Effective period / Period of releases: 1986

British organist and composer of choral works, born at Bristol in 1923, died in 2022.
Britton studied at Bristol Cathedral under Clifford Harker, later taking tuition from Dr Harold Darke. In 1966 he was invited by Fernando Germani to attend his organ class at Accademia Musicale Chigiano in Siena. The following year he studied the works of Marcel Dupré together with the composer in Paris.
He was with Granada Theatres in 1946 and was known for his versatile approach to playing all types of music on all types of organs.
Harold Britton was best known as Walsall Borough Organist for 44 years from 1957 to 2001. He had given recitals in most of the country’s principal cathedrals and concert halls. These include St Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, Hereford Cathedral, the Royal Albert Hall, Colston Hall Bristol, Broadcasting House and St George’s Chapel, Windsor. In addition he participated in the Ely Cathedral Organ Festival and gave an extensive series of recitals at Birmingham Town Hall.