Malcolm Riley

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Malcolm Riley is a composer and author most associated for his work as a scholar of the work of Percy Whitlock.

[edit] Life and Works

Malcolm Riley was born in 1960 in Northallerton, N Yorks. Educated at Harrogate High School, he gained an organ scholarship to Christ's College, Cambridge, where he read Music and studied the Organ with Arthur Wills and Charles Spinks^{[citation needed]}.

Malcolm Riley has also composed and arranged Music. His composition, De Temporibus Canticum ('Of the Seasons We Sing'), was commissioned by Cranbrook Choral Society to celebrate the Millennium and gave its first performance in December 2000. His other works include an orchestral arrangement of Brahms E minor Cello Sonata. This work was given its first performance in 2000 by Tim Hugh, conducted by Brian Wright with the Maidstone Symphony Orchestra. Recent engagements have included organ recitals at York Minster, Leeds Parish Church, Derby Cathedral and St Bride's Fleet Street, The Temple Church, London^{[citation needed]}.

He currently has a full time job teaching music at Cranbrook School as Director of Music, which he has been doing since 1985. Since 1987 he has conducted Cranbrook and District Choral Society in most of the main choral works, including St John and St Matthew Passions, the Mass in B minor, Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, Verdi's Requiem, Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius and The Music Makers, and Finzi' Intimations of Immortality^{[citation needed]}.

Malcolm is a regular contributor to The Gramaphone, reviewing many CDs of Organ and orchestral music. He is the author of two books, Percy Whitlock - An Autobiographical Study (Sessions, 2003), and The Percy Whitlock Companion (The Percy Whitlock Trust, 2007).