Alan Rees (composer)

Abbot Alan William Rees, O.S.B. (1 February 1941 – 2 October 2005) was a Welsh Roman Catholic monk, organist, and composer of choral and organ music. From 1986 to 1993, Rees was abbot of Belmont Abbey, Herefordshire. Biography Rees was born in Morriston, near Swansea, to Hilda and John Rees. He was the ninth person to hold the position. Rees died suddenly after a fall in 2005. Rees had suffered from depression for much of his life, and attempted suicide the year before. *Congress Mass, for the National Pastoral Congress in Liverpool, 1980 *Cardiff Mass, for Pope John Paul II’s visit to Britain, 1982 *“A Winter Rose”, carol References