Lunchtime Recital
📅 Tuesday 9 June, 1 pm
📍 Moot Hall

Hilary Punnett joined St Paul’s Cathedral in August 2025 as Assistant Director of Music, working alongside Director of Music Andrew Carwood to deliver the Cathedral’s world-class music programme. Her appointment coincides with the historic expansion of the choir, including the ambitious Girls’ Voices Programme. Hilary brings over 20 years of experience as a conductor and organist across England and Canada, with posts at Christ Church Oxford, Chelmsford, and Lincoln Cathedrals. She holds an MMus in Organ Performance from McGill University and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists.

Admission Free Retiring Collection in aid of the Friends of the Moot Hall Organ

Colchester Town Hall High St, Colchester

Programme

Denis Bédard – Fantaisie sur ‘O Canada’
Harold Darke (1888–1976) – Retrospection
Ad Wammes (b. 1953) – Miroir
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924) – Allegro maestoso (‘St Patrick’s Breastplate’) from Organ Sonata in C minor, ‘Celtica’, Op. 153
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), arr. Louis Vierne – Sicilienne from Flute Sonata BWV 1031
Francis Pott (b. 1957) – Improvisation on ‘Slane’
Théodore Dubois (1837–1924) – Toccata