Colin Walsh | Summer Organ Festival

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  • Venue

    Southwark Cathedral

  • Time

    6:30 PM

  • Price

    From £5

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Join us for a summer of organ music as we host five organ recitals on the renowned T.C Lewis organ of Southwark Cathedral

This recital forms part of the Southwark Cathedral Summer Organ Festival 2026, a month-long celebration of organ music featuring distinguished performers from across the UK and Europe. Each concert also includes a Q&A hosted by a guest interviewer.
 
Alongside this concert, the festival welcomes Zuzana Ferjenčíková (3 August), Colin Walsh (10 August), Simon Hogan (17 August), Martin Schmeding (24 August) and Jean-Baptiste Monnot (31 August). Browse the other recitals to discover a range of programmes, styles and musical traditions.
 
Monday 10 August | Colin Walsh (Q&A with Peter Wright)
 
Programme:
  • Prelude and Fugue in C minor BWV 546 – J.S. Bach
  • Fantaisie in A - César Franck
  • Introduction and Passacaglia – Walter Alcock
  • Communion from Suite Medievale – Jean Langlais
  • Pasticcio – Jean Langlais
  • Le Fils from Trois Meditations sur le sainte Trinite – Jean Langlais
  • Final from Symphony no 1 – Louis Vierne
 
Biography:
Colin Walsh’s association with cathedral music goes back nearly fifty years. He has served, in various capacities, St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, Christ Church, Oxford ( where he studied with Simon Preston and Nicholas Danby), Salisbury Cathedral( as assistant to Richard Seal) and St Albans Cathedral. He went to Lincoln Cathedral in 1988 as Organist and Master of the Choristers, becoming Organist Laureate in 2003 and Organist Emeritus in 2021.
 
As an organ recitalist he has played across the UK, most European countries, the USA, Australasia, Hong Kong and Russia. His studies in Paris with Jean Langlais inspired him to specialise in 19th and 20th century French organ music. His recordings as a choral conductor, accompanist and soloist number over forty over many years and various labels. He teaches in Cambridge and elsewhere and is an honorary Doctor of Music from the University of Lincoln.