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Christopher Stembridge

Musician and musicologist

Christopher Stembridge

Christopher Stembridge’s special field of interest is English and Italian keyboard music of the renaissance and early baroque. He has given particular attention, since 1980, to historic keyboard instruments that have, or are known to have had, extra chromatic keys, split-keys.

On this website you will find a variety of articles and recordings, as well as details of editions and  CDs, and also links to other sites. 

Upcoming events:

  • Organ Recital Spittalkirche Bruneck, South Tyrol, Italy/Chiesa Spirito Santo, Brunico (BZ)
    Thursday August 20th, 2026, 8pm.
  • Organ Recital Salve (Lecce), September 6th 2026 (Masterclass September 7th-9th)
  • English Organ Music of the Sixteenth Century, Recital, Chiesa del Carmine, Brescia, Tuesday September 15th 2026. 
  • Open Seminar on Organ Music of Redford and Tallis, Brescia Conservatorio, Monday September 14th 2026, 4pm.

NEW: 

Organ Music of John Redford Transcriptions

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