List of Worcester Cathedral organists

This is a list of organists at Worcester Cathedral, in the city of Worcester, England. Notable organists at Worcester have included Thomas Tomkins (from 1596), Hugh Blair (from 1895), Ivor Atkins (from 1897) and David Willcocks (from 1950). The present organist (from 2012) is Dr Peter Nardone.

Organists

1240 Thomas the Organist* 1415 T. Hulet* 1468 Richard Grene 1484 John Hampton 1522 Daniel Boyse 1541 Richard Fisher 1569 John Golden 1581 Nathaniel Giles 1585 Robert Cotterell 1590 Nathaniel Patrick 1595 John Fido 1596 Thomas Tomkins

1649 Vacant 1661 Giles Tomkins 1662 Richard Browne 1664 Richard Davis 1686 Vaughan Richardson 1688 Richard Cherington 1724 John Hoddinott 1731 William Hayes 1734 John Merifield 1747 Elias Isaac 1793 Thomas Pitt 1806 Jeremiah Clark

1807 William Kenge 1813 Charles Clarke 1844 William Done 1892 Hugh Blair 1897 Ivor Atkins 1950 David Willcocks 1957 Douglas Guest 1963 Christopher Robinson 1974 Donald Hunt 1996 Adrian Lucas 2012 Peter Nardone

Assistant Organists

• William Done 1835–1844 (afterwards organist)
• Alfred James Caldicott c.1860
• Robert Taylor 1865
• Mr. Garton 1879
• James Henry Caseley (later organist of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon)
• Hugh Blair 1887–1892^[1]
• Henry Holloway 1889-1893^[2]
• George Street Chignell 1893–1896^[3]
• Frank Alfred Charles Mason 1895–1899^[4]
• Edgar Thomas Cook 1904–1909
• Alexander E. Brent Smith ?–1912
• Edgar F.Day 1912-1962
• Christopher Robinson 1962–1963 (later organist of St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle)
• Harry Bramma 1963–1976 (later organist of Southwark Cathedral)
• Paul Trepte 1976–1981 (later organist of Ely Cathedral)
• Adrian Partington 1981–1991 (later organist of Gloucester Cathedral)
• Raymond Johnston 1991–1998
• Daniel Phillips 1998–2004
• Christopher Allsop 2004 – 2012

Assistant Organists and Assistant Directors of Music

• Christopher Allsop 2012 – present

Sub-Assistant Organists

• Simon Bertram 2007 - 2008
• George Castle 2008 - 2012
• James Luxton 2012 - 2014
• Justin Miller 2014 -

References

1. Dictionary of Organs and Organists. First Edition. 1912. p.250
2. Dictionary of Organs and Organists. First Edition. 1912. p.361
3. Dictionary of Organs and Organists. First Edition. 1912. p.258
4. Dictionary of Organs and Organists. First Edition. 1912. p.382