Allan Wicks

[1] He also directed the specially-commissioned music for the 1951 revival of the York Mystery Plays, regarded as the greatest event in the Festival of Britain celebrations.

Completing his studies after serving in the 14th Punjab Regiment, gaining an MA and an FRCO,[4] he then took up post at York Minster in 1947, as sub-organist to Francis Jackson.

Whilst based in York, he was on the music staff at St Peter's School and Chorus Master of Leeds Philharmonic Society.

[4] Wicks also championed Maxwell Davies's Fantasia on O Magnum Mysterium, as well as Malcolm Williamson's six-movement Symphony.

[1] He also organised a Cantata Choir and a small orchestra for Tuesday evening concerts of larger-scale works, including Igor Stravinsky's Canticum Sacrum and Messiaen's Messe de la Pentecôte.