The WOA Diary of Public Recitals in the Region from April 2025
(Concerts arranged by or including WOA members are shown in bold italics)
Thursday 3rd April 1:15pm St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham
David Saint (St Chad’s)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Sunday 6th April 3.00pm Holy Trinity, Wordsley, Stourbridge
Paul Carr (Birmingham)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Monday 7th April 1.00pm Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Thomas Trotter (Birmingham City organist) and harpist
Admission £7.50/£5 under 30s and volume discounts available.
Tuesday 8th April 6.00pm Royal Birmingham Conservatoire organ studio
Daniel Moult (RBC head of organ studies)
Free entry by ticket only
Friday 11th April 1.10pm St Philip’s Cathedral, Birmingham
Timothy Stewart (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Monday 21st April 1.15pm Hereford Cathedral
Peter Dyke (Hereford Cathedral)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Wednesday 23rd April 12:30pm St Peter & St Paul, Upton upon Severn
Fiona Brown (Winchcombe)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Monday 28th April 1.00pm Birmingham Town Hall
Thomas Trotter (Birmingham City organist)
Admission £7.50/£5 under 30s and volume discounts available.
Thursday 1st May 1:15pm St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham
Nigel Morris (St Chad’s)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Saturday 3rd May 1.15pm St Mary’s, Bishops Frome
Kate Cheetham (St Michael, Ledbury)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Sunday 4th May 3.00pm Holy Trinity, Wordsley, Stourbridge
Paul Carr (Birmingham)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Sunday 4th May 3.00pm St James the Great, Cradley, Herefordshire
Owen Chan (formerly at Merton College, Oxford)
Admission £10 with a cream tea.
Monday 5th May 12.30pm Coventry Cathedral
Rachel Mahon (Coventry Cathedral)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Tuesday 6th May 1.15pm Cheltenham College Chapel
Rupert Gough (St Batholomew the Great, London )
Admission free, retiring collection.
Tuesday 6th May 1.15pm Hereford Cathedral
Jake Buckton (Hereford Cathedral)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Monday 12th May 12.30pm Coventry Cathedral
Aaron Shilson (Llandaff Cathedral)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Monday 12th May 1.00pm Birmingham Town Hall
Thomas Trotter (Birmingham City organist)
Admission £7.50/£5 under 30s and volume discounts available.
Monday 19th May 12.30pm Coventry Cathedral
Oliver King (Saffron Walden)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Thursday 15th May 12.15pm Worcester Cathedral
Simon Taranczuk (Kings School Worcester)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Wednesday 21st May 12:30pm St Peter & St Paul, Upton upon Severn
Simon Dinsdale (Sandhurst)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Thursday 22nd May 12.15pm Worcester Cathedral
Jack McCabe (Worcester Cathedral)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Monday 26th May 12.30pm Coventry Cathedral
David Rice (Coventry Cathedral)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Saturday 31st May 11.00am St Michael & All Angels, Ledbury
Iain Simcock (Malvern)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Saturday 31st May 2.00pm Great Malvern Priory – Part of the Elgar Festival
David Briggs (St John the Divine, New York) with recital at 3pm and Q&A at 2.00pm
Admission by ticket.
Sunday 1st June 3.00pm Holy Trinity, Wordsley, Stourbridge
Paul Carr (Birmingham)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Monday 2nd June 12.30pm Coventry Cathedral
Peter King (Exeter)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Monday 2nd June 1.00pm Birmingham Town Hall
Thomas Trotter (Birmingham City organist)
Admission £7.50/£5 under 30s and volume discounts available.
Tuesday 3rd June 1.15pm Cheltenham College Chapel
Christian Wilson (Keble College, Oxford )
Admission free, retiring collection.
Tuesday 3rd June 6.00pm Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Sebastien Heindl and the CBSO including the Saint Saen’s Organ Symphony
Admission £10.
