Stephen Farr


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British organist.
He studied with Robert Munns and David Sanger in London and Cambridge. He also received tuition from Piet Kee in Haarlem and Hans Fagius in Copenhagen. In 1984 he became Organ Scholar of Clare College, Cambridge. Sub-organist posts at Christ Church, Oxford and [l305642] preceded his appointment as Organist and Master of the Choristers of [l291672], a post which he held from 1999 until 2007.
He is currently Director of Music at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, St Paul's Church Knightsbridge, London and Worcester College, Oxford.

ALBUMS


Orlando Gibbons - Stephen Farr
Keyboard Works
2025, CD, Album, Resonus Classics
Francis Grier - Stephen Farr
Organ Works
2024, CD, Album, Resonus Classics
William Byrd - Alamire, His Majestys Sagbutts And Cornetts, Stephen Farr, David Skinner
The Great Service & English Anthems
2024, CD, Album, Inventa Records
William Byrd - Stephen Farr
Keyboard Works
2023, CD, Album, Resonus Classics
Philip Moore - Stephen Farr
Organ Works
2021, CD, Album, Resonus Classics
J.S. Bach*, Stephen Farr
Orgelbüchlein BWV 599 - 644
2020, CD, Album, Resonus Classics
James MacMillan (2), Stephen Farr
Organ Works
2020, CD, Album, Resonus Classics
Hieronymus Praetorius - Alamire, His Majestys Sagbutts And Cornetts, Stephen Farr, David Skinner
Motets 8, 10, 12, 16 & 20 Parts
2019, 2xCD, Inventa Records
J.S. Bach*, Stephen Farr
Chorale Partitas BWV 766-768 & 779
2019, CD, Album, Resonus Classics
Kenneth Leighton, Stephen Farr, John Butt, Chloë Hanslip, Nicky Spence
Complete Organ Works
2017, 3xCD, Comp, Resonus Classics
Judith Bingham, Stephen Farr
Organ Works
2017, 2xCD, Album, Resonus Classics
BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury, Stephen Farr, Adam Mathias
Good Day, Sir Christemas!
2017, CD, BBC Music Magazine, ,
Choral/Holiday
J.S. Bach* - Stephen Farr
Clavier-Übung III
2016, 2xCD, Album, Resonus Classics
Stephen Farr
The Virtuoso Organist (Tudor & Jacobean Masterworks)
2015, CD, Album, Resonus Classics
The Choir Of Worcester College, Oxford, Stephen Farr
Nowell Sing We
2014, CD, Album, Resonus Classics, ,
Choral/Contemporary
The Choir Of Worcester College, Oxford, Stephen Farr
This Christmas Night
2012, CD, Album, Resonus Classics, ,
Choral
Stephen Farr
Sounds Thrilling
2005, CD, Album, Lammas Records, ,
Modern/Contemporary
John Stainer, Peter Auty, Roderick Williams (3), Stephen Farr, Guildford Camerata, Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Rose
The Crucifixion
2003, CD, Album, Lammas Records
Cambridge Taverner Choir, Owen Rees (2), Stephen Farr
Music From Renaissance Portugal II
2002, CD, Album, Herald (9)
The Choir Of Guildford Cathedral*, Geoffrey Morgan (2), Stephen Farr
A Festal Evensong For Whitsunday
2001, CD, Album, Herald (9)
Winchester Cathedral Choir, The Waynflete Singers, Resounding Brass, Stephen Farr, David Hill
O Come Let Us Adore Him (Christmas Carols From Winchester Cathedral)
1999, CD, Herald (9), ,
Choral/Religious/Folk/Holiday
Stanford*, Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill, Stephen Farr
Sacred Choral Music Volume 2
1998, CD, Album, Hyperion, ,
Romantic
Stanford*, Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill, Stephen Farr
Sacred Choral Music Volume 3 - "The Georgian Years" (1911-1924)
1998, CD, Album, Hyperion, ,
Romantic
Stephen Farr
Stephen Farr Plays The Organ Of Odense Cathedral, Denmark
1997, CD, Album, Priory
David Hill, Stephen Farr
Winchester Cathedral Organs
1997, CD, Herald (9), ,
Renaissance/Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern/Contemporary/Organ
J.G. Walther* / Stephen Farr
Organ Music (The Organ Of Clare College, Cambridge)
CD, Album, Meridian (2)
The Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, Stephen Farr, English String Orchestra
English Choral Music Of The Twentieth Century
CD, Comp, Portrait Classics
Various
Hyperion New Release Sampler – August 2016
2016, 5xFile, MP3, Smplr, VBR, Hyperion
Bernardino de Ribera, De Profundis (7) - David Skinner
Magnificats & Motets
2016, CD, Hyperion

