Toccata for Organ was commissioned by the Three Choirs Festival and first performed in Gloucester Cathedral on 1st August 1977 by Andrew Millington. Rory Boyle (b.1951) is a Scottish composerand educator currently Professor of Composition at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He was a chorister at St George’s Chapel Windsor before studying composition with Frank Spedding and Lennox Berkeley. His music coversevery style from large orchestral works to solo instrumental pieces. He is regularly in demand for commissions from Festivals Music Societies and leading performers.

Four Short Pieces for Organ was published in 1938 and includes Prelude Reverie Interlude and Scherzetto. Prelude was composed in 1931 at the Leipzig Thomaskirche where J S Bach was Kapellmeister and where his remains are interred.Twentieth century English composer conductor chorister and Organist William H Harris was Organist at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle and was conductor for the coronations of Queen Elizabeth II and her father King George VI. His work was performed at the Three Choirs Festival and the Proms though he was best known as a choir trainer.