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Orchestra (1936–37). Francis Jackson: Concerto for Organ, Strings, Timpani and Celeste Op. 64. Francis Jackson, Organist (Whitlock Symphony: York Minster; Jackson Concerto: Lyons Concert Hall, University of York). Jonathan Wainwright/University of York Orchestra.
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at age 42. For decades afterwards he remained largely forgotten. This neglect has eased in recent times, in particular through the activities and publications of the Percy
Whitlock Trust, founded in 1983. The Percy Whitlock Trust was wound up in 2017, due to the expiry of copyright on Whitlock's
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for the next five years, combining this from 1932 with the role of that town's borough organist, in which capacity he regularly played at the local
Pavilion Theatre. After 1935 he worked for the Pavilion Theatre full-time. A tireless
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Whitlock. Choir of Rochester Cathedral, Roger Sayer (Director of Music), William Whitehead (Assistant Organist). Bedfordshire: Priory Records, 1996.
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Orchestra, Wessex Suite, The Feast of St. Benedict. Malcolm Riley (Organ), Gavin Sutherland/RTE Concert Orchestra. Hong Kong: Naxos, 2001.
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in 2004. After decades of complete neglect, in 1989 the Organ
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