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The organ of Chester Cathedral. The organ of Chester Cathedral is the major source of instrumental music at the cathedral, being played for daily services and accompanying the choir, as well as being used for concerts and recitals. The choral tradition at Chester is 900 years old, dating from the foundation of the Bendedictine monastery.
Chester Cathedral has an east–west axis, common to many cathedrals, with the chancel at the eastern end, and the façade to the west. The plan is cruciform , with a central tower (as is usual in English monastic churches), but is asymmetrical, having a small transept on the north side remaining from an earlier building, and an unusually large ...
Chester Cathedral Choir is the resident choir of Chester Cathedral, Cheshire, England. In common with most British cathedral choirs, the choir sings evensong daily ...
1994–2002 Philip Rushforth (now Director of Music at Chester Cathedral) 2002–08 Simon Bell (later Assistant Director of Music at Winchester Cathedral, now Director of Music of the Schola Cantorum at Tewkesbury Abbey) In 2008 the title of Assistant Organist was replaced with Assistant Director of Music, in line with other Cathedrals.
Chester Cathedral Library; Chester War Memorial; O. Organ and organists of Chester Cathedral This page was last edited on 7 January 2024, at 14:26 (UTC). Text is ...
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]
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In 1967, he became Organist and Master of the Choristers at Chester Cathedral. In 1970, he started recording for occasional BBC broadcasts and record labels such as EMI , Decca and RCA . He retired from the Cathedral in 1996 and moved to live in Wales.