Last updated:
26 April 1998
St Saviour |
Organist:
Director of Music: Peter Wright (1989)
Assistant:
Stephen Disley (1997)Stephen Layton (1988-1997) e-mail became Organist of the Temple Church in Aug
97.
Stephen is also associated with
Polyphony 
and The
Holst Singers
Organ:
T C Lewis (1897), rebuilt by Harrisons 1990-91.
4 manuals, 61 stops, 27 couplers, sited in the South Quire Aisle.
The organ remains essentially as built by T C Lewis in 1897. Henry Willis & Sons provided a new console, lowered the pitched, added the Pedal Viola, and altered the voicing in 1952. Comprehensive restoration has been undertaken by Harrison & Harrison in two stages: the Willis console and electrical system in 1986, and the main work in 1991.
The Cathedral authorities considered it important to retain the moden pitch, but wished to reverse the changes that had been made in the organ's musical quality. The pipes have been lengthened and the original wind pressures re-instated, so as to allow the pipes to speak naturally at the new pitch. In this way it has been possible to re-create Lewis's characteristic musical style. The evidence has been left clearly visible so that return to the original pitch would be possible in the future.
The organ chamber is in the angle where the south transept joins the south quire aisle. The Great and Solo Organs face west into the transept, with a case designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield; the Pedal and Swell Organs speak into the aisle. The Choir Organ, originally in the main chamber, was relocated north of the choir stalls in 1952, as was the console, which formerly stood in the south aisle.
Extracted from the organ specification leaflet kindly supplied by Peter Wright.
Choir:
18 boys (no choir school), 4A, 4T, 5B
Services:
Tuesday and Friday at 5:30
Sunday: Eucharist 11:00, Evensong 3:00
Telephone: 0171 407 3708
Recordings:
Priory
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Other
Information:
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Previous
Organists:
Edgar Cook (1909-1953)
Sidney Campbell (1953-1956)
Harold Dexter (1956-1968)
Ernest Warrell (1968-1975)
Harry Bramma (1976-1989)
