Mark Blatchly

{{Short description|English organist and composer}}

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Mark Laurence James Blatchly (born 1960) is an English organist and composer.Watkins Shaw, The Succession of Organists of the Chapel Royal and the Cathedrals of England and Wales from c.1538, Oxford University Press (1991).

Born in Shepton Mallet, Blatchly was an organ scholar at St Paul's Cathedral.[https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/remembrance Marc Rochester, Gramophone, Remembrance]. Retrieved 13 November 2020. He was assistant organist at Gloucester Cathedral,[https://blog.musicspoke.com/composer-interview-matthew-cann-b273334c65ed MusicSpoke, Composer interview: Matthew Cann, 19 January 2015]. Retrieved 13 November 2020. and organist at St Edmundsbury Cathedral, as well as a music teacher and organist at Charterhouse until his retirement in 2018.

His best known work is a setting of For the Fallen,[http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/tw.asp?w=W4021&t=GBAJY0339816&al=CDA67398 "For the Fallen" by Mark Blatchly], recorded by St Paul's Cathedral Choir, John Scott (conductor), Huw Williams (organ), John McDomnic (trumpet) www.hyperion-records.co.uk, accessed 17 December 2019. which has been recorded by several cathedral choirs for Remembrance services.

As organist, he has been recorded both in solo roles[http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=32937 Organ Music For Fun...again / Mark Blatchly] www.arkivmusic.com, accessed 17 December 2019. and as part of larger ensembles.[https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8031170--britten-choral-works-operas-for-children Britten: Choral Works & Operas for Children] www.prestomusic.com, accessed 17 December 2019.