William Felton (1715-1769) - Concerto for the Organ (1762)

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Composer: William Felton (1715-1769)
Work: Concerto (IV, D Major) for the Organ, Op.7 (1762)
Performers: Roger Bеvаn Williams (organ); Scοttish Baroque Players

Concerto for the Organ (1762)
1. Allegro 0:00
2. Larghetto 4:46
3. A tempo di Gavotta 7:23

Painting: Arthur Devis (1712-1787) - Robert Gwillym of Atherton and His Family. Robert and Elizabeth Gwillym and their family, of Atherton Hall, Herefordshire (c.1746)
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William Felton
(Drayton, 1715 - Hereford, 6 December 1769)

English priest, organist and composer. He was the son of George Felton, a clerk, and was educated at Manchester Grammar School and St John's College, Cambridge. On 11 August 1742 he was ordained priest by the Bishop of Hereford, became a vicar-choral and sub-chanter of the cathedral on 3 February 1743, and minor canon in 1760. From 1744 he also held various parochial appointments in Herefordshire. Felton was a steward at the Three Choirs Festival in Hereford in 1744 and in Gloucester in 1745; and his name is on the list of subscribers to Thomas Chilcot's Twelve English Songs (1744). He seems to have enjoyed wide popularity as a performer on the harpsichord and organ. Charles Burney, who considered Felton a better performer than composer, recollected hearing in his youth ‘the celebrated Mr Felton’ play at Shrewsbury, and wrote in his History of his ‘neat finger for common divisions and the rapid multiplication of notes’. As a composer, he wrote several concertos both for harpsichord or organ which were modelled on those of George Frideric Handel. His concertos were widely acquired by music society libraries and private collectors, and his music frequently appeared in 18th-century domestic manuscript anthologies.