APPEARANCES +


Lucy Walker (5) - St Martin's Voices, Andrew Earis
Choral Works
2025, CD, Album, Resonus Classics
Monteverdi*, Legrenzi*, Lotti*, Steffani*, Bernabei*, Colonnna*, Contrapunctus (2), Owen Rees
Harmonies Of Devotion
2024, CD, Signum Classics, ,
Renaissance/Baroque
Gabriel Fauré
The Complete Works
2024, 26xCD, Comp, Mono + Box, Erato, Warner Classics, ,
Romantic
Stephen Goss
Landscape And Memory
2024, 3xCD, Deux-Elles
Various
Now Yearbook Extra '85 (60 More Essential Hits From 1985)
2023, 3xCD, Comp, Col, Sony Music, EMI, Sony Music, EMI, ,
Synth-pop/Soul/Pop Rock/Rock & Roll/New Wave/Indie Rock/Alternative Rock/Latin/Disco/Jazzdance
Bach* – Dunedin Consort, John Butt
Orchestral Suites BWV 1066-1069
2022, 2xCD, Album, Linn Records, Outhere Music, ,
Baroque
Matthew Coleridge
Requiem
2020, CD, Album, Willowhayne Records,
Francisco Valls, The Choir Of Keble College Oxford, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Matthew Martin
Missa Regalis
2020, CD, Album, AAM Records,
Baroque
Handel*, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Ian Bostridge, Carolyn Sampson, Polish Radio Choir*
Ode For St Cecilia's Day
2018, CD, Album, Linn Records
Bach*, The Choir Of Trinity College Cambridge*, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Stephen Layton
Mass In B Minor
2018, CD, Album, Hyperion, ,
Baroque/Choral
Claudio Dall'Albero, The Choir Of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, David Skinner
Polyphonia In Excelsis: Sacred Music By Claudio Dall'Albero
2017, CD, Album, Resonus Classics
David Bednall, The Epiphoni Consort, Tim Reader
Sudden Light: Choral Works
2017, CD, Album, Delphian
Various
50 Best Sacred Music
2017, 3xCD, Comp, Warner Classics, ,
Religious/Choral/Baroque/Classical/Romantic
Various
100 Best Sacred Music
2017, 6xCD, Comp, Warner Classics, ,
Religious/Choral/Serial/Renaissance/Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern/Contemporary
Matthew Martin (3), Choir Of Magdalen College, Oxford*, Daniel Hyde
Jubilate Deo: Sacred Choral Works
2015, CD, Album, Opus Arte
BBC Singers
A Babe Is Born (Christmas Music By Vaughan Williams, Britten, Mathias And More...)
2013, CD, Album, BBC Music Magazine, ,
Romantic/Modern/Choral/Holiday
Mozart* - The Choir Of King's College*, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Stephen Cleobury
Requiem - Realisations
2013, SACD, Hybrid + CD, Album, King's College, Cambridge, ,
Classical
Various
50 Best Chillout Classics
2013, 3xCD, Comp, EMI, ,
Classical
Various
La Folie Francaise!
2013, 4xCD, Album, Comp, Virgin Classics, ,
Romantic/Contemporary/Impressionist/Modern/Serial
Various
Hyperion New Release Sampler – November 2012
2012, 8xFile, MP3, Smplr, VBR, Hyperion,
Various
1000 Classical Masterpieces
2012, 61xCD, Comp + Box, EMI Classics, ,
Renaissance/Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern/Medieval
Stanford* / Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill
Sacred Choral Music
2012, ,
Romantic
Various
The Spirit Of Christmas
2009, CD, Comp, Promo, Classic FM, ,
