List of Worcester Cathedral organists

This is a list of organists at Worcester Cathedral, in the city of Worcester, England. Notable organists at Worcester have included Thomas Tomkins (from 1596), Hugh Blair (from 1895), Ivor Atkins (from 1897) and David Willcocks (from 1950). The present organist (from 2012) is Dr Peter Nardone.

Organists

William Done 1835–1844 (afterwards organist)
Alfred James Caldicott c.1860
Robert Taylor 1865
Mr. Garton 1879
James Henry Caseley (later organist of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon)
Hugh Blair 1887–1892^[1]
Henry Holloway 1889-1893^[2]
George Street Chignell 1893–1896^[3]
Frank Alfred Charles Mason 1895–1899^[4]
Edgar Thomas Cook 1904–1909
Alexander E. Brent Smith ?–1912
Edgar F.Day 1912-1962
Christopher Robinson 1962–1963 (later organist of St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle)
Harry Bramma 1963–1976 (later organist of Southwark Cathedral)
Paul Trepte 1976–1981 (later organist of Ely Cathedral)
Adrian Partington 1981–1991 (later organist of Gloucester Cathedral)
Raymond Johnston 1991–1998
Daniel Phillips 1998–2004
Christopher Allsop 2004 – 2012

Christopher Allsop 2012 - August 2018 (later Assistant Director of Music, King's School, Worcester)
Nicholas Freestone September 2018 -

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