Recital Diary

The WOA Diary of Public Recitals in the Region from February 2025
(Concerts arranged by or including WOA members are shown in bold italics)

Saturday 1st February 7.00pm Hereford Cathedral
Peter Dyke (Hereford Cathedral) Messiaen – La Nativité du Siegneur
Admission £5 on the door.

Sunday 2nd February 3.00pm Holy Trinity, Wordsley, Stourbridge
Paul Carr (Birmingham)
Admission free, retiring collection.

Tuesday 4th February 6.00pm Royal Birmingham Conservatoire organ studio
Erwan le Prado  (Caen, France)
Free entry by ticket only

Thursday 6th February 12.15pm Worcester Cathedral
Benjamin Nicholas (Merton College, Oxford)
Admission free, retiring collection.   

Thursday 6th February 1:15pm St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham
Carleton Etherington (Tewkesbury Abbey)
Admission free, retiring collection.

Monday 10th February 1.00pm Birmingham Town Hall
Thomas Trotter (Birmingham City organist)
Admission £7.50/£5 under 30s and volume discounts available.

Saturday 15th February12.00pm Great Malvern Priory
Jonathan Hope (Gloucester Cathedral)
Admission free, retiring collection

Saturday 24th February 1.00pm Birmingham Town Hall
Thomas Trotter (Birmingham City organist)
Admission £7.50/£5 under 30s and volume discounts available.

Thursday 27th February 12.15pm Worcester Cathedral
Jonathan Hope (Gloucester Cathedral)
Admission free, retiring collection   

Sunday 2nd March 3.00pm Holy Trinity, Wordsley, Stourbridge
Paul Carr (Birmingham)
Admission free, retiring collection.

Thursday 6th March Oct 1:15pm St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham
Paul Carr (Birmingham)
Admission free, retiring collection.

Monday 10th March 1.00pm Birmingham Town Hall
Thomas Trotter (Birmingham City organist)
Admission £7.50/£5 under 30s and volume discounts available.

Tuesday 11th March 6.00pm Royal Birmingham Conservatoire organ studio
Nathan Laube  (New York, USA)
Free entry by ticket only

Wednesday 12th March 12:30pm St Peter & St Paul, Upton upon Severn
John Holloway (Upton)
Admission free, retiring collection.

Thursday 13th March 12.15pm Worcester Cathedral
Keith Hearnshaw (Hanbury)
Admission free, retiring collection.   

Saturday 22nd March12.00pm Great Malvern Priory
Andrew Caskie (Great Malvern Priory)
Admission free, retiring collection

Monday 24th March Birmingham Town Hall
Thomas Trotter (Birmingham City organist)
Admission £7.50/£5 under 30s and volume discounts available.

Tuesday 25th March 6.00pm Royal Birmingham Conservatoire organ studio
Pier Damiano Peretti (Vienna, Austria)
Free entry by ticket only

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

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.

Sunday 4th May 3.00pm Holy Trinity, Wordsley, Stourbridge
Paul Carr (Birmingham)
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.

Wednesday 21st May 12:30pm St Peter & St Paul, Upton upon Severn
Simon Dinsdale (Sandhurst)
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 1.00pm Birmingham Town Hall
Thomas Trotter (Birmingham City organist)
Admission £7.50/£5 under 30s and volume discounts available.

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 1:15pm St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham
Paolo Oreni (Italy)
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.

Wednesday 25th June 12:30pm St Peter & St Paul, Upton upon Severn
James Lancelot (Tewkesbury)
Admission free, retiring collection.

Tuesday 1st July 1.00pm Tewkesbury Abbey
Carleton Etherington (Tewkesbury Abbey)
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.

Saturday 16th July 7.30pm  St Alban the Martyr, Birmingham
David Briggs (St John the Divine, New York City)
Admission TBC.

Saturday 26th July12.00pm Great Malvern Priory
Andrew Lumsden
Admission free, retiring collection

Sunday 3rd August 3.00pm Holy Trinity, Wordsley, Stourbridge
Paul Carr (Birmingham)
Admission free, retiring collection.

Thursday 7th August 1:15pm St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham
David Saint (St Chad’s)
Admission free, retiring collection.

Thursday 14th August 1:15pm St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham
Paul Carr (Birmingham)
Admission free, retiring collection.

Thursday 21st August 1:15pm St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham
Edmund Aldhouse (Ely Cathedral)
Admission free, retiring collection.

Monday 25th August12.00pm Great Malvern Priory
Carlyn Craig (Westminster & USA)
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.

Thursday 4th September 1:15pm St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham
Nicholas Freestone (Worcester Cathedral)
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.

Thursday 2nd October 1:15pm St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham
Mark Drayfield (Dorking)
Admission free, retiring collection.

Saturday 11th October12.00pm Great Malvern Priory
Piers Maxim (Great Malvern Priory)
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.

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 Nativit
é du Siegneur
Admission free, retiring collection.


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