Mark Laurence James Blatchly (born 1960) is an English organist and composer. Born in

Shepton Mallet Shepton Mallet is a market town and civil parish in the Mendip District of Somerset, England, some south-west of Bath, south of Bristol and east of Wells. It had an estimated population of 10,810 in 2019. Mendip District Council is based t ...

, Blatchly was an organ scholar at

St Paul's Cathedral St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London and is the seat of the Bishop of London. The cathedral serves as the mother church of the Diocese of London. It is on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the City of London and is a Grad ...

. He was assistant organist at

Gloucester Cathedral Gloucester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Peter and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity, in Gloucester, England, stands in the north of the city near the River Severn. It originated with the establishment of a minster dedicated to S ...

, and organist at

St Edmundsbury Cathedral St Edmundsbury Cathedral (formally entitled the Cathedral Church of St James and St Edmund) is the cathedral for the Church of England's Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. It is the seat of the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich and is in ...

, as well as a music teacher and organist at Charterhouse until his retirement in 2018. His best known work is a setting of '' For the Fallen'', which has been recorded by several cathedral choirs for Remembrance services. As organist, he has been recorded both in solo roles and as part of larger ensembles.Britten: Choral Works & Operas for Children
''www.prestomusic.com'', accessed 17 December 2019.

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