ORGAN CONCERT SERIES 2025
TICKETS for each concert are £10 (under 18 FREE)
SEASON TICKET for all the concerts listed: £50
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Friday 20 June at 19.00
Sam Bristow – Chelmsford Cathedral
Saturday 5 July at 16.00
Jonathan Scott (“The leading British Organist” (BBC Radio 3)
Friday 11 July at 19.00
Dr Carol Williams – International Concert Organist
Friday 18 July at 19.00
Angela Sones – St Alban the Martyr Birmingham
Friday 25 July at 19.00
Alex Lanigan-Palotai – Chester Cathedral
Monday 25 August at 19.00
Lewis Scott (Theatre Organ)
and Robert Poyser (Minster Organ)
Saturday 6 December at 19.30
CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR
Lewis Scott (Theatre Organ)
and Robert Poyser (Minster Organ)
Concerts are advertised in our fortnightly eNewsletter.
The Minster Organ
The first organ was built by Snetzler in 1767 and many of the original pipes are incorporated within the present instrument which has undergone many changes. At its opening in 1769 the modern music of Handel was performed. Major refurbishment took place in the 1990s and further work and tonal adjustments were made in 2015. There are over 4000 pipes, four manuals and pedal board. There are 75 stops providing combinations of sound that suit a large repertoire of music from different styles and countries.
The organ screen designed by Gilbert Scott in 1885 was made by local craftsman James Elwell. The organ case was designed by Arthur Hill and erected in 1916. Notable organists have been Matthias Hawdon – the first organist to be appointed, Arthur Henry Mann – later appointed to King’s College, Cambridge, John Camidge (for 57 years), and H.K. Andrews – an eminent composer and later organist of New College, Oxford.
