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The organ, parts of which date from 1841 and earlier, ... Leeds Minster is a member of the Greater Churches Group. Sir John Betjeman in a BBC Broadcast remarked that: ...
Simon Lindley (born 10 October 1948) is an English organist, choirmaster, conductor and composer.He was Leeds City Organist from 1976 to 2017 (named City Organist Emeritus in Summer 2017) and is Organist Emeritus of Leeds Minster, having been organist and Master of the Music Leeds Minster from 1975 until his retirement in 2016.
Leeds Minster (Minster and Parish Church of St Peter at Leeds) Kirkgate LS2 7DJ Church of England: I: 1841 Formerly Leeds Parish Church, before becoming a Minster in 2012. Now an important church for the new Diocese of Leeds, though neither a cathedral nor a pro-cathedral. Mill Hill Unitarian Chapel: 36 Lower Basinghall Street LS1 5JA Unitarian ...
Founded in summer 1977, by Harry Fearnley, then senior alto Lay Clerk in the Choir of Leeds Minster, SPS has been directed since its formation by organist and conductor Dr Simon Lindley, FRCO, FRSCM, the Minster's Master of the Music from 1975 to 2016 and now Minster Organist Emeritus – whose colleagues at the Minster have contributed to the ...
The organ was built in 1877 by Abbott and Smith, and restored in 1906 and 1938 by the same builder. It was restored by Wood Wordsworth and Co in 1976, and by John T Jackson in 1997. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. [6] The ornate organ case was designed by A. Crawford Hick.
From Earth to Heaven (1999, commissioned by the choir of Leeds Minster for the dedication of the Sally-Scott window) [11] Lo! God is here! (1997, for John Scott and the choir of St Paul's Cathedral) Preces and Responses (1995, for Guildford Cathedral) Lo! That is a marvellous change (1991, for men's voices) O Lord, support us (1991) In ...
Wordsworth and Maskell was a British firm of church organ makers, established in 1866 in Leeds, West Yorkshire. [1] [2] It produced around sixty organs for churches in Lancashire, around 23 for churches in Lincolnshire, over 50 in Leeds (along with 15 rebuilds) and around 30 in the rest of Yorkshire, along with others for countries of the British Empire. [2]
An organ by Binns in St Aidan's Church, Leeds, 1896 James Jepson Binns (c. 1855–11 March 1928) [ 1 ] was a pipe organ builder based in Leeds , West Yorkshire , England . [ 2 ]