Allan Wicks obituary

Canterbury cathedral organist with a flair for new music, and an inspired choirmasterAllan Wicks, who has died aged 86, was one of the most inspired and charismatic choirmasters of his generation and a brilliant interpreter of 20th-century organ music. The organist of Canterbury cathedral from 1961 to 1988, he was the first in Britain to play and record the works of Olivier Messiaen, and then encouraged other contemporary composers. Out of his own pocket, he commissioned works from, among othe...

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