Lunchtime Organ Recital - Jonathan Hope

Join us on Tuesdays at 1.15 pm throughout the summer for our Lunchtime Organ Recitals. Admission is free with a retiring collection and large-screen video projection is available at all concerts.

This week's recital is given by Jonathan Hope, Gloucester Cathedral.

Jonathan Hope has built a reputation, at home and abroad, as one of the leading organists of his generation. Brought up and educated in Guildford, Jonathan studied organ initially with Stephen Lacey, John Belcher and David Sanger, and then at the Royal College of Music, London with Margaret Phillips and Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin (improvisation).

Jonathan has been Assistant Director of Music and Organist at Gloucester Cathedral since 2014, where he is the principal organist for cathedral services, Accompanist to Gloucester Choral Society, Artistic Director of the Saint Cecilia Singers, Festival Organist for the Gloucester Three Choirs Festivals, and Organ Advisor to the Diocese of Gloucester. This year Jonathan is jointly overseeing the installation of the new organ of Gloucester Cathedral and the launch of the Gloucester Cathedral Organ Academy - aimed at making the organ and its repertoire accessible, through concerts, tuition, and community events, to the people of Gloucestershire and its surrounding areas.

Before coming to Gloucester, Jonathan was Organ Scholar of Winchester Cathedral (under Andrew Lumsden) where he played at the funeral of the composer Sir John Tavener. Before that, Jonathan was Organ Scholar of Southwark Cathedral (under Peter Wright), playing at services for the 2012 London Olympics and HM The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.