Biographical Dictionary of the Organ
Organ Biography > Places and Organs > England > Wakefield > All Saints’ Cathedral
All Saints’ (Parish Church), Wakefield, England
| Building History | |
|---|---|
| 1888 | Became cathedral |
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| Built by Abbott & Smith | |
| Status | |
| Unknown | |
| Sources | |
| Herbert Westerby - “The Complete Organ Recitalist” - Musical Opinion, 1927, London | |
| “Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921 | |
| Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 59 | - | - | - |
| List of Organists | |
|---|---|
| 1821- | John White (1779-1831) |
| -1886 | J. Emmerson (1839-) |
| 1886-1930 | Joseph N. Hardy (1860-1939) |
| 1930-45 | Newell S. Wallbank (1871-1945) |
| 1946-70 | Percy Saunders (1902-) |
| 1970-2010 | Jonathan Bielby (1944-) |
| 2010- | Thomas Moore |
| List of Assistant Organists | |
|---|---|
| 1893-94 | Thomas Haigh (1875-1927) |
| 1896-1900 | Frederick Dunnill (1880-1936) |
| 1906-14 | J. E. Gomersall (1889-) |
| T. Washington Metcalfe (1884-) | |
| 1914 | Cyril Hampshire (1900-1963) |
| R. M. Armitage (1898-1954) | |
| 1975-83 | Peter Gould (1952-) |
| 1978-85 | John Scott (1956-2015) |
| 1983-85 | Gareth Green |
| 1985-91 | Keith Wright |
| 1991-96 | Sean Farrell |
| 1997-2002 | Louise Reid |
| 2002-10 | Thomas Moore |
| 2010 | Daniel Justin |
| 2011-15 | Simon Earl |
| 2015-17 | Sachin Gunga |
| 2018- | James Bowstead |
| List of Other Organists | |
|---|---|
| Thomas Washington-Metcalfe (1884-) | |
| 1916-19 | Frank Ellison Jones (1884-1963) |