Summer Organ Recitals
Thursday 4 June – Thursday 10 September 2026
You are warmly invited to celebrate exceptional organ music in one of the country’s most atmospheric and historic sacred spaces. Our Summer Organ Recital series features a wonderful line-up of talented musicians.
Showcase recital: Exeter University Organ Scholars
Thursday 4 June 2026 | 1pm
We welcome the Organ Scholars of Exeter University, David Hulse and Oliver Macmullen, to the Cathedral for a lunchtime recital in the Quire.
This event is included in standard admission to Exeter Cathedral.
Willeke Smits (Hooglandse Kerk, Leiden)
Thursday 2 July 2026 | 7pm
Organist, Willeke Smits, will be performing a delightful seasonal concert as part of our Summer Organ Recitals series, celebrating exceptional organ music in one of the country’s most atmospheric and historic sacred spaces.
Timothy Noon
Thursday 16 July 2026 | 7pm
Entitled ‘The King of Instruments’, the programme takes its name from a 1970 LP recording that first inspired a young Timothy Noon (now Director of Music at Exeter Cathedral) to take up the organ forty years ago. Now, in a full-circle moment, he returns to that same collection of works in a concert that is proudly billed as “an introduction to the enjoyment of organ music.”
Michael D’Avanzo
Thursday 30 July 2026 | 7pm
Exeter Cathedral Organ Scholar, Michael D’Avanzo, will be performing a delightful seasonal concert as part of our Summer Organ Recitals series, celebrating exceptional organ music in one of the country’s most atmospheric and historic sacred spaces.
Andrew Millington
Thursday 13 August 2026 | 7pm
Exeter Cathedral is thrilled to welcome former Director of Music of Exeter Cathedral, Andrew Millington, to our Summer Organ Recitals series.
Timothy Parsons
Thursday 27 August 2026 | 7pm
Timothy Parsons, Director of Music at Wells Cathedral, will be performing as part of our Summer Organ Recitals series, celebrating exceptional organ music in one of the country’s most atmospheric and historic sacred spaces.
Michael Stephens-Jones
Thursday 10 September 2026 | 7pm
Michael Stephens-Jones, Assistant Director of Music here at Exeter Cathedral, will be performing a delightful seasonal concert as part of our Summer Organ Recitals series, celebrating exceptional organ music in one of the country’s most atmospheric and historic sacred spaces.