The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford
Recitals Archive
Find details and recordings of previous organ recitals here.
Bach Organ Recitals
As part of the celebrations of the new Eule Orgelbau instrument in the college chapel, Alexander Pott, then Assistant Organist and Tutor to the Choristers at Magdalen, performed the complete organ works of J. S. Bach over the course of the academic year 2023-24. A retiring collection was made for Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity, which supports care and research for children with illnesses, and raised over £10,000 for the cause.
Between 2017 and 2020, Alexander Pott was the recipient of the W. T. Best Scholarship from the Worshipful Company of Musicians. This scholarship was awarded to support the proposal to learn the complete organ works of Bach, and provided lessons with some of Europe’s best Bach experts, including Hans Fagius, Bine Bryndorf, Pieter van Dijk, Johannes Geffert, Robert Quinney, and Margaret Phillips.
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You can watch the recitals here.
Previous Guest Organ Recitals
Monday 10th June, 2024
FRANCESCA MASSEY
Francesca Massey plays a programme of 19th and 20th century works which are ideally suited to the new Eule organ of Magdalen College.
Monday 3rd June, 2024
ROBERT QUINNEY
The leading British organist of his generation, Robert Quinney, gives a recital on the new Eule organ of Magdalen College, featuring some German favourites along with classics by Louis Vierne and William Byrd.
Monday 20th May, 2024
GORDON STEWART
Scottish organ legend Gordon Stewart is well known as a champion of lesser-known composers, and shows off the variety of colour on the new Eule organ of Magdalen College with a programme which balances well-known masterpieces with some unusual pieces that have faded into obscurity.
Monday 26th February, 2024
KATELYN EMERSON
American concert organist Katelyn Emerson gives a fantastic recital showing off the strength of the new Eule organ.
Monday 29th January, 2024
MARK WILLIAMS
Informator Choristarum at Magdalen College, Mark Williams is responsible for designing and installing the new Eule organ and demonstrates its capabilities through a programme of orchestral transcriptions.
Monday 27th November, 2023
MARGARET PHILLIPS
Concert organist and sought-after teacher Margaret Phillips plays a programme of repertoire that is seldom heard but deserves to be wider known.
Monday 6th November, 2023
STEVEN GRAHL
Then Organist & Director of Music at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, and now Director of Music at Trinity College, Cambridge, Steven Grahl shows his performing flare in a wide-ranging recital programme.