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  Michael Ginn    (b. 29 February 1968) Boy Soprano Soloist 
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Michael went to Keble prep school in Winchmore Hill, North London. He was spotted singing carols by a musical aunt in December 1974 and started singing lessons. In early 1975 he amazed his fellow pupils when he sang 'How beautiful are the feet', unaccomanied, at the Friday afternoon fun time in the classroom. It brought tears to the eyes of his teacher.

In September 1975, Michael began a scholarship at St Paul's cathedral school. He sang in Sydney Opera House and Covent Garden.

Michael became a member of the Temple Church Choir at the age of nine. He soon becmame a soloist and, in 1980, sang 'Hear my Prayer' in the Abbey recording of 'The Temple Tradition'. He was noted for his performance as 'Miles in Britten's The Turn of the Screw at the Colosseum. Stephen Beet 'The Better Land --in seach of the Lost Boy Soprsnos'.
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Michael Ginn - Once Were Angels: The Tradition of Boy Trebles
Once Were Angels: The Tradition of Boy Trebles (Griffin GCCD 4040, CD) April 2003
Featuring Robin Blaze   Jeremy Bowyer   Andrew Brough   Dara Carroll   Michael Criswell   Peter Davey   James Davis   Paul Dutton   Michael Ginn   Thomas Hunt   Daniel Ludford-Thomas   Christopher Smith   Andrew Wicks  
Compiled by Stephen Beet, Donald Hunt, Roger Fisher and Andrew Johnson for the record label Griffin. Includes a 16 page booklet with full biographical notes & pictures.

Harry Mudd, executive producer of Abbey Records and the associated Alpha Label, made an enourmous impact with his standalone recordings of choirs and boy soprano soloists in particular. This recording includes highlights from some of these soloists on CD for the first time.
  1.   Linden Lea (Vaughan Williams)   Soloist: Andrew Wicks
  2.   I will give my love an apple   Soloist: Paul Dutton
  3.   Alleluya (Mozart)   Soloist: Andrew Wicks
  4.   O for the wings of a dove (Mendelssohn)   Soloist: Michael Ginn with the Choir of the Temple Church, London
  5.   Lark in the clear air (Trad)   Soloist: Dara Carroll
  6.    Der Musensohn (Schubert)   Soloist: Andrew Wicks
  7.    Orpheus with his lute (Sullivan)   Soloist: Paul Dutton
  8.   Laudamus te (Vivaldi)   Soloists: Thomas Hunt and Paul Dutton
  9.   Happy, Iphis, shalt thou live (Handel) (L)   Soloist: Jeremy Bowyer
10.   Shepherd's Song (Elgar)   Soloist: Paul Dutton
11.   Pie Jesu (Faure)   Soloist: Dara Carroll
12.   Skye Boat Song (Trad)   Soloist: Dara Carroll
13.   Let us wander not unseen (Purcell)   Soloists: Andrew Brough and Christopher Smith
14.   Fear no more the heat o' the sun (Quilter)   Soloist: Paul Dutton
15.   A grateful heart (Plumstead)   Soloist: Daniel Ludford-Thomas
16.   A song of wisdom (Stanford)   Soloist: Daniel Ludford-Thomas
17.   Be not afraid (Schutz)   Soloist: Michael Criswell
18.   Harke, harke, the Lark (Trad.)   Soloist: Michael Criswell
19.   Agnus Dei (Mozart)   Soloist: James Davis
20.   En Priere (Faure)   Soloist: Peter Davey
21.   Evening Hymn (Purcell)   Soloist: Peter Davey
22.   Drop, drop slow tears (Gibbons)   Soloist: Robin Blaze
23.   I got me flowers (Vaughan Williams)   Soloist: Robin Blaze
24.   I know that my redeemer liveth (Handel)   Soloist: Paul Dutton
Available at   Abergavenny Music
Available at   Amazon UK
Available at   Griffin & Co Ltd
Michael Ginn - Britten: The Turn of the Screw
Britten: The Turn of the Screw (Philips 446325, CD) October 1995
Featuring Michael Ginn  
2 CDs. Donath/Harper/Tear/June, Sir Colin Davis, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Michael Ginn, treble/boy-soprano. Recorded in London, March 1981.
Michael Ginn - Handel: L allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato
Handel: L allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato (Erato 2292-45377-2, CD) 1981
Featuring Michael Ginn  
2CD set. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, dir. John Elliot Gardiner. Michael Ginn, boy soprano. Recorded in 1980.
Films and Videos Compact | Full
Michael Ginn - Britten: The Turn of the Screw
Britten: The Turn of the Screw (Philips 070 500-1, Laserdisc) 1983
Featuring Michael Ginn  
2 Videodiscs, 116 min. A film by Petr Weigl. Members of the Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden; Sir Colin Davis, conductor. Michael Gulyas plays Miles, Michael Ginn is the credited boy soprano.
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Books Compact | Full
Michael Ginn - Better Land, The: In Search of the Lost Boy Sopranos
Better Land, The: In Search of the Lost Boy Sopranos (Rectory Press , Book) April 2005
Featuring The Better Land Series   Temple Church Choir   Clifford Adams   Derek Barsham   Denis Barthel   John Bonner   Richard Bonsall   Alan Bradbrook   Master John Brookman   Richard Brown   Master Gordon Carter   Master (Arthur) Iwan Davies   Master Leslie Day   Robin Fairhurst   Frederick (John) Firth   Michael Ginn   John Gwilym Griffith(s)   Robert Harris   Michael Hartnett   Aled Jones   Beverley Jones   Raymond Kinsey   Harold Langston   Ernest Lough   Robin Lough   Thomas Meddings   Brian Moody   Billy Neely   Graham Payn   Robert Duncan Peel   Kenneth Purves   The Choir of the Queen's Chapel of the Savoy   Steffani and his Silver Songsters   Thomas Tweedy   Denis Wright  
By Stephen Beet. Features much newly-discovered material, telling the often very human stories of the boys behind the voices, at the height of their singing careers and in their later lives. Copiously illustrated with many previously-unpublished photographs and manuscript samples, with a Foreword by Peter Purves.

As well as chapters on Iwan Davies, Derek Barsham, and Denis Wright, amongst others there are also chapters under the following headings: The Temple Boys, The Manchester Boys, The Music Hall Boys, The Fleeting Boys, and The Broadcast Boys.

This book is available directly from the author: Contact StephenRBeet@gmail.com Price £10 plus postage

This book is available for the cost of postage and packing only if the set of six The Better Land CD albums is ordered.
Email   Stephen Beet The book costs £10 plus postage. Cheque or PayPal.
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