Jennifer Lucy Bate, OBE (11 November 1944 – 25 March 2020) was a British concert organist[1] best known for recording the complete organ works by Olivier Messiaen, César Franck, Felix Mendelssohn and Peter Dickinson.
After graduating from university in 1966 she worked for a few years as a librarian at the London School of Economics.
[5] In 1986 she gave the first British performance of his Livre du Saint-Sacrement at Westminster Cathedral and later made the world premiere recording of the work under the personal supervision of the composer,[6] winning the Grand Prix du Disque.
[4] She recorded the works at the Eglise de la Sainte-Trinite in Paris and at Beauvais Cathedral.
[6] She recorded the complete organ works of César Franck and of Felix Mendelssohn, the reviews of the latter mentioning the "easy fluency of her technique" and "her highly articulate and intelligent interpretations".