
Derry Bertenshaw
@derrybertenshaw
Winner of @StPaulsLondon Composing Competition 2019. Winner of @pianistmagazine Composing Competition 2015. Organist St Giles' Church Shrewsbury @stgilesshrews
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Thank you so much Chris Albright for a lovely performance of my arrangement of 'In the Bleak Midwinter' published in the Dec/Jan issue of Pianist magazine. Listen here: youtu.be/FcBBDtfcO7Y?si…

Thank you so much Brian Cash for a superb performance of my Processional Fanfare. A truly impressive sound! My piece is published Tim Knight in Organ Music for Solemn Occasions (TKM860). Link to video: youtu.be/7_nPzhp1qVE?si…



Thrilled my anthem 'Sing unto the Lord' will receive its premiere tomorrow MethodistCentralHall alongside Tamsin Jones Introit 'Lighten our Darkness'

Excited my anthem 'Jesus stand among us' is premiered today during Choral Evensong at St Martin of Tours, Epsom alongside works by Tamsin Jones Richard Nye Holly Smith as part of LFCCM

On Tues 30 July 1pm the exceptionally talented Baritone Ollie Williams with myself on piano will be giving a free lunchtime recital St Alkmunds . It will include my Wilfred Owen Songs and the public première of settings of Keats, Coleridge & Shelley I composed for Ollie


It's a joy playing for the fantastic young Baritone Ollie Williams at the recital today St Alkmunds. Here is the ending of my setting of Coleridge's 'To Nature' from 'Three Poems from the English Romantics' I composed for Ollie which had its public premiere today.

Wilfred Owen Association 1/2 The recital by Baritone Ollie Williams and myself St Alkmunds on 30 July included Three Wilfred Owen Songs which I composed for the centenary of Owen and the Armistice. Here is 1 of 2 excerpts from Ollie's powerful performance of 'Asleep'

Wilfred Owen Association 2/2 This is a continuation of the previous video clip with the ending of 'Asleep' from my Three Wilfred Owen Songs performed by the Baritone Ollie Williams and myself St Alkmunds .



My competition-winning arrangement of Scarborough Fair published in issue 87 of Pianist magazine (2015) is now available to buy as separate sheet music from Faber Music


Thank you Pianist magazine for including my arrangement of Silent Night in the style of Rachmaninov in Play Christmas

What a wonderful Christmas present! A massive thank you to tommyspianocorner for this absolutely gorgeous performance of my arrangement of Holst's 'In the bleak midwinter' published in Pianist magazine issue 135 youtu.be/3YXH_pQ1jhc?si…

