Last updated:
16 August 1998
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Organist:
Organist and Master of the Choristers:
Stephen Darlington (1985)
Assistant:
David Goode (1996)
Organ:
Rieger, most recently rebuilt in 1979.
4 manuals, sited in the West End loft.
Choir:
16 boys (choir school), 4A, 4T, 4B.
There is also a mixed adult choir: the Cathedral Singers.
Services:
6:05 on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday; 6:00 on Saturday.
Sunday: 10:00 Matins, 11:15 Sung Eucharist, 6:05 Evensong.
Telephone 01865 276155
Recordings:
Hyperion: Domenico Scarlatti - Stabat Mater (CDA66182)
Nimbus Records Ltd:
| NI5083 | Vaughan Williams | Mass in G Minor: Sacred and Secular Songs |
| NI5098 | Holst and Walton | Christmas Music |
| NI5100 | Palestrina | Missa Dum Complerentur: Motets |
| NI5125 | Weelkes | Ninth Service and Anthems |
| NI5150 | Lassus | Missa Qual Donna and Motets |
| NI5166 | Vaughan Williams | An Oxford Elegy, Flos Campi, Te Deum English String Orchestra, Roger Best (viola) |
| NI5197 | Martin and Poulenc | Masses and Motets |
| NI5218 | Taverner | Missa Mater Christi |
| NI5237 | Byrd | Mass for five voices: Propers for All Saints |
| NI5243 | Mathias | Church and Choral Music |
| NI5266 | Tippett | Choral Works |
| NI5278 | Vivaldi | Glorias RV588/RV589 |
| NI5287 | Byrd | Mass for four voices: Propers for Corpus Christi |
| NI5302 | Byrd | Mass for three voices: Propers for the Nativity |
| NI5328 | Taverner - Tavener | Five centuries of music at Christ Church |
| NI5360 | Taverner | Music for our Lady and Divine Office |
| NI5364 | Walton | Choral Works |
| NI5394 | Palestrina | Missa 0 Sacrum Convivium: Motets |
| NI5435 | Victoria | Missa Dum Complerentur |
| NI5440 | Various | The Church Anthem Book (0.U.P.) |
| NI5454 | Purcell, Blow, Locke, Humfrey | Chapel Royal Anthems |
| NI5480 | Sheppard | English & Latin Church Music |
| NI5516 | Esteves | Mass for 8 voices/Christmas Responsories |
| To be released | Pygott | Missa Veni Sancte Spiritus |
| To be released | Palestrina | Missa Ecce ego Joannes |
Other
Information:
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Previous
Organists:
John Taverner (First Organist - 1526)
Edward Lowe (c.1630)
William Crotch (?)
F. A. Gore Ouseley (?)
Basil Harwood (?)
Henry Ley (1909-1926)
Noel Ponsonby (1926-1928)
William Harris (1928-1933)
Thomas Armstrong (1933-1955)
Sydney Watson (1955-1970)
Simon Preston (1970-1981)
Francis Grier (1981-1985)
