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Bawtree was educated at Christ's Hospital before attending the University of Oxford and was an organ scholar at St Bride's Church, Fleet Street, in London.He later studied at Worcester College, Oxford, under David Sanger, and won a silver medal from the Worshipful Company of Musicians for achieving the highest score in the Royal College of Organists exam.
Francesca Massey (born 1982) is the former Organist and Director of Music at Rochester Cathedral, a position she held from September 2019 [1] to August 2022, when she was succeeded by Adrian Bawtree. [2] Previously she was Sub-Organist at Durham Cathedral from 2011.
Chelmsford Cathedral, England. Two organs provided by Mander: a larger one [10] at the back of the Nave and a smaller one [11] in the South Quire aisle near the choir-stalls. Rochester Cathedral, England. Major re-modelling by Mander in 1989 [12] Chichester Cathedral, England. Major re-modelling of the 1851 Hill organ by Mander in 1984-86 [13]
Memorial to Charles Hylton Stewart in Chester Cathedral. Arthur Charles Lestoc Hylton Stewart (21 March 1884 – 14 November 1932 [1]) was an English cathedral organist, who served in Rochester Cathedral and St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. [2] He also produced several compositions for organ, and a few for choir. [3]
After leaving the abbey choir Hopkins devoted himself to the study of music, and particularly of the organ, with such success that in 1841, aged 22, he was chosen to succeed Ralph Banks as organist of Rochester Cathedral. [3]
Rochester Cathedral, main west front. Rochester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, is in Rochester, Kent, England.The cathedral is the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Rochester and seat (cathedra) of the Bishop of Rochester, the second oldest bishopric in England after that of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
An appeal to save a historic organ has raised half of its £2m target. Fundraisers said they hoped work to restore the deteriorating Wells Cathedral grand organ would begin in 2026, ensuring its ...
In consultation with the organ builders, J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd, Ashfield rejected much of the piecemeal work that had gone before producing, in 1960, an instrument with a traditional feel but well-suited to the needs of the cathedral. He retired from his cathedral post in 1977, but remained in Rochester until his death in December 2006. [4]