Join us for an unforgettable celebration as we hear the Chapel of St Peter and St Paul organ played for the first time since its remarkable restoration.

Silent since 2020, the magnificent 235-year-old organ has now undergone a comprehensive overhaul and restoration, brought to life again thanks to the generosity of our supporters.

Originally installed in 1789 by Samuel Green, the King’s organ-maker, the organ is thought to be the largest of Green’s still in its original position and is widely recognised by musicologists and historians for its historical significance.

Music will be provided by the Chapel choir of Trinity Laban, accompanied by Jonathan Eyre as the organist and Alexander Knight as guest organist.

The Queen Mary Undercroft bar will be open during intermission, with drinks available for purchase.

All profits from this event support the charitable work of the Old Royal Naval College. This enables us to preserve and protect our historic site and includes projects such as the restoration of the organ.

Book now and be part of this historic celebration.

Programme  

Organ solo
Fantasia and Fugue in G minor – J.S. Bach

Choir and organ
Evening Hymn – Balfour Gardiner

Choir only
When to the temple Mary went – Eccard

Organ solo
Prelude in E flat – William Harris

Choir and organ
I was glad – Parry

Interval

Choir only
bendlied – Rheinberger

Organ solo
Fantasia and Fugue in G major – C.H.H. Parry

Choir and two organs
Messe à deux choeurs et deux orgues op 36 Gloria, Sanctus, op.36 Charles-Marie Widor

Choir and organ
Sing! – Widor arr. D.V. Willcocks

Meet the organists

Organist – Jonathan Eyre  

Jonathan Eyre is widely heralded for his creative and unique abilities in liturgical organ and silent film improvisation.

Concert appearances across the UK include Westminster Cathedral, Ely Cathedral, Truro Cathedral, Portsmouth Cathedral, Leeds Minster, among many others. He has been a featured artist for the Cinema Organ Society, and Viscount Classical Organs. Jonathan regularly plays recitals and services, and leads workshops in choir training, service playing, and organ improvisation.

He is Professor of Organ at Trinity Laban Conservatoire, where he teaches both repertoire and improvisation. Jonathan is also Chapel Organist for Trinity Laban based at the Old Royal Naval College Chapel, where he plays for weekly services, broadcasts, CD recordings and other special services.

Guest Organist – Alexander Knight    

Alexander Knight combines a freelance career as an organist, pianist, conductor, continuo player, music producer and teacher with his posts as Accompanist for the Petros Singers and Musical Director for the Treble Chefs. Alexander previously held the posts of Director of Music and Organist at St Mary Magdalene, Richmond, Musical Director of the Canbury Singers, and the organ scholarships at St Paul’s Cathedral, Southwark Cathedral and Queens’ College, Cambridge where he read for a music degree.

Alexander is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists and completed his postgraduate studies at the Royal College of Music, receiving the Harold Darke Memorial Prize. He has given recitals at St Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral and Southwark Cathedral. Recent highlights include conducting Vaughan Williams’s ‘Dona nobis pacem’ and ‘Five Mystical Songs’ with the Prince Consort Sinfonia and Canbury Singers, and performing at Maggie’s Charity Carol Concert in the presence of the Queen Consort.