Name: Mark Williams Organ Recital
Start: 2026-02-07T13:15:00+00:00
End: 2026-02-07T14:00:00+00:00
Location: Queens' College Chapel

We are thrilled to welcome Mark Williams, the Informator Choristarum at Magdalen College Oxford, to play this Saturday (7th February) at 1:15pm in Queens' College Chapel, Cambridge.
Programme:
Choral No. 1 in E major - César Franck (1822-1890)
Organ Concerto in G minor, Op. 4 No. 1 - G.F. Handel (1685-1759)
Largo e staccato – Allegro – Adagio – Andante
March on a theme of Handel - Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
Light, Revealing (Lumen ad revelationem gentium) - Grace-Evangeline Mason (b. 1994)
Hymne au Soleil from Pièces de Fantaisie, Op. 53 - Louis Vierne (1870-1937)

Mark Williams has been Informator Choristarum, Organist and Tutorial Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford since January 2017. Under his leadership, the Choir introduced the first female Academical Clerks in its history and, for five years, Mark oversaw a project to replace the Chapel’s organ with a new four-manual instrument by Hermann Eule Orgelbau, which was unveiled to wide acclaim in January 2023.
Mark studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, and was for six years Assistant Organist of St Paul’s Cathedral and Director of Music at St Paul’s Cathedral School. Between 2009 and 2016, he held the post of Director of Music at Jesus College, Cambridge. He has appeared as organist, harpsichordist and conductor internationally and on disc with many of the UK’s leading ensembles, and given solo recitals, judged competitions and led masterclasses in choral training, singing and organ performance in the UK, the USA, Asia and Africa. A trustee of a number of musical charities, he is also the Artistic Director of the William Byrd Festival which takes place annual in Portland, Oregon, USA. He has appeared as a broadcaster on the BBC and visiting speaker and lecturer in the UK and Europe. He has worked with pop groups, crossover artists and appeared as conductor and organist on major Hollywood film scores, and he has acted as musical consultant for various television programmes, including the ITV crime drama, Endeavour.