Join us at Coventry Cathedral for our popular Monday Lunchtime Organ Recitals, running from May to September 2026. These free, half‑hour concerts (12.30–1.00pm) offer a perfect midday pause, showcasing the magnificent cathedral organ played by distinguished guest organists from across the UK and beyond. Each week brings a fresh and varied programme, from much‑loved classics to contemporary and newly composed works, performed in the inspiring surroundings of this iconic building. All are warmly welcome.
What's on
Hugh Rowlands - Free Monday Lunchtime Organ Recitals 2026
Event details
Hugh Rowlands is Assistant Organist at New College, Oxford. Previously he was Assistant Master of Music at the Chapels Royal, HM Tower of London, Acting Director of Music at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University, and Deputy Director of Music at Haileybury.
As both a pianist and organist, he has performed at major venues across the UK and internationally. Recent venues include the Barbican Centre, the Southbank Centre, Bold Tendencies, Shanghai Symphony Hall, and the National Centre for Performing Arts, Beijing. A regular collaborator with a broad range of leading ensembles, he has worked alongside groups including Grange Festival Opera, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, James McVinnie Ensemble, English Chamber Orchestra, and Alamire.Hugh is a graduate of the University of Cambridge, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists.
Programme of Music:
Fantasy and Fugue on ‘Ad Nos, ad salutarem undam’ - Liszt
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