Thursday 5th June 12.15pm Worcester Cathedral
Samuel Hudson (Worcester Cathedral)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Thursday 5th June 1:15pm St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham
Paolo Oreni (Italy)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Friday 6th June 1.10pm St Philip’s Cathedral, Birmingham
David Hardie (St Philip’s)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Saturday 7th June 1.15pm St Mary’s, Bishops Frome
Piers Maxim (Great Malvern Priory)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Monday 9th June 12.30pm Coventry Cathedral
Harry Brown (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Thursday 12th June 12.15pm Worcester Cathedral
Dewi Rees (Bath Abbey)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Friday 13th June 1.10pm St Philip’s Cathedral, Birmingham
Students from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Admission free, retiring collection.
Monday 16th June 12.30pm Coventry Cathedral
Milkica Radovanovic (Norway)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Monday 16th June 1.00pm Birmingham Town Hall
Thomas Trotter (Birmingham City organist)
Admission £7.50/£5 under 30s and volume discounts available.
Friday 20th June 1.10pm St Philip’s Cathedral, Birmingham
James Lancelot (Tewkesbury)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Saturday 21st June 11.00am St Michael & All Angels, Ledbury
Marion Tunwell (Pershore)
Admission free, retiring collection. Refreshments from 10.30am.
Monday 23rd June 12.30pm Coventry Cathedral
Rashaan Allwood
Admission free, retiring collection.
Wednesday 25th June 12:30pm St Peter & St Paul, Upton upon Severn
James Lancelot (Tewkesbury)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Monday 30th June 12.30pm Coventry Cathedral
Amelia Parkin
Admission free, retiring collection.
Tuesday 1st July 1.00pm Tewkesbury Abbey
Carleton Etherington (Tewkesbury Abbey)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Tuesday 1st July 1.15pm Cheltenham College Chapel
Alexander Ffinch (Cheltenham College )
Admission free, retiring collection.
Thursday 3rd July 1:15pm St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham
Paul Carr (Birmingham)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Saturday 5th July 2:30pm St Peter’s Cradley Heath – Music from the movies
Michael Carter (St Swithin, Barston, Solihull)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Sunday 6th July 3.00pm Holy Trinity, Wordsley, Stourbridge
Paul Carr (Birmingham)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Monday 7th July 12.30pm Coventry Cathedral
Alex Robinson (St John’s College, Cambridge)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Monday 14th June 12.30pm Coventry Cathedral
Emmanuel Duperrey
Admission free, retiring collection.
Tuesday 15th July 1.15pm Hereford Cathedral
Paul Carr (Birmingham)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Saturday 19th July 1.15pm St Mary’s, Bishops Frome
Peter Shepherd (Chesterfield Parish Church)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Tuesday 22nd July 1.00pm Tewkesbury Abbey
James Lancelot (Tewkesbury)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Friday 25th July 1.10pm St Philip’s Cathedral, Birmingham
Oliver Neale (All Saints, Bromsgrove)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Saturday 26th July12.00pm Great Malvern Priory
Andrew Lumsden
Admission free, retiring collection
Saturday 26th July 7.30pm St Alban the Martyr, Birmingham
David Briggs (St John the Divine, New York City)
Admission TBC.
Monday 28th July 12.30pm Coventry Cathedral
Imogen Morgan (St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Tuesday 29th July 1.15pm Hereford Cathedral
Olivier Latry (Notre Dame, Paris)
Admission £22 – A Three Choirs event
Thursday 31st July 5.00pm Holy Trinity, Hereford
Ophelia Amar (RCO)
Admission £15 as part of the Three Choirs Festival.
Friday 1st August 1.10pm St Philip’s Cathedral, Birmingham
Ashley Wagner (St Philip’s)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Tuesday 1st August 5.00pm Holy Trinity, Hereford
Evan Lawrence (RCO & London Oratory
Admission £15 as part of the Three Choirs Festival.
Saturday 2nd August 9.30am Holy Trinity, Hereford
Daniel Greenway (Westminster Cathedral)
Admission £15 as part of the Three Choirs Festival.
