Jane Parker-Smith

Jane Caroline Rebecca Parker-Smith (20 May 1950 – 24 June 2020) was a British classical organist.[2][3][4][5]

Jane Parker-Smith
Born
Jane Caroline Rebecca Smith

(1950-05-20)20 May 1950[1]
Northampton[1]
Died24 June 2020(2020-06-24) (aged 70)
London
NationalityBritish
OccupationOrganist

Jane Caroline Rebecca Smith was born in Northampton and educated at Barton Peveril Grammar School in Eastleigh, Hampshire. She took the name Parker-Smith while a teenager. She married John Gadney (died 2012) in 2006.[5]

Parker-Smith studied at the Royal College of Music between 1967 and 1971 before going on to study with Jean Langlais.[1] She performed at the BBC Proms in 1972.[6]

Parker-Smith died in London on 24 June 2020, aged 70.[3][2]

Select discography
  • Jane Parker-Smith at the Grand Organ of Armagh Cathedral. ASV Records.
  • Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély. Romantische Orgelmusik. Jane Parker-Smith on the organ of St Nikolaus, Bergen-Enkheim, Frankfurt am Main. Motette-Verlag.
  • Popular French Romantics Volume 1. Jane Parker-Smith on the organ of Coventry Cathedral. ASV Records.
  • Popular French Romantics Volume 2. Jane Parker-Smith on the organ of Beauvais Cathedral. ASV Records.
  • Saint-Saëns - Symphony No. 3 'The Organ'. London Philharmonic Orchestra. EMI Classics.
  • Widor Organ Symphonies 5 & 7. Jane Parker-Smith on the organ of St Eustache, Paris. ASV Records.
  • Janacek: Glagolitic Mass & Sinfonietta. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (Dirigent: Simon Rattle). EMI Classics.
  • Romantic and Virtuoso Works for Organ (Vol. 1). Jane Parker-Smith at the Goll organ of St. Martin Memmingen. Avie Records.
  • Romantic and Virtuoso Works for Organ (Vol. 2). Jane Parker-Smith at the Great Seifert Organ of Marienbasilika. Avie Records.
  • Romantic and Virtuoso Works for Organ (Vol. 3). Jane Parker-Smith at the Organ of the Church of St. Gudula in Rhede. Avie Records.

References
  1. David M Cummings, ed. (2000). International Who's who in Music and Musicians' Directory. Routledge. p. 492. ISBN 9780948875533. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  2. "Britse organiste Jane Parker-Smith (70) overleden | Orgelnieuws.nl". June 26, 2020.
  3. "Slipped Disc | Sudden death of an organ star".
  4. "Biography". Jane Parker-Smith.
  5. "Jane Parker-Smith, virtuoso organist who brought glamour and insight to her playing – obituary". Daily Telegraph. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  6. "Prom 47 19:30 Thu 7 Sep 1972 Royal Albert Hall". BBC. Retrieved 29 June 2020.


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