Pipes and Voices - an organ and choral celebration

Event information

A concert to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the cathedral’s magnificent and newly-restored TC Lewis organ. The programme will include a number of organ solos and duets, and the following wonderful choral works:

Jonathan Dove Seek Him that maketh the Seven Stars
Cassie White for music like the sea
Stanford Blue Bird
Coleridge Taylor Lea Shore & Summer is Gone
Balfour Gardiner Evening Hymn
Lili Boulanger Hymne au Soleil
Durufle motets
Jean Langlais Messe Solonnelle
The programme includes the world premiere of for music like the sea by Sheffield-based Cassie White, who won second place in the Stella Jockel Young Composer Competition organised by the Chorus. It features Lili Boulanger’s wonderful Hymne au Soleil and will culminate in a performance of the rarely-performed Messe Solonnelle by Jean Langlais, a marvellous work for choir and two organs – a real treat for lovers of organ music and majestic choral works alike!


Photo courtesy of Maria Ellmore Photography