St Peter's Singers © Monty Trent

St Peter's Singers

Name: St Peter's Singers — English choral music by Wesley, Parry, Walton and Leighton
Start: 2027-02-15T13:15:00+00:00
Location: Leeds Cathedral

English choral music by Wesley, Parry, Walton and Leighton

Leeds Lunchtime Organ Music

Mon 15 Feb 1.15PM

Leeds Cathedral

Free admission

Mon 15 Feb

1.15PM

Free admission

Programme

SS Wesley The Wilderness
Hubert Parry There is an Old Belief
William Walton A Litany
Kenneth Leighton Crucifixus Pro Nobis

Alex Woodrow - conductor
Darius Battiwalla - organ

The St Peter’s Singers make a welcome return visit to the series with a recital of English choral music. Kenneth Leighton’s minicantata Crucifixus Pro Nobis tracing the life of Christ is the major work in the programme, which includes a piece from Hubert Parry’s beautifully expressive Songs of Farewell.

About the series

Our recital series in 2026/27 will be the final full season to take place at St Anne’s Cathedral before our return to Leeds Town Hall, and we are immensely grateful to the Dean and all the staff here for their hospitality and support over the last five years.

This season we welcome organists from the cathedrals of St Paul, Winchester, Wakefield, Ripon, and Lincoln as well as many eminent concert organists. For the first time in the series, we celebrate the link with one of Leeds’ twin cities, Dortmund, and we also have the Leeds Lunchtime Organ series premiere of one of the organ pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach newly discovered (or rather newly attributed) last year.

We’re very grateful to you, our audience, for your support and enthusiasm – please continue to give as generously as you can to enable the series to continue and grow as we return to Leeds Town Hall.

Darius Battiwalla
Leeds City Organist

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