Martin Neary
Martin Gerard James Neary LVO (28 March 1940 – 27 September 2025) was an English organist and choral conductor. He was master of music at Winchester Cathedral from 1972 to 1988, and organist and master of the choristers at Westminster Abbey from 1988 to 1998. He commissioned new works from composers including Jonathan Harvey and John Tavener. In 1997 he was music director of the funeral service for Princess Diana.
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Top Tracks
- The Lamb - Voice
- We Three Kings of Orient Are
- In the Bleak Midwinter
- I Vow to Thee, My Country
- Zadok the Priest, HWV 258
- I Saw Three Ships
- The Three Kings
- Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
- O Little Town Of Bethlehem
- Silent Night
- The First Nowell
- What Sweeter Music
- Coventry Carol
- O Taste And See
- Psalm 50 (51) à9: Miserere mei, Deus
- Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: X. Chorale - "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"
- In the Bleak Midwinter
- Joy to the World
- Once in Royal David's City
- Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: X. Chorale - "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"
Albums (2)
- Miserere (1996-03-29)
- Adeste, fideles! (1996-11-01)
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