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Roger Fisher (1936 - 2021) was an English concert organist and pianist from
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, England. He attended
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and went on to the
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, studying with
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and Harold Darke. He gained ARCM, FRCO and CHM diplomas, and also won the Geoffrey Tankard Prize for Organ playing. He went on to Christ Church, Oxford, having gained an organ scholarship. He lived in Hereford and was the Assistant Organist at Hereford Cathedral and Assistant Lecturer in Music at the
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. In 1967, he became Organist and Master of the Choristers at
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. In 1970, he started recording for occasional
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. He retired from the Cathedral in 1996 and moved to live in Wales.


Recordings

* Jubilate Deo - Music for Men's Voices (The Lay Clerks of Chester Cathedral) * Roger Fisher at Wells Cathedral * Roger Fisher Plays French Organ Music * Edwin H Lemare Symphony No 1 and Other Romantic Rarities * Organ Music from Chichester Cathedral * A Celebration of Organ Music from Hull City Hall * English Organ Music from Hull City Hall * Roger Fisher plays the Cavaillé-Coll Organ in the Parr Hall, Warrington (2 recordings) * Ystym Colwyn Hall * Whitlock Organ Music * The Land of the Mountain and the Flood * Harold Darke - Organ Works * Organ Music from the Parish Church of St Laurence, Ludlow * Walford Davies * Klassik & Romantik * Early Twentieth Century German Organ Music * Twentieth Century British Organ Music * Romantic Masterpieces for Organ * The Romantic Organ - Chester Cathedral * Music at the Old Chapel * Organ Showcase from Hull City Hall (Volume 2) - Music by J S Bach &
Louis Vierne Louis Victor Jules Vierne (8 October 1870 – 2 June 1937) was a French organist and composer. As the organist of Notre-Dame de Paris from 1900 until his death, he focused on organ music, including six organ symphonies and a '' Messe solennelle ...
* Organ Showcase from Hull City Hall (Volume 4) - Music by Dupré, Franck & Widor * Organ Centenary: Pietermaritzburg City Hall


References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fisher, Roger English classical organists Cathedral organists Fellows of the Royal College of Organists Living people 21st-century organists 21st-century British male musicians 1936 births