Rochester Cathedral Organ Festival Series
Charles Harrison Organist and Master of Choristers at Chichester Cathedral
Charles Harrison will be playing Bach’s Fantasia and Fugue in G minor and Marcel Dupré’s Prelude and Fugue in B major.
About Charles Harrison
Charles Harrison is Organist and Master of the Choristers at Chichester Cathedral, where he directs the choir of boys and men, which sings eight services each week, broadcasts frequently on national radio and makes regular tours abroad. Recent recordings of the choir have been released on the Priory and Signum labels. With the Rose Consort of Viols, the choir has recorded a new disc of anthems by Charles’s most celebrated (and disreputable) predecessor, Thomas Weelkes, marking the composer’s 400th anniversary in 2023.
Charles was organ scholar of Jesus College in the University of Cambridge, where he took a degree in music, and studied organ with the late David Sanger. During his second year at Cambridge, Charles won prizes for his performance in the Fellowship examinations of the Royal College of Organists. He went on to win prizes in the international organ competitions at St Albans and Odense; these successes have led to a busy programme of engagements, including concerts at many of the celebrated venues in Britain, and solo performances in France, Denmark, Finland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, USA, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Iceland and Poland. Concerto work has included performances with the Irish Chamber Orchestra and the Ulster Orchestra, both broadcast by the BBC. In 2006, he was invited by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales to join them for a recording and broadcast of works by Florent Schmitt.
As accompanist and continuo player, Charles has worked with many leading soloists, conductors and ensembles, including Roy Goodman, Steven Isserlis, Stephen Cleobury, the BBC Singers and Andreas Scholl.
About our Organ Festival Series
Hear our spectacular organ being played by internationally acclaimed organists. First started in 2022, the Rochester Cathedral Organ Festival Series is a chance to hear wonderful organists playing our wonderful organ.
All concerts will last just over an hour.
Tickets
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Free for under 18’s and carers
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