Our 2021 monthly Organ Recital series continues with a LIVE recital given by Anthony Froggatt.
Please book your ticket to attend IN PERSON on our Eventbrite page.
Anthony Froggatt is a former Organist and Master of the Choristers at Portsmouth Cathedral, having previously started his cathedral career as Sub-Organist at Guildford Cathedral. At Portsmouth, over a period of thirteen years, he made many television and radio broadcasts with the choir and several highly acclaimed recordings.
He has given recitals in many British cathedrals, including St. Paul’s, St. Alban’s,Southwark, Coventry and York Minster, and is a percussionist with Southern Pro Musica. He has examined in many countries worldwide for ABRSM, most recently to Singapore and the USA. In 2000 and 2007 he directed the choir at Magdalen College, Oxford, as Acting Organist.
He has recorded two popular albums of organ and violin music with the Japanese violinist, Fuminori Shinozaki, on the Akane label. The first, Resonate Eternally, in Chichester Cathedral, and the second, Flourish Eternally, in Magdalen College Chapel, Oxford.
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Please do join us for a socially distanced concert and enjoy the opportunity to listen to our digital organ (Viscount Regent 356) in concert. Console cameras and our large projector screen will be installed for a close up of the performance.
Please remember to bring your face mask!
Our J.W. Walker & Sons pipe organ is currently being restored by Nicholson & Co. Ltd, and we hope to celebrate its re-dedication in late 2021. We still have some way to go on our fundraising; please consider playing and sponsoring a pipe.
Donations in aid of The Organ Project (www.theorganproject.org) – c/o St Mary’s Church Music Foundation (registered Charity no. 1020088)