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Music
Lunchtime Organ Recital - January 2026
Mark Brafield (Concert Organist)
Stanley | Trumpet Voluntary (arr. Henry Coleman)
Fescobaldi | Aria detto Balletto
Franck | Prelude, Fugue and Variation
J.S.Bach | Pièce d’Orgue
Binge | Elizabethan Serenade
Edmundson | Toccata ‘Vom Himmel Hoch’
The Concert Hall and the Berkshire Organists' Association present a series of lunchtime organ recitals by locally and nationally renowned organists.
All recitals begin at 1pm and last approximately 45 minutes.
Mark Brafield
Mark Brafield has studied the organ with Robert Munns, Stephen Farr, David Sanger and Dame Gillian Weir. He held an Organ Scholarship with a Scholarship in English Literature at TrinityCollege, Oxford, and is a Fellow and former Chairman of the Royal College of Organists.
Mark combines a legal profession with a career as a concert organist. He has performed widely at leading venues in this country and overseas including King’s College Cambridge; St Paul’s Cathedral; Westminster Abbey; St Thomas’s, Fifth Avenue, New York; and Notre Dame de Paris.
THE PANTRY CAFE & KITCHEN WILL BE OPEN
before the Organ Recital for recital attenders.
Serving light snacks and hot & cold drinks.
11.30am - 12.45pm
(Please note: this is a slightly reduced service to normal opening, but seating will be available.)
Berkshire Organists' Association
Patron: Dame Gillian Weir
The Berkshire Organists' Association is proud to support the series of organ recitals on the historic Father Willis organ in the Concert Hall, ensuring that this important instrument is played and heard regularly.
Our association was formed in 1921 with the aims of promoting the art of organ playing, bringing the organ and its music to the public, and providing advice and support to players. We hold regular organ-related events monthly for members, including social gatherings and visits to churches, cathedrals and concert halls across Southern England. We also arrange public organ concerts in local churches.
New members, who need not be players, can be assured of a very warm welcome. We hope that anyone interested in the organ and its music will join us.
For further information please visit www.berkshireorganists.org.uk
