Douglas Lawrence
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Raymond Douglas Lawrence (born 1943) is an Australian organist who is director of music at the Scots' Church, Melbourne and Teacher of the Organ at the University of Melbourne.
In 1969 Lawrence completed his master's degree in music at the University of Melbourne. He then studied for two years at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (Vienna Musikhochschule) between 1969 and 1971, under the tutelage of renowned Austrian organist Anton Heiller.
He founded and directs the Australian Baroque Ensemble and the Australian Chamber Choir. He also founded the Choir of Ormond College. In 1992 he was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for services to music. In the 2020 Australia Day Honours Lawrence was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for "significant service to the performing arts, particularly to chamber choirs".
He frequently performs as a soloist for major music organisations within Australia and his concert career has taken him throughout most of the world. Amongst several inaugurals, Lawrence played the first concert (1979) on the organ of the Sydney Opera House and Melba Hall at the University of Melbourne and gave the first solo recital on the organ in the Melbourne Concert Hall.
Lawrence has released a number of recordings including The Best of Pachelbel, Buxtehude, A Baroque Collection and Reverberations 1 and Reverberations 2.
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- Requiem, Op. 33b - Classical Chillout: Choral, Vol. 1 - Douglas Lawrence
- Agnus Dei (Arr. from Adagio for Strings, Op. 11a) - Classical Chillout: Choral, Vol. 1 - Douglas Lawrence
- All-night Vigil, Op. 37: No. 6, Ave Maria - Classical Chillout: Choral, Vol. 1 - Douglas Lawrence
- 3 Choruses: No. 2, Sacred Love - Classical Chillout: Choral, Vol. 1 - Douglas Lawrence
- In Paradisum - Classical Chillout: Choral, Vol. 1 - Douglas Lawrence
- Passion Week, Op. 13: No. 7, The Noble Joseph - Classical Chillout: Choral, Vol. 1 - Douglas Lawrence
- Requiem, Op. 48: No. 3, Sanctus - Classical Chillout: Choral, Vol. 1 - Douglas Lawrence
- Requiem, Op. 9: No. 9, In Paradisum - Classical Chillout: Choral, Vol. 1 - Douglas Lawrence
- Requiem, Op. 89, B. 165: No. 12, Pie Jesu - Classical Chillout: Choral, Vol. 1 - Douglas Lawrence
- Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45: No. 4, Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen - Classical Chillout: Choral, Vol. 1 - Douglas Lawrence
- Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A 25, Pt. 2: No. 29, He Watching Over Israel Slumbers Not nor Sleeps - Classical Chillout: Choral, Vol. 1 - Douglas Lawrence
- Sacred Love Songs: V. Greater Love - Classical Chillout: Choral, Vol. 1 - Douglas Lawrence
- 4 Madrigaler fra Naturens Verden: No. 4, Komet - Classical Chillout: Choral, Vol. 1 - Douglas Lawrence
- Music When Soft Voices Die - Classical Chillout: Choral, Vol. 1 - Douglas Lawrence
- Quanta Qualia - Classical Chillout: Choral, Vol. 1 - Douglas Lawrence
- Sonate d'intavolatura, Book I: Verso I in D Minor - The Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas, Manila - Douglas Lawrence
- Pajaritos (Birdcall) stop - The Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas, Manila - Douglas Lawrence
- Sonate d'intavolatura, Book I: Verso II in D Minor - The Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas, Manila - Douglas Lawrence
- Douglas Lawrence Interviews Fr. Leo Reiner: History of the restoration - The Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas, Manila - Douglas Lawrence
- Sonate d'intavolatura, Book I: Verso III in D Minor - The Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas, Manila - Douglas Lawrence
- Douglas Lawrence Interviews Fr. Leo Reiner: History of the organ - The Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas, Manila - Douglas Lawrence
- Sonate d'intavolatura, Book I: Verso IV in D Minor - The Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas, Manila - Douglas Lawrence
- Douglas Lawrence Interviews Fr. Leo Reiner: The Bamboo Organ Festival - The Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas, Manila - Douglas Lawrence
- Musicalische Sterbens-Gedancke: Chorale Variation Sets - The Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas, Manila - Douglas Lawrence
