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2 March 2023

TikTok Organ Sensation Anna

Lapwood shares Rendition Of

‘Chevalier De Sangreal’

BY SIMON ANDERS

TikTok Organ Sensation Anna Lapwood
Releases Stunning Rendition Of ‘Chevalier De Sangreal‘

From The Da Vinci Code

New EP Midnight Sessions At The Royal Albert Hall – out April 21st

Awarded RPS Gamechanger Award at The Royal Philarmonic Society Awards

Photo Credit: Charlotte Ellis
“She is much more than a gifted organist, choral conductor and social media sensation…
she’s a star on a mission” – The Sunday Times

”TikTok organist told to ‘play like a man’ is leading musical gender equality movement” – The I
Newspaper
“She had rightly become “the world’s most visible organist” – New York Times
After picking up the prestigious RPS Gamechanger Award at The Royal Philharmonic
Society Awards this week, Anna Lapwood releases ‘Chevalier De Sangreal’, the second track to
be taken from her forthcoming 5 track EP of film transcriptions. Recorded on the organ of the
Royal Albert Hall, Midnight Sessions At The Royal Albert Hall EP will be released April 21st on
Sony Classical.

Taken from The Da Vinci Code and composed by Hans Zimmer, Anna delivers a
beautifully haunting version of ‘Chevalier De Sangreal’ (from The Da Vinci Code). “We all
have those pieces of music that have a strong childhood memory associated with them –
they feel formative in a way – and Chevaliers De Sangreal (from “The Da Vinci Code”) is
one of those pieces for me,” Anna said of the track. “ I vividly remember watching the film
for the first time with my family, hearing the music and feeling incredibly emotional. I
wanted to understand how the music worked so I sat in bed with a torch and manuscript
paper, writing out the harmony, and trying to understand how Hans Zimmer achieved