, Britten, Debussy and Verdi among many others.  He is also interested in the music of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, 20th Century Musical Theatre, Russian and Viennese opera and English Choral Music.

He is currently a theatrical agent and plays the organ at St. Augustine, South Kensington, London.

Choir of Keble College recordings
Once in Royal David’s City (Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander/Henry John Gauntlett)
Priory PRCD 708 (CD: The Complete New English Hymnal, Vol. 8)
Conductor –  Gavin Plumley
Organ –  Mark Laflin

Here he is with an introduction to Schubert’s Die Schone Mullerin D795…

Sources:

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Plumley
  2. http://www.leosjanacek.com/editor.htm
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20151124144731/http://www.oxfordlieder.co.uk/performers/gavin-plumley