Jane Parker-Smith

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Jane Caroline Rebecca Parker-Smith (20 May 1950 – 24 June 2020) was a British classical organist.^[2][3][4][5]

Jane Caroline Rebecca Smith was born in Northampton and educated at Barton Peveril Grammar School in Eastleigh, Hampshire. She took the name Parker-Smith while a teenager. She married John Gadney (died 2012) in 2006.^[5]

Parker-Smith studied at the Royal College of Music between 1967 and 1971 before going on to study with Jean Langlais.^[1] She performed at the BBC Proms in 1972.^[6]

Parker-Smith died in London on 24 June 2020, aged 70.^[3][2]

Select discography[]

• Jane Parker-Smith at the Grand Organ of Armagh Cathedral. ASV Records.
• Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély. Romantische Orgelmusik. Jane Parker-Smith on the organ of St Nikolaus, Bergen-Enkheim, Frankfurt am Main. Motette-Verlag.
• Popular French Romantics Volume 1. Jane Parker-Smith on the organ of Coventry Cathedral. ASV Records.
• Popular French Romantics Volume 2. Jane Parker-Smith on the organ of Beauvais Cathedral. ASV Records.
• Saint-Saëns - Symphony No. 3 'The Organ'. London Philharmonic Orchestra. EMI Classics.
• Widor Organ Symphonies 5 & 7. Jane Parker-Smith on the organ of , Paris. ASV Records.
• Janacek: Glagolitic Mass & Sinfonietta. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (Dirigent: Simon Rattle). EMI Classics.
• Romantic and Virtuoso Works for Organ (Vol. 1). Jane Parker-Smith at the Goll organ of . Avie Records.
• Romantic and Virtuoso Works for Organ (Vol. 2). Jane Parker-Smith at the Great Seifert Organ of . Avie Records.
• Romantic and Virtuoso Works for Organ (Vol. 3). Jane Parker-Smith at the Organ of the Church of St. Gudula in Rhede. Avie Records.

References[]

External links[]

• Official website

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