暗网51 will welcome world-renowned organist David Briggs for a recital on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, at 7 p.m. at the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts. The public is invited and admission is free. There will be a pre-concert lecture at 6 p.m. in the Howard Recital Hall.
David Briggs, Organist Emeritus of Gloucester Cathedral, UK, and Artist-in-Residence at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, is an internationally acclaimed organist known for his virtuosity, musicality and engaging performances. Recognized as one of the leading organists of his generation, his repertoire spans five centuries and he is celebrated for his transcriptions of orchestral works, offering audiences a fresh perspective on the organ.
鈥淢r. Briggs is one of our finest organists, and also a particularly good transcriber of orchestral works for his own instrument,鈥� according to The New York Times.
Briggs earned his FRCO (Fellow of the Royal College of Organists) diploma at age 17, receiving the Silver Medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians. He studied as an Organ Scholar at King鈥檚 College, Cambridge University, and with Jean Langlais in Paris. He was the first British winner of the Tournemire Prize at the St. Albans International Improvisation Competition and also won first prize at the International Improvisation Competition in Paisley. His early career included positions at Hereford, Truro and Gloucester Cathedrals.
He performs over 50 concerts annually at prestigious venues worldwide, including: Maison Symphonique (Montreal), Royal Albert Hall (London), Notre-Dame, St. Sulpice, and St. Eustache (Paris), Kimmel Center (Philadelphia), Berlin Philharmonie, St. James Cathedral (Toronto), International Performing Arts Center (Moscow), Valencia Cathedral (Spain), National Auditorium (Madrid), Christ Church Cathedral (Victoria, BC), Nidaros Cathedral (Trondheim, Norway), Grace Cathedral (San Francisco), and King鈥檚 College (Cambridge).
The program includes:
- Tanets (2019) 鈥� Naji Hakim (b. 1955)
- Intermezzo 鈥� Jehan Alain (1911鈥�1940)
- Concerto in D major, BWV 1054 (1738) 鈥� J.S. Bach (1685鈥�1750), transcribed for organ by Bernard Winsemius鈥�
- Cantabile Symphonique 鈥� Camille Saint-Sa毛ns (1835鈥�1921), arr. Virgil Fox
- Four Concert Improvisations 鈥� David Briggs (b. 1962)
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The Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts is located at 221 Columbia Ave., between Ninth and 10th streets.