Howard Skempton: Fifty Preludes and Fugues for Organ (2 CDs) Violone 35 setting of twelve poems

35 setting of twelve poems by Justinus Kerner

Guillermo performs this selection on two instruments by instrument builder Titus Crijnen - copies of instruments by G

Menno van Delft (clavichord)

and of daring and fearless individuality

and his output for the instrument spans much of his long life

Howard Skempton: Fifty Preludes and Fugues for Organ (2 CDs) Violone 35 setting of twelve poemsMatthew Owens (organ) The Richards, Fowkes & Co. Organ of St Georges Church, Hanover Square, London (2012) & The Dobson Organ of Merton College, Oxford (2013) Howard Skempton is recognised as one of the UKs most renowned and respected living composers. Although particularly influenced by Benjamin Britten (with whom he worked), John Cage, and Cornelius Cardew, Skemptons music inhabits its own unique sound world. His major new work, 50 Preludes and