A recital of English 20th century song
Friday 22 November, 1.10pm
Paul Young – tenor
Jeffrey Makinson – piano
This recital focuses upon the concept of journeys, both literal and metaphysical. We take ourselves on a journey through the works of Vaughan Williams, Roger Quilter, Peter Warlock, Ivor Gurney, Frank Bridge and Benjamin Britten to explore the paths we take from birth to death. By looking at existence, growth, relationships and how we engage with these emotionally, we hope to offer you a window into how we are all unified by the human condition.
Lunchtime recitals are included in your usual Cathedral admission.
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Paul Young – Tenor
Paul read music at Exeter University, where he was a choral scholar at the cathedral. He ran the Exeter Early Music Group, developing his interest in medieval music. On leaving Exeter he joined the Music staff of Ampleforth College in North Yorkshire. He also sang frequently in the choir of York Minster. In 1993 he moved back to Kent to become Director of Music at the Junior King’s School, Canterbury. He also became a Lay Clerk at the cathedral. Here he took part in BBC recordings, tours to the USA and around Europe. With his family he spent a year living in Andalucía in Spain, enjoying the relaxed way of life, climate and culture, before returning to England to take up a new post of Director of Music at Dover College in Kent.
Throughout his career he has sung professionally as a soloist, mainly in oratorio roles, specialising in repertoire of the Baroque. However, his performances have ranged from music from the early church to 20th century works such as Britten’s ‘St Nicolas’ and Orff’s ‘Carmina Burana’. Opera roles have included Orfeo (Monteverdi) for North East Early Music Forum, all the major tenor roles in Mozart’s ‘Marriage of Figaro’,‘Cosi Fan Tutte’,‘The Magic Flute’, ‘Don Giovanni’ and ‘Die Entführung’ and Alfredo in Verdi’s La Traviata for Canterbury Cathedral Garden Opera, Mean in Ridout’s ‘The Pardoner’s Tale’ and Henchman in Matthew King’s ‘Pied Piper’ for Stour Music.
He devised and performed a sequence of readings and music to mark the Translation of Thomas Becket at Fairfield church with Cantuar, an ensemble of Lay Clerks of Canterbury cathedral.
He is currently a Lay Vicar here and directs the Cabra Singers and Lincoln Chorale locally.
Jeffrey Makinson – Organist and Assistant Director of Music at Lincoln Cathedral.
He is also an accredited teacher for the Royal College of Organists Academy and Music Director of Beverley Chamber Choir.
Born in Manchester in 1970, Jeffrey received his musical training at the Royal Northern College of Music and at Manchester University. He subsequently became Organ Scholar at York Minster for two years before spending five years as Assistant Organist at Lincoln Cathedral.
He moved to Manchester Cathedral as Sub-Organist in 1999. During his time in Manchester he was Tutor of Organ at the Royal Northern College of Music and at Manchester University and Tutor in Piano at Chetham’s School of Music.
Jeffrey returned to Lincoln in January 2015. As part of his duties at the Cathedral, Jeffrey accompanies the cathedral choir for most of the choral services and concerts and directs the girl choristers.
Alongside his work in Lincoln, he maintains a busy schedule as a recitalist, accompanist, conductor, teacher and adjudicator in the city and across the country.
As an organist, Jeffrey has performed across Europe and North America. In the United Kingdom, he has given concerts at most of the major cathedrals, abbeys, collegiate chapels, churches and concert halls, including numerous recitals at Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, St. Paul’s Cathedral and King’s College, Cambridge.
Jeffrey is an examiner for the Royal College of Organists. He has also taught on numerous ‘Royal College of Organists’ and ‘Oundle for Organists’ courses.
Jeffrey works extensively for the BBC, as regular musical director and organist for Radio 4 Daily Service. In addition, he has worked on television and radio shows such as ‘Songs of Praise’, ‘Chorister of the Year’, ‘Choral Evensong’, ‘Minstrels in the Gallery’, ‘Young Musician of the Year’, ‘Sunday Morning Worship’ and the Radio 4 ‘Pilgrimage to Rome’. He has made numerous CD recordings, with the Albany, Delphian, Herald, Lammas, Naxos, Priory and Regent labels.
For many years he was Organist in Residence at the Exon Singers Summer Festival, held in Devon.
Jeffrey has a keen interest in new music and has given first performances of works by numerous leading composers, including Michael Berkeley, Judith Bingham, Mark Blatchly, James Burton, Martin Bussey, Bob Chilcott, Naji Hakim, Robin Holloway, Grayston Ives, Francis Jackson, George Lloyd, Richard Lloyd, Matthew Martin, Philip Moore, Howard Skempton and Philip Wilby.
As an orchestral musician, he has worked alongside some of the country’s leading ensembles, including the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Hallé, Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Manchester Camerata, Northern Chamber Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra.
Recent projects have included a solo recording on the Father Willis organ of Lincoln Cathedral for online platform ‘Beauty in Sound’ and a collaboration with recording artist Floating Points, Thomas Adès and the Los Angeles Concert Orchestra, culminating in a performance of the award winning album ‘Promises’ at the Hollywood Bowl.
