Welcome to the Website of Nigel Potts
Nigel Potts has become renowned worldwide as “a consummate musician who knows how to communicate the essence of [the] music” (The American Organist), and whose “playing is assured and stylish” (Organists' Review, UK). He has built a reputation for his expressive, colorful and tasteful performances, always communicating and placing the music at the forefront with “…warm, sympathetic playing” (Choir & Organ, UK).
Critics are consistent in their remarks about his unique “sense of expression which never cloys” (The Sydney Organ Journal, Australia); “broad command of tonal color” (The New Mexican, USA); “gift for extracting melody, highlighting the phrase and his exactitude in exploiting the vast palette of the tonal colour” (Organ News, New Zealand); and the way in which he uses the organs “extensive resources with imagination and taste”. (The Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians, USA).
In North America, Nigel is represented by Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists. Please browse this site to discover more about his performances, recordings, transcriptions and other aspects of his career...
RACHMANINOV PIANO CONCERTO # 2 - for Piano & Organ!
A unique duo concert program will be offered in 2011-12, which will feature Rachmaninov’s ever popular Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor with Jeremy Filsell, pianist, with Nigel Potts accompanying the orchestral reduction on the organ. The concerts will also include
piano and organ music by York Bowen (1884-1961) - ‘the English Rachmaninov’.
To enquire about hosting this rare concert opportunity, please email: nigel@nigelpotts.com or email@concertartists.com. Concert dates and venues will be listed on the Calendar page shortly.
Volcano derails organ performance, but the show went on! - April 2010
Because of the disruption in air traffic caused by the volcano in Iceland, Nigel Potts performed two concerts at very short notice for Clive Driskill-Smith who was unable to perform as originally scheduled. The concerts took place in Delaware, Ohio, and
at Shadyside Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, PA.
Host Jon J. Danzak, Director of the Organ Artists Series of Pittsburgh reported the concert as a
"wonderful performance on Sunday. Nigel is really a terrific performer and a great guy. There was virtually universal acclaim from the audience after his performance for delivering renditions of pieces speaking to the beauty of music melded with the unique qualities of the instrument and touching people's souls with chords of familiar tunes."
Nigel records transcriptions on the Wanamaker Grand Court Organ - October 2009
Last October, Nigel appeared as the Guest Organist on Philadelphia's WRTI-FM radio station program The Wanamaker Organ Hour.
The hour long program
of transcriptions included music by: Walton, Bach, Purcell, Rachmaninoff, Elgar, Delius, Whitlock and his latest transcription of Liebestraume by
Liszt.
Latest CD Release: British Fantasies & Fanfares is available for sale
"Nigel Potts is a consummate musician who knows how to communicate the essence of this music. Instrument, music, and performer combine to create musical magnificence not to be missed." The American Organist, December 2009
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