Richard Popplewell LVO (born 18 October 1935) is an English organist and composer who served at the Chapel Royal

Chapel Royal

A Chapel Royal is a body of priests and singers who serve the spiritual needs of their sovereign wherever they are called upon to do so.-Austria:...

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Background

He was born in Halifax

Halifax, West Yorkshire

Halifax is a minster town, within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It has an urban area population of 82,056 in the 2001 Census. It is well-known as a centre of England's woollen manufacture from the 15th century onward, originally dealing through the Halifax Piece...

, Yorkshire on 18 October 1935. He was educated at Clifton College

Clifton College

Clifton College is a co-educational independent school in Clifton, Bristol, England, founded in 1862. In its early years it was notable for emphasising science in the curriculum, and for being less concerned with social elitism, e.g. by admitting day-boys on equal terms and providing a dedicated...

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He studied music at the Royal College of Music

Royal College of Music

The Royal College of Music is a conservatoire founded by Royal Charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, England.-Background:The first director was Sir George Grove and he was followed by Sir Hubert Parry...

, and was organ scholar at King's College, Cambridge

King's College, Cambridge

King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college's full name is "The King's College of our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge", but it is usually referred to simply as "King's" within the University....

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He was professor of Organ at the Royal College of Music

Royal College of Music

The Royal College of Music is a conservatoire founded by Royal Charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, England.-Background:The first director was Sir George Grove and he was followed by Sir Hubert Parry...

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He was appointed MVO in 1990 and promoted to LVO in 2000.

Choral Works

• There Is No Rose
• Two Final Amens
• O How Amiable are thy dwellings
• A Vast Cloud of Love
• I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes unto the Lord

Organ Works

• Suite for Organ
• Puck's Shadow
• Variations on a New Year's Carol
• Easter Hymn
• Chants d'oiseaux, des poules, des moutons et des vaches
• Elegy
• Organ Concerto in D
• Prelude on the Hymn Down Ampney
• Romance
• Triumphal March
• Te Deum in C
• Six Pieces
• Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in D Flat
• A Feast of Fugues
• An Organ Concerto in F

Career

Assistant organist at

• St Paul's Cathedral
  St Paul's Cathedral
  St Paul's Cathedral, London, is a Church of England cathedral and seat of the Bishop of London. Its dedication to Paul the Apostle dates back to the original church on this site, founded in AD 604. St Paul's sits at the top of Ludgate Hill, the highest point in the City of London, and is the mother...
  
   1958 - 1966

Organist of:

• St Michael, Cornhill
  St Michael, Cornhill
  St Michael, Cornhill is a medieval parish church in the City of London with pre-Norman Conquest parochial foundation. The medieval structure was lost in the Great Fire of London and the current church was designed by Sir Christopher Wren between 1670-1677....
  
   1966 - 1979
• Chapel Royal
  Chapel Royal
  A Chapel Royal is a body of priests and singers who serve the spiritual needs of their sovereign wherever they are called upon to do so.-Austria:...
  
   1979 - 2000