Magdalen College Organ Recitals

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18/10/2025

Don't forget to join us at noon for the first in our series of Saturday Lunchtime Organ Recitals this year. Today's recitalist is William Mason, Assistant Director of Music at King's College School, Cambridge. See you there!

19/05/2025

Don't forget to join us today at 5:30pm to hear Matthew Martin, Precentor and Director of Music at Gonville & Caius' College, Cambridge, give the next recital in our Guest Organ Recital series. Tickets are £10 (£5 students) and available on the door, or at https://www.ticketsoxford.com/events/organ-recital-matthew-martin We look forward to seeing you there!

17/05/2025

Don't forget to join us at noon for the next in our series of Saturday Lunchtime Recitals! Helen Birch, University College Organ Scholar, gives a recital of 20th Century and contemporary organ music by Florence Price, Howard Skempton, and others. See you there!

13/05/2025

Tickets are now LIVE for the first of our Guest Organ Recitals this term! Matthew Martin, former Organ Scholar and now Precentor and Director of Music at Gonville & Caius' College, Cambridge, gives a varied programme of organ music by both himself and composers including Merikanto, Racquet, Jackson, Ahrens, Whitlock, and Vierne. Tickets are £10 (£5 for students) and include a free glass of prosecco (or soft equivalent), as well as the opportunity to chat with Matthew after the recital.

Tickets can be booked in advance at https://www.ticketsoxford.com/events/organ-recital-matthew-martin, or can be bought on the door. We look forward to seeing you there!

Matthew Martin of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge will be giving an organ recital at Magdalen this May! Aarre Merikanto (1893-1958)Präludium und Fuge

10/05/2025

At noon today, we welcome Stephen Power from Abergavenny, Wales, to give the next in our Saturday Lunchtime Series. From 2017 to 2024, Stephen was the Director of Music at Brecon Cathedral, and is now active as a freelance organist, pianist, singer, recitalist, choral director, composer, arranger, and teacher. His recital consists of music by Howells, Buxtehude, Saint-Saëns, Berkeley, Jongen, and Bossi. We look forward to seeing you there.

15/02/2025

Don't forget to join us at noon for the next recital in our Saturday Lunchtime series, today given by our Assistant Organist, Drew Sellis. He will be playing works by Bach and Karg-Elert. Admission is free, and all are welcome.

10/02/2025

Join us on Monday, 17th February at 5:30pm as we welcome Peter Holder, Organist and Official Student of Christ Church, Oxford, for our next Guest Organ Recital.

Peter will present an all-British programme, featuring music by Handel, Byrd, Harris, Elgar, Errollyn Wallen, and Walton.

Tickets available now. Book here https://www.ticketsoxford.com/events/organ-recital-peter-holder or get them on the door.

Included in your ticket is a glass of prosecco (or soft equivalent) and the opportunity to meet Peter after the recital.

We look forward to seeing you there!

08/02/2025

Don't forget to join us at 12 noon for our next Saturday Lunchtime Recital, given by Joseph Hyam, Organ Scholar at New College, Oxford. He is giving a recital of works by Bach and Reger. We look forward to seeing you there!

07/02/2025

Did you know that Magdalen College once had an organ that was moved not once, but twice? The Robert Dallam organ, built in the 1630s, was originally housed in the Chapel, but during the English Civil War, it was removed and taken to Hampton Court Palace under the orders of Oliver Cromwell. After the monarchy was restored, the organ was returned to Magdalen in 1661, reinstalled by Dallam himself.

This instrument had a remarkable life, and its casework still survives today. The Great case can now be found at Tewkesbury Abbey, while the Chair case resides at St Nicholas Church, Stanford-on-Avon, pictured here.

06/02/2025

We were delighted to welcome Miriam Reveley, Organ Scholar at Jesus College, Cambridge, for last week’s Saturday Lunchtime Recital. Here she is performing the final movement of Mendelssohn’s brooding Sixth Organ Sonata - a set of variations on the Lutheran chorale Vater unser im Himmelreich, a paraphrase of the Lord’s Prayer. The sonata concludes with this serene Andante in D major.

Join us this Saturday to hear Joseph Hyam, Organ Scholar at New College, Oxford - we look forward to seeing you there!

05/02/2025

This Saturday, 8th February at 12 noon we welcome Joseph Hyam, Organ Scholar at New College, Oxford, to give the next in our series of Saturday Lunchtime Recitals. He will be playing Bach's "Dorian" Toccata and Fugue in D minor alongside Reger's Fantasia and Fugue in D minor.

While in Sixth Form, Joseph attended the junior department of the Royal College of Music, where he studied the piano with Richard Uttley and the organ with Martyn Noble. In his gap year, he studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Richard Pinel, during which time he became a prize-winning Fellow of the Royal College of Organists and was highly commended in the 2024 Northern Ireland International Organ Competition. He currently receives lessons from Steven Farr and Colin Walsh.