Northamptonshire & Peterborough Organists' Association

28/08/2026

Latest Newsletter Extra Published! You can find our latest Newsletter Extra on our website, with details of our forthcoming August Bank Holiday visit to Finedon, Thrapston and Benefield; our September visit to Northampton Cathedral, and so much more.

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17/08/2026

NPOA is delighted to be a Supporter of Creative Oundle for Organists. Well done and thank you to everyone involved.

Peace is restored… 48 young organists have been making marvellous music in and around Oundle this week. Thanks for having us in this beautiful corner of the world.

08/08/2026

The French Connection - do come and enjoy James Lloyd Thomas playing a fabulous short organ concert at St Mary Magdalene, Castle Ashby NN7 1LQ on Sunday 9 August at 2.30pm on the historic 1872 Nicholson Organ. Admission free, retiring collection.

James's programme will be:

Duo and Basse et Desus de Trompette Clérambault
Tierce en Taille (Livre d’Orgue) Du Mage
Andante, ‘Choeur de Voix Humaines’ Lefébure-Wely
Chorale in A Minor Franck
Variations sur un thème de Clément Jannequin Alain
Litanies Alain

Super music for a sunny summer Sunday afternoon in the cool of this lovely country church.

Nicholson & Co. Ltd; Peterborough Cathedral Choir; Northampton Bach Choir; Northamptonshire Music and Performing Arts Trust - NMPAT; Northampton Philharmonic Choir; St Mary’s Church Wellingborough; Wellingborough Singers

23/06/2026

Please note that due to the exceptionally hot weather, our scheduled organist, Ashley Wagner, is regrettably unable to attend tomorrow's recital. We are grateful that our Assistant Director of Music, Will Campbell, has kindly agreed to perform in Ashley's place. All are very welcome to attend at 1pm.

11/06/2026

🎶 We are excited to welcome organist Shanna Hart to the Cathedral on Wednesday 17th June at 1pm.

Shanna is Director of Music at St Botolph-without-Aldgate, London. Prior to this she was Organ Scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge, where she was involved in several CD recordings, and has also played for the choirs of Robinson and Homerton Colleges, and St John’s Voices (the mixed choir of St John’s College, Cambridge). Not to be missed!

23/05/2026

NPOA is delighted to support the Peterborough Cathedral Summer Organ Recital series. Edmund Aldhouse’s performance on Wednesday was stunning. Do come along and hear Ben Bloor in the next recital at 1pm on 3 June - and put the remaining dates in your diary now.

23/05/2026

20/05/2026

We’re delighted to support the Summer Recitals beginning today - do come along!

The first of our Summer Organ Recitals is today. Please do join us for 1pm when Edmund Aldhouse plays some his favourite pieces.

What a way to spend your lunchtime.

Entry to the recital is by donation.



Peterborough Cathedral Northamptonshire & Peterborough Organists' Association

15/05/2026

Daniel Moult will perform a concert on the restored 1884 Nicholson Organ of the Great Hall at Castle Ashby House on Saturday, 6th June at 7 pm.

Daniel is an acclaimed international concert organist, Head of Organ Studies at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, and architect and presenter of the iconic series The English Organ (Fugue State Films). His concerts are enjoyable and entertaining, and the programme is scheduled to include well-known pieces - Bach’s iconic Toccata and Fugue in D minor (BWV565), Mozart’s London Suite (extracts) and Fantasia in F, Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance March No.5, and Lemare’s arrangement of Bizet’s ‘Carmen’ Fantasy.

Tickets are held at the 2022 prices of £25 (plus booking fee), including interval refreshments, and can be obtained from www.ticketsource.com/castle-ashby-parochial-church-council. The capacity of the Great Hall is strictly limited - book now to secure your tickets!

All tickets must be booked in advance, please, and will not be sold at the door. Please note that Castle Ashby House is an historic private home which is not normally open to the public. The House has very limited access for guests with mobility difficulties. Access to the Great Hall and to the washrooms is only available via flights of stairs.

22/04/2026