Chester Cathedral

Lunchtime Organ Recitals

Cathedral Organ from the South Transept

Every Thursday

1.10 - 1.45 (approx)

Cathedral organ from the North Transept

These recitals are free of charge, however the Cathedral ask that a small donation is given to enable them to continue with the season's programme. For those who haven't been, they provide a wonderful moment to sit in the relaxing, calm atmosphere of the cathedral and to listen to some of the world's finest recitalists as they play the renowned Hill organ.

Recent Cathedral Organists

2008 - Present
Philip Rushforth

1997 - 2008
David Poulter

1967 - 1997
Roger Fisher

Former Cathedral Organists
1541 John Brycheley
1551 Thomas Barnes
1558 Richard Saywell
1567 Robert White
1570 Robert Stevenson
1599 Thomas Bateson
1609 John Alien
1613 Michael Done
1614 Thomas Jones
1637 Richard Newbold
1642 Randolph Jewitt
1661 Rev. Peter Stringer
1673 John Stringer
1686 William Key
1699 John Mounterratt
1705 Edmund White
1715 Samuel Davies
1726 Benjamin Worrall
1727 Edmund Baker
1765 Edward Orme
1776 John Bailey
1803 Edward Bailey
1823 George Black
1824 Thomas Haylett
1841 Frederick Gunton
1877 Joseph Cox Bridge
1925 J. T. Hughes
1930 Charles Hylton Stewart
1932 Malcolm Courtenay Boyle
1949 James Roland Middleton
1964 John Sanders