Programme
Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 546
Parry
Eventide
Elgar
Nimrod
Mendelssohn
Prelude and Fugue in C minor
Biography
Lucy Morrell is the Sub-Organist of HM Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace where she plays for weekly Sunday services as well as special events. Lucy has accompanied the Buckingham Palace Carol Concert for multiple years which is broadcast on Classic FM each Christmas. A Fellow of the Royal College of Organists, Lucy gives regular recitals in cathedrals and churches across the UK. Alongside her career as a freelance organist, Lucy is the College Organist at Dulwich College in addition to being a Teacher of Music, having been Head of Academic Music for the past four years.
Before moving to London, Lucy was the Organ Scholar at the Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick whilst being the Music Assistant at King’s High School where she gained Qualified Teacher Status. After reading Music at Girton College, Cambridge, Lucy became the Organ Scholar at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, where she regularly accompanied and conducted the choir at Evensong as well as being involved with the training of the choristers. During her time at Windsor, she was privileged to have played pre-service music for two Royal Weddings along with playing for other high-profile services in the presence of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth, including Garter Day.
About the Thursday Organ Recitals
The Thursday Organ Recitals are a series of 30-minute lunchtime concerts held in the College chapel. They centre on the College’s organ, installed in September 2024 by the Belgian firm Orgues de Facto, a 15-stop instrument conceived in the sound-world of the original William Hill organ of the late nineteenth century.
The recitals offer an opportunity to hear the instrument across a range of repertoire in the context for which it was designed.
Ticket information
Free event – no registration required
FAQs
Organ recitals at Brasenose College are played on the chapel organ built by Orgues de Facto (Belgium) and installed in 2024. The instrument is constructed in the English Romantic tradition of William Hill and is housed in the restored T. G. Jackson case of the original 1892 organ; the west-facing façade pipes from Hill’s instrument, which had become non-speaking in later versions, have been re-lengthened and returned to speaking use.
A full specification and stoplist is available via the National Pipe Organ Register (NPOR).
The organ comprises Great, Swell and Pedal divisions. The Great provides the principal chorus and trumpet; the enclosed Swell offers flute, string and reed colours with tremulant; and the Pedal supplies bass, flute and reed registers.
The complete specification and stoplist for the Brasenose College Chapel organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register (NPOR).