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.
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Rachel Mahon - Free Monday Lunchtime Organ Recitals 2026
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Rachel Mahon has been Director of Music at Coventry Cathedral since September 2020. Prior to arriving at Coventry Cathedral as Assistant Director of Music in 2018, she was Organ Scholar at St Paul’s Cathedral – the first female organist in the cathedral’s 1400-year history - and subsequently, Assistant Organist at Chester Cathedral.
She combines life as a Cathedral musician with a busy international recital schedule, having recently performed in Australia, the UK, Germany, Austria, Canada, Sweden and Norway. Last year she played at the Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles and made her debut at the BBC Proms with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Rachel has appeared on radio as performer and presenter, accompanying the BBC Singers in Choral Evensong and presenting Inside Music on BBC radio 3 and This Is My Music on CBC radio. Funded by a grant awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts, Rachel's debut solo album was released to excellent reviews - it received five stars in Choir and Organ Magazine and was Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice in March 2020.
She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Organ Performance from the University of Toronto, and her teachers were John Tuttle in Canada and Henry Fairs in the UK.
For more information, visit Rachel Mahon | Organist Conductor
Programme of Music:
Fantasia in A minor - Byrd
Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf BWV 617 - J. S. Bach
Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV 663 - J. S. Bach
Introduction and Passacaglia on a Theme by Raymond Daveluy Op. 44 - Laurin
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