Gala Organ Concert

This year the recital will be in memory of Dr Anthony Crossland, former Director of Music at Wells Cathedral and, since his retirement, a member of St Mary’s congregation. 

It will also be the inaugural ‘Anthony Crossland Memorial Recital’.

Timothy took up the position of Director of Music at Wells Cathedral in September 2024, and is also Music Director of the Wells Cathedral Oratorio Society. He has held posts at the cathedrals of Hereford, Winchester, Exeter, and most recently St Edmundsbury, where he was Director of Music from 2021 to 2024. During his time there, the choir toured to France and Germany, broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and released a recording, A Year at St Edmundsbury, with the Regent label. 

Timothy was a chorister at Guildford Cathedral and organ scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge, graduating with a starred double first in Music in 2014. Whilst at Cambridge he was also organ scholar for King’s Voices, the mixed-voice choir of King’s College Chapel. In 2018 he recorded a disc of organ music at Exeter for Regent Records’ English Cathedral Series, which was praised for its ‘vigour, optimism and supreme self confidence’ (MusicWeb International) and ‘virtuoso command of the organ’ (Organists’ Review). He is an active composer, with his music having been recorded by the choirs of Exeter and St Edmundsbury Cathedrals.

Programme to include:

Mendelssohn – Sonata no. 3 in A major
Bach – Prelude and Fugue in C BWV 547
Ghislaine Reece-Trapp – Fantasy on Sumer is icumen in
Elgar – Imperial March