ORGAN RECITALS & CONCERTS

English organ building keyboardBelow is a list of some recitals that have been confirmed as going ahead so far in 2024. To see a list of confirmed organ recitals in your area click HERE to do a search.
Some recitals may be streaming online and amendments/additions will be made when necessary.

Canterbury Cathedral

  • Fri 24th May, 6.30pm, Open Evening: Come and play the organ, hosted by Jamie Rogers (Assistant Director of Music)
  • Fri 14th June, 7:30pm, Tom Bell
  • Fri 21st June, 7:30pm, Roger Sayer
  • Fri 5th July, 7:30pm, Martin Baker

Free and unticketed.

All concerts start at 1:10pm, free admission, retiring collection.

Cirencester Parish Church

  • Weds 1st May, Christopher Weaver (Northampton Cathedral)
  • Weds 5th June, Anthony Pinel (St Chad’s, Shrewsbury)
  • Weds 3rd July, Jonathan Lilley (Waltham Abbey)
  • Weds 7th Aug, Andrew Storer (St John the Evangelist, Derby)

Royal Festival Hall

  • Fri 28th June, 6pm, Organ at 70: Ourania Gassiou & Eleni Keventsidou

Southwark Cathedral, London

  • Mon 8th Apr Carolyn Craig (Westminster Abbey)
  • Mon 15th Apr, Joshua Ryan (Hampstead Parish Church)
  • Mon 22nd Apr, Colin Walsh (Organist Emeritus, Lincoln Cathedral)
  • Mon 29th Apr, Simon Johnson (Master of the Music, Westminster Cathedral)

1:20pm. Admission free, donations welcome.

St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood

  • Thurs 18th Apr, Miriam Reveley (Jesus College, University of Cambridge)
  • Thurs 16th May, George Herbert (The Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace)
  • Thurs 20th Jun, James Gough (Southwark Cathedral)
  • Thurs 18th Jul, Richard Pinel (St Mary’s, Bourne Street, London)
  • Thurs 22nd Aug, Florence Rousseau (Kergonan Abbey, France) 

Admission free, retiring collection.

Free concerts lasting 30 minutes every Sunday at 5pm.

Westminster Abbey 

  • Sun 14th Apr, Joshua Stephens (Winchester Cathedral)
  • Sun 21st Apr, Matthew Jorysz (Assistant Organist)

Lunchtime and Evening Recitals

  • Thurs 18th Apr, 1:10pm, Michael Nicholas (Organist Emeritus and former Master of the Choristers, Norwich Cathedral)
  • Mon 6th May, 11am, Cathy Lamb (Director of Music Outreach at Lichfield Cathedral School)
  • Thurs 16th May, 1:10pm, David Dunnett (Norwich Cathedral Organist)
  • Mon 27th May, 11am, Robbie Carroll (Assistant Organist)
  • Weds 19th June, 7pm, David Dunnett (Norwich Cathedral Organist)

Organ Reborn Festival! 

  • Sat 6th July, 7pm, Three Cathedral Choirs Concert
  • Sun 7th July, 10:30am, Organ Festival Eucharist
  • Sun 7th July, 3:30pm, Organ Festival Evensong
  • Sun 7th July, 8pm, Organ Concert: Holst the Planets, Robbie Carroll (Norwich Cathedral Assistant Organist) 
  • Mon 8th, 10th and 11th July: WOOFYT! The Wooden One-Octave Organ for Young Technologists
  • Mon 8th July, 8pm, Organ Concert: Anne Page plays Bach
  • Tues 9th July, 1pm, Young Organists’ Platform
  • Tues 9th July, 3pm, Talk: Pierre Cochereau and the Parisian Organ Tradition
  • Tues 9th July, 5:30pm, Organ Festival Evensong
  • Tues 9th July, 8pm, Organ Concert: David Briggs (Artist-in-Residence at the Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York City)
  • Weds 10th July, WOOFYT! The Wooden One-Octave Organ for Young Technologists for grown-ups
  • Weds 10th July, Choral Evensong, 3pm
  • Weds 10th July, A Night at the Movies: Donald MacKenzie improvises to the silent movie Steamboat Bill
  • Thurs 11th July, 7pm, The BBC Singers in Concert
  • Fri 12th July, 1pm, Young Organists’ Platform
  • Fri 12th July, 3pm, Talk: Norwich Reborn! The Norwich Cathedral Organ Project, talk by Andrew Scott (Managing Director of H&H)
  • Fri 12th July, 5:30pm, Organ Festival Evensong
  • Fri 12th July, 8pm, Organ Concert: Anna Lapwood
  • Fri 13th July, 11am, Family Concert: Battle of the Organs (all three organs will be played at once)
  • Fri 13th July, 7pm, Britten Sinfonia and Norwich Cathedral Choir
  • Sat 14th July, 10:30am, Sung Eucharist: The Liturgy of St Benedict
  • Sat 14th July, 3:30pm, Festal Evensong and Choir Valedictions

More Lunchtime and Evening Recitals

  • Weds 14th Aug, 7pm, Martin Baker (Emeritus Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral)
  • Mon 26th Aug, 11am, Matthew Jorysz
  • Weds 11th Sept, 7pm, Peter King (Organist Emeritus at Bath Abbey)
  • Thurs 19th Sept, 1:10pm, Jonathan Stamp (Director of Music and Organist at Norwich School)
  • Weds 2nd Oct, 7pm, Ashley Grote (Master of Music at Norwich Cathedral)
  • Thurs 17th Oct, 1:10pm, Andrew Unsworth (Organist of the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah)
  • Weds 6th Nov, 7pm, Robbie Carroll (Assistant Organist at Norwich Cathedral)
  • Thurs 21st Nov, 1:10pm, Graham Thorpe (Director of Music at Bradford Cathedral)

St Albans Cathedral

  • Weds 17th Apr, 12:30pm, Lucy Morrell
  • Sun 6th May, 1-2pm, Brass and Organ Spectacular with Prime Brass and Tom Winpenny (Assistant Master of the Music), conducted by Edmund Aldhouse
  • Sat 8th Jun, International Organ Festival Prizewinners’ Gala Concert, 6:30-7:30pm

Free admission

Organ Festival

Winchester Cathedral

  • Sat 27th Apr, drinks reception at 6.30pm, concert at 7pm, Olivier Latry (Notre Dame, Paris), Celebrating the completion of the Cathedral’s organ restoration, Adults £20/Students with valid ID £12/Under 18s £10

Free concerts below

  • Sun 19th May, 3pm, Claudia Grinnell (Sub-Organist at Winchester Cathedral)
  • Sun 16th June, 3pm, Andrew Lumsden (Director of Music at Winchester Cathedral)
  • Sun 7th July, 3pm, Sarah Baldock (Director of Music at Winchester College)
  • Sun 15th Sept, 3pm, Joshua Stephens (Sub-Organist at Winchester Cathedral)
  • Sun 6th Oct, 3pm, Katherine Dienes-Williams (Organist and Master of the Choristers at Guildford Cathedral)
  • Sun 17th Nov, 3pm, Ben Cunningham (Assistant Director of Chapel Music at Winchester College)