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  Roger Drabble    (b. 7 January 1983) Boy Soprano Soloist 
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Roger Drabble Roger Drabble was born on 7 January 1983 in Exeter, the youngest of four children in a musically involved West Devon family. His vocal talent was first spotted by staff at St Rumon¹s Infant School, Tavistock. In 1990, at the age of seven, he was admitted to Exeter Cathedral Choir as a Probationer, ultimately becoming Head Chorister there five years later under the direction of Lucian Nethsingha.

In September 1996 Roger transferred to Wells Cathedral School in Somerset for his Secondary education and was immediately invited by Malcolm Archer to join Wells Cathedral Choir. A year later, in September 1997, he became Head Chorister once again, this time at Wells.

Roger was a talented treble and a confident soloist with an extensive repertoire. He travelled widely and performed in Italy, Germany, Switzerland, France and the Channel Islands. At home he sung at the Four Choirs Festival, the Three Spires Festival, the Edington Music Festival and at numerous concerts throughout the South West including concerts with the Bournmouth Sinfonietta and the Exeter University Sinfonietta.

His solo lead at a candlelit performance of the Allegri Misereri in the 1996 Exeter Festival with Schola Cantorum was a particular highlight for him which attracted excellent reviews at the time. His BBC broadcast appearances have included Radio 4 Morning Service with Sir Harry Secombe, Radio 3 Choral Evensongs (3), Blue Peter, BBCTV Sunday Morning Worship and a Radio Bristol concert. Over the years he sang in the presence of many distinguished people including HRH The Prince of Wales and HRH The Duchess of Kent.

Outside the choir Roger was a gifted trumpet player and keen sportsman,studying at Wells Cathedral School.
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Featured Recordings Compact | Full
Roger Drabble - Music Ever Divine
Music Ever Divine (Lammas 105, CD) 1998
Featuring Roger Drabble  
  1.   Art thou troubled? (Handel)  
  2.   When I am laid in earth (Purcell)  
  3.   Bist du bei mir (Attr. G.H.Stöelzel)  
  4.   All in the April evening (Hugh Roberton)  
  5.   Love came down at Christmas (Malcolm Archer)  
  6.   Orpheus with his lute (Arthur Sullivan )  
  7.   Pleasure it is (Alan Ridout)  
  8.   I wonder as I wander (John Jacob Niles)  
  9.   Sing a song of joy (Thomas Campian)  
10.   Litany to the Holy Spirit (Peter Hurford)  
11.   Tell me, lovely shepherd (William Boyce)  
12.   Linden Lea (Ralph Vaughan Williams)  
13.   A New Year carol (Benjamin Britten)  
14.   How beautiful are the feet (Georg Frideric Handel)  
15.   Ex ore innocentium (John Ireland)  
16.   Come, my way, my truth, my life (Alexander Brent-Smith)  
17.   A Hymn to the Virgin (Malcolm Archer)  
18.   Pie Jesu Domine (Gabriel Fauré )  
19.   Hymn to the Holy Spirit (Malcolm Archer)  
20.   The Call (Ralph Vaughan Williams)  
21.   In the bleak mid-winter (Gustav Holst)  
22.   When God was minded to be born (Arr. Malcolm Archer)  
23.   Lord Jesus Christ (Living Lord) (Patrick Appleford)  
Available at   Cathedral Classical
Available at   Lammas Records
  Sacred and Secular
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Roger Drabble - Mixing Their Music
Mixing Their Music (Cantoris CRCD 6028, CD) 1998
Featuring Roger Drabble   Robert Karlsson  
The Boys, Girls and Vicars Choral of Wells Cathedral Choir, Malcolm Archer. Director, Rupert Gough Assistant Organist
  1.   Evening Hymn (Gardiner)  
  2.   O pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Howells)  
  3.   Blessed City, Heavenly Salem (Bairstow)  
  4.   My beloved spake (Hadley)  
  5.   Totus Tuus (Gorecki)  
  6.   Easter (Rise heart, thy Lord is risen) (Williams)   soloist:Lauernce Whitehead
  7.   I was glad ehen they said unto me (Parry)  
  8.   Cantique de Jean Racine (Faure)  
  9.   Greater love hath no man (Ireland)   soloists: Roger Drabble, Robert Marson
10.   Lord, let me know mine end (Greene)   soloists: Robert Karlsson-Bourke, Tom Hester
11.   God is gone up (Finzi)   organ:David Terry
12.   The Lord is my Shepherd (Berkeley)   soloist:Leah Jackson
13.   Glorius and Powerful God (Wood)  
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