Richard Perrignon
Life
Born: 1959
Biography
Richard Perrignon is the Master of Sacred Music at the College of St John the Evangelist within the University of Sydney, Australia. He studied piano and violin from an early age, entering the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music as as teenager on violin scholarship, where he studied under the late Eva Kelly of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.He later studied violin under the late Dorel Tincu of the Sydney String Quartet, and classical organ under the Principal Organist of Sydney University, Norman Johnston (a pupil of Marchal, St Eustache). From the age of seven, he sang as a chorister under the direction of Professor David Branagan, from whom he learned the art of choral directing, and was introduced to the repertoire of sacred polyphony. While studying at the Conservatorium, he also studied for degrees in Arts and Laws at the University of Sydney. After 16 years as organist of St Peter Julian's Church in the city of Sydney, he was appointed Director of Music of the former Dominican Priory at Wahroonga, Sydney, from 1998 to 2006, which enjoyed a long choral tradition. In 2001 he founded the Australian vocal ensemble, Capella sublima, of which he remains the artistic director. He was elected a Fellow of St. John's College from 2005 to 2011. He has composed sacred music for many years, and continues to do so at St John's College.
The three Gloria's below were written at the request of the Dominican Order in Australia for Vespers at the University of Sydney, said by the Primate of Australia, Cardinal Schonborn OP, during World Youth Day Week in July 2008. They were performed by Capella sublima.
The setting of the psalms for weekly use has always interested the composer, and from time to time he publishes settings of the current psalm for the week on CPDL, sometimes set for choir, and sometimes for soloists.
List of choral works
- Chorale prelude, 'By your Priestly Power'
- Chorale prelude, By your kingly power
- Fisher Amen
- Gloria no. 1
- Gloria no. 2
- Gloria no. 3
- Mass of St John the Evangelist
- Psalm 34: I shall ever bless the Lord
- Psalm 39, I waited for the Lord
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