- Douglas Lawrence Interviews Fr. Leo Reiner: St. Joseph's Church community - The Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas, Manila - Douglas Lawrence
- Organ Sonata in A Minor, Illy No. 73: Allegro - The Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas, Manila - Douglas Lawrence
- Douglas Lawrence Interviews Fr. Leo Reiner: Manila - a noisy city - The Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas, Manila - Douglas Lawrence
- Organ Sonata in A Minor, Illy No. 66: Andante - The Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas, Manila - Douglas Lawrence
- The bells of St. Joseph's - The Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas, Manila - Douglas Lawrence
- Organ Sonata in A Minor, Illy No. 66: Allegro e spiritoso - The Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas, Manila - Douglas Lawrence
- Local streetscape - The Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas, Manila - Douglas Lawrence
- Organ Sonata in D Minor, Illy No. 74: Largo - The Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas, Manila - Douglas Lawrence
- 5 Kleine Präludien: 5 Little Preludes, BWV 939-943: Prelude No. 5 in C Major, BWV 943 - The Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas, Manila - Douglas Lawrence
- Jesus, meine Zuversicht, BWV 728 - The Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas, Manila - Douglas Lawrence
- Gottes Sohn ist kommen, BWV 703 - The Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas, Manila - Douglas Lawrence
- Fughetta on Ach Gott und Herr - The Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas, Manila - Douglas Lawrence
- Lob sei dem allmachtigen Gott, BWV 704 - The Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas, Manila - Douglas Lawrence
- 2 Sarabandes - The Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas, Manila - Douglas Lawrence
- Suite in F Major: V. Branle de Basque - The Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas, Manila - Douglas Lawrence
- Chaconne - The Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas, Manila - Douglas Lawrence
- Organ Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 4, No. 1, HWV 289: I. Larghetto, e staccato - The Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas, Manila - Douglas Lawrence
- Organ Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 4, No. 1, HWV 289: II. Allegro - The Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas, Manila - Douglas Lawrence
- Organ Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 4, No. 1, HWV 289: III. Adagio - The Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas, Manila - Douglas Lawrence
- Organ Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 4, No. 1, HWV 289: IV. Andante - The Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas, Manila - Douglas Lawrence
- Nunc dimittis - Requiem: 30 Serene Choral Masterpieces - Douglas Lawrence
- Sleep - Requiem: 30 Serene Choral Masterpieces - Douglas Lawrence
- Missa O magnum mysterium: O magnum mysterium - Requiem: 30 Serene Choral Masterpieces - Douglas Lawrence
- The Macau Bride Suite, Op. 34: II. Blessings and Devotion - Requiem: 30 Serene Choral Masterpieces - Douglas Lawrence
- The Lamb - Requiem: 30 Serene Choral Masterpieces - Douglas Lawrence
- The Way, the Truth, the Life, Op. 381 - Requiem: 30 Serene Choral Masterpieces - Douglas Lawrence
- Requiem: Pie Jesu - Requiem: 30 Serene Choral Masterpieces - Douglas Lawrence
- Requiem: Lux aeterna - Requiem: 30 Serene Choral Masterpieces - Douglas Lawrence
- Draw on Sweet Night - Requiem: 30 Serene Choral Masterpieces - Douglas Lawrence
- The Lily and the Rose - Requiem: 30 Serene Choral Masterpieces - Douglas Lawrence
- Cherubic Hymn: No. 7, — - Requiem: 30 Serene Choral Masterpieces - Douglas Lawrence
- De Profundis - Requiem: 30 Serene Choral Masterpieces - Douglas Lawrence
- 8 Partsongs, Op. 119: No. 3, The Bluebird - Requiem: 30 Serene Choral Masterpieces - Douglas Lawrence
- Miserere (Featured in "Chariots of Fire") - Requiem: 30 Serene Choral Masterpieces - Douglas Lawrence
- A Hymn to the Virgin - Requiem: 30 Serene Choral Masterpieces - Douglas Lawrence
- Remember, O Lord - Requiem: 30 Serene Choral Masterpieces - Douglas Lawrence
- Agnus Dei, Op. 11 - Requiem: 30 Serene Choral Masterpieces - Douglas Lawrence
