CANADIAN organist Ashley Tidy will give a a recital at Malvern Priory on Bank Holiday Monday (May 30), at noon.
Ashley Tidy was born and educated in Toronto and began his career as an organist at 14, playing at services each Sunday. By the age of 15, he was organist and choirmaster at a small church in Toronto.
While studying for his BMus, he spent the summers of 1964 and 1965 studying with Dr Herbert Sumsion, then organist of Gloucester Cathedral. In 1966, he was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists, one of the youngest holders of the honour.
Until his retirement in 2000, Ashley was organist and choirmaster at St Timothy's Anglican Church in Toron- to. For more than ten years he has been giving recital tours in England, the US, Germany and Canada.
His Malvern recital will include Moussorgsky's The Great Gate of Kiev, Pachalbel's Canon in D and Boellmann's Suite Gothique. Works by J S Bach, Mendelssohn and Thomas Arne are also on the programme. Admission is free, with a retiring collection.
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article