Lullaby (To my Mother)

Gordon Phillips (1908-1991) was the organist at the church of All Hallows by the Tower, London from 1957 until his death in 1991.
He was brought up in Nottingham and it was here, as a schoolboy, that he decided to become an organist after attending a recital given by the great Louis Vierne, organist of Notre Dame, Paris.

Today, Gordon Phillips is chiefly remembered for his pioneering work as an editor, especially the “Tallis to Wesley” series of early English organ music. However, throughout a career devoted to playing and teaching the organ, he composed a vast quantity of original organ music including a fine Sonata in 1939 and an organ tutor.

Lullaby for organ was composed in July 1935 and dedicated ’to my Mother’. It is his earliest known composition and was published by Oxford University Press in 1937.

The youtube video shows me playing the Lullaby on the organ of All Hallows by the Tower London, where Gordon Phillips was the organist.