A Canterbury Cathedral Recital

An informal Organ Recital

Friday 4 October, 18:15 in the Quire - after 17:30 Choral Evensong

David Newsholme, Director of Music

Free and un-ticketed, with a retiring collection.

For more information about these recitals, please email
music@canterbury-cathedral.org

David Newsholme is Director of Music at Canterbury Cathedral, where he is responsible for training the Cathedral’s choirs, and for all other musical aspects of the Cathedral’s work.

David was educated as a chorister at Worcester Cathedral. He held the organ scholarship at Salisbury Cathedral before studying at New College, Oxford, and at the University of York.

David was Assistant Director of Chapel Music at Winchester College, before moving to Canterbury in 2011 to become Assistant Organist (Assistant Director of Music). In 2014 he became founding Director of the Cathedral Girls’ Choir, before taking up his current post in 2021.

Programme

Howells, Psalm Preludes, set. 1 no. 1 in d: Psalm 34.6
no. 2 in E-flat: Psalm 37.11
no. 3 in A-flat: Psalm 23.4

Howells, Sonata no. 1 in c, op. 2
i. Allegro moderato e nobilmente
ii. Molto quieto ma non troppo lento iii. Poco lento – Fugue