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).
Please browse this site to discover more about his performances, recordings, transcriptions and other aspects of his career. For all enquires please email: nigel@nigelpotts.com
2012 - 2013 Season
NIgel will be performing solo recitals on both the East & West Coasts of the USA this season, in addition to further performances of Rachmaninov Piano Concerto #2 (see below) in DC, FL & VA, and solo recitals in Los Angeles, New York City and in SC.
In the spring, Nigel returns to England to perform an organ recital at the famous King's College Chapel, Cambridge. Please see the 'Calendar' page for more information.
Announcing the 'Nigel Potts Transcription Series'!
Morning-Star Music Publishers will launch this new series in May 2013, with the release of Nigel’s transcriptions of Overture to ‘The Occasional Oratorio’ by Handel and Vocalise by Rachmaninov. Please see the ‘Transcriptions’ page for more information.
NEW 'LIVE' video clips on You-Tube
Watch Nigel performing Reger, Guilmant, Handel (transcribed Potts) & Howells, from a recital on the Lively-Fulcher organ at Christ Church Cathedral in Nashville, TN in April 2012. Please see details and links on the 'Audio' page.
RACHMANINOV PIANO CONCERTO # 2 - for Piano & Organ- now 'live' on YOU-TUBE
Nigel Potts & Jeremy Filsell, pianist, offer a unique duo concert program featuring Rachmaninov’s ever popular Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor. The concert (with Nigel performing his orchestral reduction on the organ) also includes
Nigel's own transcriptions of Rachmaninov's Vocalise and Liszt's Liebestraume, No.3 in A flat.
For upcoming Rachmaninov Concerto duo concert dates, please see the 'Calendar' page. For more information or to enquire about hosting this rare concert program, please email: nigel@nigelpotts.com
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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