Lunchtime Organ Concert Roger Judd: All About Bach

All are welcome to join us for this free lunchtime organ concert "All About Bach", given by Roger Judd, former Organist of St George's Chapel Windsor Castle, and Organist Emeritus of St Michael's College Tenbury Wells.

Spend your lunch break enjoying beautiful music in the stunning surrounds of the Cathedral Nave.

Admission free, no booking required. There will be a retiring collection in support of the Cathedral Music Fund.

Programme

Chaconne in D minor for solo violin BWV 1004 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) arranged for the organ by Henri Messerer (1838-1923)

Chorale Prelude on Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend BWV 655 by J.S. Bach

Fugue in G minor on BACH Op.60, no.3 by Robert Schumann (1810-56)

Chorale Prelude: Wachet auf, ruft uns die stimme BWV 645 by J.S. Bach

Marche du Veilleur de Nuit (Bach Memento) by Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)

Sinfonia to Cantata 29 Wir danken dir, Gott by J.S. Bach, arr. Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)

Roger Judd’s musical journey has taken him from chorister at Winchester Cathedral, through an organ scholarship at Pembroke College, Cambridge, to the organ lofts at Ely Cathedral, St Michael’s College Tenbury Wells, and latterly St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, from which he retired in 2008 after 23 years. In recognition of that work, Roger was honoured by Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II with Membership of the Royal Victorian Order. In 2015 St Michael’s honoured him with the title of Organist Emeritus, of which he is very proud.

Now living near Hereford, for 15 years Roger was Sub Organist at St Laurence’s Ludlow until Easter 2024, and has been acting Organist and Choirmaster at St Michael’s, Tenbury since 2020. He is involved with the Diocese of Hereford Organists’ Training Scheme that helps aspiring organists raise their game; for six years he was chairman of the Herefordshire Organists’ Society. Presently he is the organ adviser to the Diocese of Hereford. Over the years he has played concerts in France, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, the USA and Canada, and all around the UK.