List of organists and assistant organists of Wells Cathedral

Updated on Sep 28, 2024

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Wells Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral in Wells, Somerset, England.

The first record of an organ dates from 1310, with a smaller organ, probably for the Lady Chapel, being installed in 1415. In 1620 a new organ, built by Thomas Dallam, was installed at a cost of £398 1s 5d, however this was destroyed by parliamentary soldiers in 1643 and another new organ was built in 1662, which was enlarged in 1786, and again in 1855. In 1909–1910 a new organ was built by Harrison & Harrison with the best parts of old organ retained, and this has been maintained by the same company since.

Assistant organists

Charles William Lavington 1842 – 1859

J. Summers

Frederick Joseph William Crowe (later organist of Chichester Cathedral) c.1880

Charles Harry Moody 1894 – 1895 (then acting organist 1895)

Frederick William Heck 1896 – 1897 (afterwards organist of Bedminster Parish Church)

W. J. Bown

Richard John Maddern-Williams 1904 – 1906 (afterwards sub-organist of Norwich Cathedral).

Kenneth J Miller 1906

F.P. Wheeldon 1908

Frank W. Porkess

Marmaduke Conway 1920 – 1925 (later organist of Ely Cathedral)

C.H. Trevor 1926 – 1927

Conrad William Eden 1927 – 1933 (then organist)

J.W. Martindale-Sidwell 1938

Michael Peterson 1946 – 1953

Hugo Langrish 1953 - 1961

Anthony Crossland 1961 – 1970

David Anthony Cooper 1977 – 1983 (later organist of Blackburn Cathedral)

Christopher Brayne 1983 – 1990 (later organist of Bristol Cathedral)

David Ponsford

Andrew Nethsingha 1990 – 1994

Rupert Gough 1994 – 2005

David Bednall 2002 – 2007 (Senior Organ Scholar 2002 – 2004)

Jonathan Vaughn 2007 –

References

List of organists and assistant organists of Wells Cathedral Wikipedia

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