{"title":"Silas Wollston | organ \u0026 harpsichord","description":"\u003cp\u003eSilas Wollston was a chorister at St Paul’s Cathedral, where John Scott encouraged him to take up the organ; he was subsequently organ scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge. After university he studied the harpsichord with Jill Severs in London and Frédérick Haas in Brussels. A longstanding member of the English Baroque Soloists, he played a major role in John Eliot Gardiner’s Bach Cantata cycle in 2000. He now performs on harpsichord and organ with early music orchestras and ensembles, as well as in duo partnerships and as a soloist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeyond his career as a performer on keyboard instruments, Silas also has much experience as a choral director, and was Director of Music at Queens’ College, Cambridge, between 2011 and 2015. 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Sackbut Ensemble\u003cbr\u003eSilas Wollston (organ)\u003cbr\u003eMark Duley (conductor)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCelebrated as one of the finest Tudor composers, Thomas Weelkes served as organist and choirmaster at Winchester College and Chichester Cathedral and although famed for his madrigals, wrote more Anglican services than any other major composer of the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerformed by the professional Irish vocal ensemble Resurgam with The English Cornett \u0026amp; Sackbut Ensemble, this album celebrates the sacred music from this prolific composer in Weelkes’ 400th anniversary year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Album Booklet - Weelkes: Gentleman Extraordinary\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0622\/7977\/8534\/files\/RES10325_booklet.pdf?v=1697179865\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlbum Booklet (PDF)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbout the Artists: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.resonusclassics.com\/collections\/resurgam\" title=\"Resurgam - Resonus Classics\"\u003eResurgam;\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.resonusclassics.com\/collections\/the-english-cornett-sackbut-ensemble\" title=\"The English Cornett \u0026amp; 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