Richard Pinel to perform at Salisbury Cathedral Organ Festival

This after drawing an audience of nearly 1,000 at Saturday’s Organ Prom (August 13) and making the news as far afield as India thanks to a social media post by July’s performer Anna Lapwood.

A veteran of many recitals across the UK, Europe and USA, Richard Pinel has broadcast, both as an organist and pianist, on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4, Classic FM and Radio France Culture.

Richard’s programme for the evening features works by two well-known modern composers - Sonata in C Minor written by Percy Whitlock in 1936 and Fugue by Francis Pott. Felix Mendelssohn’s Allegro, Chorale and Fugue, written three years before the composer’s death in 1847, also features.

John Challenger, the 2022 Organ Festival organiser and assistant director of music, said: “It has been a marvellous organ season so far, and I am absolutely delighted that so many people came to the Prom on Saturday.

"It’s not often that an organ concert audience pushes a thousand, so this was a really special night. Special thanks must go everyone who worked on the event, my colleagues at the organ David and Sam, and of course Bishop Stephen, who was the most fantastic compère.

“We are also looking forward to Richard’s concert in September and David Briggs in October. Richard’s programme in particular will be interesting to locals, given that two of the composers come from this area – Whitlock lived and worked in Bournemouth and Pott sang with Winchester Cathedral Choir.”

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