Organ Recital Series Continues in St Patrick’s Church of Ireland Cathedral
Sunday 19th October 2025 - St Patrick's Church Of Ireland Cathedral
Event: Organ Recital Series Continues in St Patrick’s Church of Ireland Cathedral
Date: Sunday 19th October 2025
Time: 4.10pm
Location: St Patrick’s Church Of Ireland Cathedral, Cathedral Close, 43 Abbey St, Armagh BT61 7DY
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Price: FREE - Admission is free, with donations to the Choir Fund greatly appreciated.
Second Performance in the Cathedral Organ Recital Series
The 2025/2026 organ recital series will continue in St Patrick’s Church of Ireland Cathedral, Armagh, when the Ven Dr Peter Thompson gives the second recital in the new series on Sunday 19 October 2025 at 4.15pm.
Peter is the Assistant Organist at the Cathedral. His programme will include Max Reger’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor and Major, Thalben-Ball’s Elegy, JS Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in G Major and his Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, and finally Stanford’s Six Short Preludes and Postludes.
Speaking ahead of his organ recital, Peter said, “It is a delight and a pleasure to be involved in resurrecting the Armagh Cathedral recital series after a post-covid hiatus. The Cathedral organ is one of the finest on the island, a delight both to play and to listen to. Since taking up my role in 2010, I’ve performed a wide range of repertoire, showcasing the versatility of the instrument, but for this recital I’ve chosen a series of pieces simply because I enjoy them!”
Peter continued, “The arresting Toccata and Fugue by the late romantic German composer, Max Reger, grips the listener from the opening flourish through to the triumphant climax. Thalben-Ball’s evocative Elegy is a favourite of many organists. Bach is represented by two works, his sparkling G major Prelude and Fugue, and the sublime and impassioned chorale prelude, Schmücke dich, and the programme will conclude with a series of pieces by the Dublin born composer, Charles Villiers Stanford, the centenary of whose death was commemorated last year.
The Dean of Armagh, the Very Revd Shane Forster, added, “Dr Thompson is a man of many talents – Archdeacon of Armagh, Rector of three Parishes and Assistant Organist in the Cathedral! He is a skilled accompanist and imaginative recitalist who will introduce a wide range of familiar and unfamiliar music to the listening audience through his emotive and sensitive playing of the great Cathedral organ,”
The recital will last forty minutes and all are welcome to attend. Admission is free, with donations to the Choir Fund greatly appreciated.
Diary Date:
The next recital will be given by Canon Martin White on Sunday 30 November 2025 at 4.15pm.
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