Michael James Arman Brough
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Michael James Arman Brough (1960 July 29, Leeds) is a British organist, lawyer and composer. He has written songs for voice and piano, usually to German texts; and a quantity of other material, mainly for church use.
From 1973 to 1978, he was organist of St Paul's King Cross in Halifax. In 1980, he became Leeds University Chaplaincy organist and played there until 1982. Since 1987, he has been at Holy Trinity Sloane Street, London.
Since 1988, he has practised as a solicitor in south-east England, lately in Buckinghamshire.
Michael Brough's songs, mostly in German at the time of writing, are in an expressive, tonal style that makes use of a richly romantic harmonic palette. Over 85 Lieder to texts by Goethe, Morgenstern, Celan, Eichendorff, Nietzsche and many others have been written and a number of them have been favourably performed in England, Switzerland and Germany.
Holy Trinity Sloane Street has seen the premiere of Michael Brough's anthem "Soldiers Who are Christ's Below" and in 2007 his "Communion Service in Sharp Keys" op.21, conducted in both instances by Andrew O'Brien.
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