- 2 Blessings: Go Forth into the World in Peace - Requiem: 30 Serene Choral Masterpieces - Douglas Lawrence
- Ego sum panis vivus - Requiem: 30 Serene Choral Masterpieces - Douglas Lawrence
- Wash Me Throughly - Requiem: 30 Serene Choral Masterpieces - Douglas Lawrence
- Summa - Requiem: 30 Serene Choral Masterpieces - Douglas Lawrence
- O magnum mysterium (Live) - Requiem: 30 Serene Choral Masterpieces - Douglas Lawrence
- The Rose in the Middle of Winter - Requiem: 30 Serene Choral Masterpieces - Douglas Lawrence
- Requiem: Salvator mundi - Requiem: 30 Serene Choral Masterpieces - Douglas Lawrence
- Vespers of the Blessed Virgin: Psalm 112, Laudate pueri dominum - Requiem: 30 Serene Choral Masterpieces - Douglas Lawrence
- Requiem for a Tribe Brother: Kyrie - Requiem: 30 Serene Choral Masterpieces - Douglas Lawrence
- Pater noster - Requiem: 30 Serene Choral Masterpieces - Douglas Lawrence
- Magnificat (Of a Rose, a Lovely Rose) - Requiem: 30 Serene Choral Masterpieces - Douglas Lawrence
- Water Night - Requiem: 30 Serene Choral Masterpieces - Douglas Lawrence
- Totus Tuus, Op. 60 - Requiem: 30 Serene Choral Masterpieces - Douglas Lawrence
- Hamlet Suite, Op. 116a: I. Overture - Shakespeare in Music: Classsical Music Inspired by the Bard - Douglas Lawrence
- Ein Sommernachtstraum, Op. 61, MWV M13: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61, MWV M13, Act I: Scherzo - Shakespeare in Music: Classsical Music Inspired by the Bard - Douglas Lawrence
- It Was a Lover and His Lass: It was a lover and his lass - Shakespeare in Music: Classsical Music Inspired by the Bard - Douglas Lawrence
- Overture to Collin's Coriolan, Op. 62, "Coriolan Overture" - Shakespeare in Music: Classsical Music Inspired by the Bard - Douglas Lawrence
- A Sea Dirge - Shakespeare in Music: Classsical Music Inspired by the Bard - Douglas Lawrence
- The Tempest Suite No. 1, Op. 109, No. 2: IX. The Storm - Shakespeare in Music: Classsical Music Inspired by the Bard - Douglas Lawrence
- Henry V: Interlude: Touch her soft lips and part - Shakespeare in Music: Classsical Music Inspired by the Bard - Douglas Lawrence
- Gesang, Op. 106, No. 4, D. 891, "An Sylvia" (Who is Sylvia) - Shakespeare in Music: Classsical Music Inspired by the Bard - Douglas Lawrence
- Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64, Act I: Dance of the Knights - Shakespeare in Music: Classsical Music Inspired by the Bard - Douglas Lawrence
- Romeo et Juliette, Op. 17: Introduction: Fighting - Tumult - the Prince's Intervention - Shakespeare in Music: Classsical Music Inspired by the Bard - Douglas Lawrence
- Let us garlands bring, Op. 18: No. 1. Come away, come away, death - Shakespeare in Music: Classsical Music Inspired by the Bard - Douglas Lawrence
- Love's Labours Lost, Op 28: I. The King's Poem - Shakespeare in Music: Classsical Music Inspired by the Bard - Douglas Lawrence
- Macbeth, Act IV: Introduction - Shakespeare in Music: Classsical Music Inspired by the Bard - Douglas Lawrence
- Much Ado about Nothing Suite, Op. 11: II. Bridal Morning - Shakespeare in Music: Classsical Music Inspired by the Bard - Douglas Lawrence
- Otello: Otello, Act I : Fuoco di gioia - Shakespeare in Music: Classsical Music Inspired by the Bard - Douglas Lawrence
- King John, Op. 111 - Shakespeare in Music: Classsical Music Inspired by the Bard - Douglas Lawrence
- Hark, hark! the lark: Hark, Hark! The Lark - Shakespeare in Music: Classsical Music Inspired by the Bard - Douglas Lawrence
- Falstaff, Op. 68: IV. Falstaff's March - The Return through Gloucestershire - The New King and the Hurried Ride to London - Shakespeare in Music: Classsical Music Inspired by the Bard - Douglas Lawrence
- Shylock, Op. 57: II. Entr'acte - Shakespeare in Music: Classsical Music Inspired by the Bard - Douglas Lawrence
- Antony and Cleopatra, Op. 40, Act III: On the death of Cleopatra - Shakespeare in Music: Classsical Music Inspired by the Bard - Douglas Lawrence
- Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (Merry Wives of Windsor): Overture - Shakespeare in Music: Classsical Music Inspired by the Bard - Douglas Lawrence
- Hamlet - A Shakespeare Scenario: IX. Finale: Funeral March (arr. C. Palmer for orchestra) - Shakespeare in Music: Classsical Music Inspired by the Bard - Douglas Lawrence
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