Holiday
Handel*, The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge, Academy Of Ancient Music*, Emma Kirkby, Iestyn Davies, James Gilchrist, Neal Davies, Stephen Layton
Chandos Anthems - My Song Shall Be Alway, Let God Arise, O Praise The Lord With One Consent
2009, CD, Hyperion, ,
Baroque
Various
Best Sacred 100
2007, 6x CD, ,
Religious/Choral/Medieval/Renaissance/Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern/Contemporary
Patrick Gowers
Veni, Sancte Spiritus
2006, CD, Lammas Records, ,
Choral/Classical
Various
Best Sacred 100
2006, 6xCD, Comp, EMI Classics, ,
Religious/Choral/Medieval/Renaissance/Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern/Contemporary
Fauré*, Sir David Willcocks*, Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill
Requiem
2005, CD, Comp, HMV Classics,
Stainer*, James Gilchrist, Simon Bailey, Choir Of Clare College, Cambridge*, Timothy Brown*
The Crucifixion
2005, CD,
Various
Nocturne Voices
2003, ,
Classical
Various
Novello Choral Sampler CD 2002
2002, CD, Smplr, Novello
Christ Church Cathedral Choir*, Stephen Darlington
Oxford Church Anthems
2000, CD, Musical Heritage Society,
Orlando Gibbons, Robin Blaze, Stephen Varcoe, Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill
Anthems By Orlando Gibbons
2000, CD, ,
Renaissance
Fauré*, David Willcocks, Sir Thomas Beecham, Jacqueline du Pré
Pavane, Cantique De Jean Racine, Dolly Suite, Élégie
1998, CD, Comp, RM, HMV Classics
The BBC Singers*, Charpentier*, Gabrieli*
Music For Christmas (The BBC Singers Sing Charpentier, Gabrieli And Traditional Carols)
1998, CD, Album, Enh, BBC Music Magazine, ,
Baroque/Choral/Holiday
Stephen Darlington, Christ Church Cathedral Choir Oxford*
English Choral Music 1514-1682
1998, 8xCD + Box, Comp, Nimbus Records
Argenta*, Keenlyside*, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, David Hill - Fauré*
Requiem
1998
Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill
Lux Aeterna
1998, ,
Modern/Contemporary/Baroque/Renaissance
Thomas Adès
Life Story
1997
The Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral
Oxford Church Anthems
1995, CD, Comp, Nimbus Records, ,
Choral
A Capella Portuguesa, Owen Rees
Masters Of The Royal Chapel, Lisbon
1994, CD, Album, Hyperion
Walton*, Stephen Darlington, Christ Church Cathedral Choir*
Choral Works
1993
Various
Nimbus Sampler
1993, CD, ,
Chinese Classical/Celtic/Contemporary/Romantic/Opera/Baroque
Stephen Darlington, Christ Church Cathedral Choir*
Taverner To Tavener (Five Centuries Of Music At Christ Church, Oxford)
1992
Various
100 New Best Relaxing Classics = ニュー・ベスト・リラクシング・クラシック100
2015, 6xCD, Comp, Warner Classics,
Various
101 Classical Hits
2008, 6xCD, Comp, EMI TV, EMI TV,
Various
Best Relaxing Classics 100
2007, 6x CD, ,
Baroque/Modern/Romantic
Various
Cathedral Voices
2000, 2x CD,
Various
Classic CD 119 - Music For Christmas
1999, CD, Comp, Classic CD
Various
Supreme Spectacular - (An Introduction To 16 Supreme Albums)
LP, Comp, Mono, Supreme (5), Supreme (5), ,
Religious/Gospel