Saturday 2nd August 11.00am St Michael & All Angels, Ledbury
John Swindells (Worcester)
Admission free, retiring collection. Refreshments from 10.30am.
Sunday 3rd August 3.00pm Holy Trinity, Wordsley, Stourbridge
Paul Carr (Birmingham)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Monday 4th August 12.30pm Coventry Cathedral
Pierre Zevort (France)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Thursday 7th August 1:15pm St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham
David Saint (St Chad’s)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Friday 8th August 1.10pm St Philip’s Cathedral, Birmingham
Marcus Huxley (Birmingham)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Monday 11th August 12.30pm Coventry Cathedral
Charles Spanner (Dover)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Thursday 14th August 1:15pm St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham
Paul Carr (Birmingham)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Monday 18th August 12.30pm Coventry Cathedral
Hannah Gill (Harpenden)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Thursday 21st August 1:15pm St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham
Edmund Aldhouse (Ely Cathedral)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Saturday 23rd August 10.30am St Martin, London Road, Worcester
Robin Walker (Worcester)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Saturday 23rd August 1.15pm St Mary’s, Bishops Frome
Roger Judd (St Michael’s, Tenbury Wells)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Monday 25th August12.00pm Great Malvern Priory
Carlyn Craig (Westminster & USA)
Admission free, retiring collection
Monday 25th August 12.30pm Coventry Cathedral
Alexander Ffinch (Cheltenham College)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Tuesday 26th August 1:00pm Tewkesbury Abbey
Paul Carr (Birmingham)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Thursday 28th August 1:15pm St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham
Victoria Ulriksen (Norway)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Monday 1st September 12.30pm Coventry Cathedral
Ian Hockley (Dubai)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Tuesday 2nd September 1.15pm Cheltenham College Chapel
John Challenger (Salisbury Cathedral)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Thursday 4th September 1:15pm St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham
Nicholas Freestone (Worcester Cathedral)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Saturday 6th September 1.15pm St Mary’s, Bishops Frome
Andrew Caskie (Nicholson & Co Ltd)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Monday 8th September 12.30pm Coventry Cathedral
Gary Desmond (St Mary, Bathwick)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Saturday 13th September 2:30pm St Peter’s Cradley – Music for weddings
Mother Victoria Barlow (Cradley and Freelance organist)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Monday 15th September 12.30pm Coventry Cathedral
Gary Sieling
Admission free, retiring collection.
Monday 22nd September 12.30pm Coventry Cathedral
Pavlos Triantaris (Letchworth)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Saturday 27th September 11.00am St Michael & All Angels, Ledbury
Peter Johnson (Malvern Link)
Admission free, retiring collection. Refreshments from 10.30am.
Thursday 2nd October 1:15pm St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham
Mark Drayfield (Dorking)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Tuesday 7th October 1.15pm Cheltenham College Chapel
Fiona Brown (Cheltenham)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Saturday 11th October12.00pm Great Malvern Priory
Piers Maxim (Great Malvern Priory)
Admission free, retiring collection
Tuesday 4th November 1.15pm Cheltenham College Chapel
James Lancelot (Tewkesbury )
Admission free, retiring collection.
Thursday 6th November 1:15pm St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham
Paul Carr (Birmingham)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Saturday 15th November 7:30pm St Peter’s Cradley Heath – Music for a silent movie
David Ivory (The Grange Musical Collection)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Thursday 22nd November 12.00pm Victoria Hall, Hanley
Paul Carr (Birmingham)
Admission tba.
Tuesday 2nd December 1.15pm Cheltenham College Chapel
Alexander Ffinch (Cheltenham College )
Admission free, retiring collection.
Thursday 4th December 1:15pm St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham
David Saint & Paul Carr (Birmingham)
Admission free, retiring collection.
Tuesday 9th December6.30pm Great Malvern Priory
Michael Bacon (Great Malvern Priory) Messiaen – La Nativité du Siegneur
Admission free, retiring collection
Changes and details of any new recitals will be made at the beginning of each month.
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