Wednesdays at Christ Church
Hill, Norman & Beard organ
Polina Sosnina is the 2019-20 Pettman Organ Scholar at the London Oratory and Organ Scholar at St Martin-in-the-Fields.
Since graduating from Magdalene College, Cambridge, where she read Natural Sciences alongside an organ scholarship, she has worked in various roles including the Walford-Davies Organ Scholarship at Temple Church in 2018-19, prior to which she was Director of Music at St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Brentwood. Polina is the Kenneth and Violet Scott Scholar at the Royal College of Music, where she is studying organ performance with David Graham and Andrew Dewar. Her recent performances include a recital as part of the Bach Corner series in the 2019 International Organ Festival at St Albans, and recitals at other London venues including Temple Church and St Martin-in-the-Fields. She has also accompanied broadcasts and recordings for BBC Radio 4, as well as playing for regular services and concerts at St Martin's and the Oratory. |
The Christ Church organ was built by Hill, Norman & Beard in 1970 with 16 stops, using some pipes from previous organs plus some neo-baroque sounds typical of the 1960's and '70's (Chimney Flute and Fifteenth on open-foot voicing, like the Royal Festival Hall organ). In 1995, HNB moved some loud stops from the Great to a new double case in the nave, 6 stops were added, and the tone was refined. In summer 2015 the nave organ was re-voiced to produce a more robust tone. |
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