played by Maurice Vinden
From St. Mark's, North Audley Street
In the spring of this year Maurice Vinden completed a quarter of a century as organist and choirmaster at St. Mark's, North Audley Street, from where he has given innumerable broadcasts. He studied at the Royal College of Music under Sir Walter Parratt. Sir Frederick Bridge, and Dr. Charles Wood, and was also for a time a pupil of John Ireland, whose Piano Sonata is being broadcast on Thursday. In addition to his work at St. Mark's, Vinden has had a wide experience in the concert world. He has broadcast on the BBC concert organ, from St. Margaret's, Westminster, and from St. Edmund's, Lombard Street. He has been conductor of the London Male Voice Choir since 1925.