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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.
Armes was a chorister at the cathedral of his native city, Norwich, between 1846 and 1848, under Zechariah Buck. He then became a chorister at Rochester Cathedral where his father sang bass in the choir, from 1848 to 1850. He was an articled pupil of John Larkin Hopkins, organist of Rochester Cathedral. [2] [3]
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]
Currently, the 'Organist and Master of the Choristers' is responsible for the direction of the choir and cathedral liturgy, and the 'Assistant Organist' accompanies the choir. The sacking of Chichester Cathedral in December 1642 caused all cathedral services to be suspended. They were not resumed until the restoration of the monarchy in 1661 ...
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]
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.
In April 2014, Bawtree was appointed Assistant Sub-Organist of Rochester Cathedral, with responsibility for playing services at weekends and major festivals. [3] In September 2015, he was appointed Second Assistant Organist at Canterbury Cathedral. In 2022, he was appointed Director of Music and Organist at Rochester Cathedral. [4]
Whitlock mostly composed light music and church music for organ and choir. An early success was The Island (1919) for chorus and orchestra, performed in Rochester in 1921. [4] For organ the Five Short Pieces for Organ (1929 - especially the second movement 'Folksong') and the five movement Plymouth Suite (1937) have retained their popularity. [5]