Simon Preston
Simon John Preston (4 August 1938 – 13 May 2022) was an English organist, conductor, and composer. He was sub-organist of Westminster Abbey from 1962 to 1967, and organist of Christ Church, Oxford from 1970 before returning to Westminster as Organist and Master of the Choristers in 1981.[1] Preston was promoted Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours.[2][3]
Simon Preston Media
Westminster Abbey in London, where Preston served as sub-organist in the 1960s and organist in the 1980s.
References
- ↑ Simon Preston at Eloquence Classics
- ↑ No. 59090. 13 June 2009. p. 8. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/59090/supplement/8
- ↑ "2009 Birthday Honours List" (PDF). News.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-07-02.