Chapel of Christ

The Roaring (16)20s. Dulwich. 17 May

~ Andrew Benson-Wilson

The Chapel of Christ of Alleyn’s College of God’s Gift
Gallery Road, Dulwich, SE21 7AD
Sunday 17 May, 2026. 3pm

THE ROARING (16)20s

Andrew Benson-Wilson, organ


The 1620’s saw an enormous burst of organ music publications throughout Europe. This recital features some of the organ music published in, or from manuscripts dated from, the 1620s, from composers such as Frescobaldi, Sweelinck, Cosyn, Titelouze, Bull, Steigleder, Correa de Arauxo, and Scheidt.

The organ of The Chapel of Christ of Alleyn’s College of God’s Gift is William Drake’s 2009 restoration of the 1760 George England organ. The College and Chapel itself was founded in 1616, a few years before the 1620’s started to roar!

Admission free – retiring collection
Post-concert refreshments
Organ details here

The Chapel and College adjoin the Dulwich Art Gallery
Free street parking

William Byrd. Dulwich: College of God’s Gift. 9 July 2023.

~ Andrew Benson-Wilson

The Chapel of Christ of Alleyn’s College of God’s Gift
Gallery Road, Dulwich, SE21 7AD
Sunday 9 July 2023, 7.45


Andrew Benson-Wilson plays William Byrd (d 6 July 1623)

As part of the 400th anniversary of the death of William Byrd (“Father of British Music”), Andrew Benson-Wilson will give two commemoration organ recitals. The first is in the delightful venue of The Chapel of Christ of Alleyn’s College of God’s Gift in Dulwich Village on Sunday 9 July 2023 at 7.45. It will feature a range of Byrd’s own keyboard music and will finish with the elaborate Salve Regina Misere Cordi by John Bull, probably composed when he was organist of Antwerp Cathedral. The Dulwich recital is played on the 2009 William Drake restoration of the 1750 George England organ. Organ details can be found here.

The sixte pavian Kinbrugh Goodd – The galliarde to the same
Coranto
A Grounde
Wolsey’s Wylde
Fancy (Salve Regina?)
Clarifica me Pater in three & four parts
John Bull (1562-1628) Salve Regina Misere Cordi

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