Paul Carr
@organistpaul.bsky.social
Organist | Recitalist | Choral Director | Accompanist | Birmingham UK | paulcarr.co.uk
Really looking forward to performing Marcel Dupré’s Deuxième Symphonie @stchadsbirm.bsky.social for the first time next month - it’s been a slow-cook 28-year project since I heard Thomas Trotter play it at @bmusicltd.bsky.social Birmingham Town Hall, and subsequently purchased the score in 1998!!
Thursday 5 November 1:15pm
Paul Carr, St Chad’s Cathedral’s Organist & Associate Director of Music, plays JS Bach and Marcel Dupré in a spectacular lunchtime recital programme.
Come and hear the magnificent Walker organ in concert.
Admission free with retiring collection.
thursdaylive.org.uk
Paul Carr, St Chad’s Cathedral’s Organist & Associate Director of Music, plays JS Bach and Marcel Dupré in a spectacular lunchtime recital programme.
Come and hear the magnificent Walker organ in concert.
Admission free with retiring collection.
thursdaylive.org.uk
October 6, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Really looking forward to performing Marcel Dupré’s Deuxième Symphonie @stchadsbirm.bsky.social for the first time next month - it’s been a slow-cook 28-year project since I heard Thomas Trotter play it at @bmusicltd.bsky.social Birmingham Town Hall, and subsequently purchased the score in 1998!!
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A good rehearsal last night finally getting all of the way through the Credo of Mozart’s C major Mass - and that’s both a lot of notes and a lot of words!
Come and hear the whole Mass at our next concert:
‘All things Mozart & Rutter’
🔸Sat 5 Dec 2026 3pm🔸
Christ Church Selly Park B29 7PS
Details 👇🏻
Come and hear the whole Mass at our next concert:
‘All things Mozart & Rutter’
🔸Sat 5 Dec 2026 3pm🔸
Christ Church Selly Park B29 7PS
Details 👇🏻
October 6, 2026 at 6:49 AM
A good rehearsal last night finally getting all of the way through the Credo of Mozart’s C major Mass - and that’s both a lot of notes and a lot of words!
Come and hear the whole Mass at our next concert:
‘All things Mozart & Rutter’
🔸Sat 5 Dec 2026 3pm🔸
Christ Church Selly Park B29 7PS
Details 👇🏻
Come and hear the whole Mass at our next concert:
‘All things Mozart & Rutter’
🔸Sat 5 Dec 2026 3pm🔸
Christ Church Selly Park B29 7PS
Details 👇🏻
This weekend, a year after being officially appointed Organist and Associate Director of Music at St Chad’s Cathedral Birmingham, (though I’ve been there much longer) it was an honour to again play for The Guild of St Stephen’s Mass during which the diocesean photographer took these and more photos.
October 6, 2026 at 6:39 AM
This weekend, a year after being officially appointed Organist and Associate Director of Music at St Chad’s Cathedral Birmingham, (though I’ve been there much longer) it was an honour to again play for The Guild of St Stephen’s Mass during which the diocesean photographer took these and more photos.
A lovely afternoon spent in Pershore Abbey today demonstrating the Ruffatti organ and assisting the talented next generation of organists from Chetham's School of Music, as they were inspired by making music in the beautiful acoustics and clearly enjoyed exploring the instrument’s many colours.
September 23, 2026 at 10:29 PM
A lovely afternoon spent in Pershore Abbey today demonstrating the Ruffatti organ and assisting the talented next generation of organists from Chetham's School of Music, as they were inspired by making music in the beautiful acoustics and clearly enjoyed exploring the instrument’s many colours.
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Today, Sept 3 2026 at 1:15pm
@organistpaul.bsky.social Paul Carr plays September’s @thursdaylive.org organ recital in @stchadsbirm.bsky.social St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham.
All welcome, free admission with retiring collection.
@rcbirmingham.bsky.social
@organistpaul.bsky.social Paul Carr plays September’s @thursdaylive.org organ recital in @stchadsbirm.bsky.social St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham.
All welcome, free admission with retiring collection.
@rcbirmingham.bsky.social
September 3, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Today, Sept 3 2026 at 1:15pm
@organistpaul.bsky.social Paul Carr plays September’s @thursdaylive.org organ recital in @stchadsbirm.bsky.social St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham.
All welcome, free admission with retiring collection.
@rcbirmingham.bsky.social
@organistpaul.bsky.social Paul Carr plays September’s @thursdaylive.org organ recital in @stchadsbirm.bsky.social St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham.
All welcome, free admission with retiring collection.
@rcbirmingham.bsky.social
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Just in time, here’s August’s release on #YouTube. @organistpaul.bsky.social plays Paul Spicer’s Suite for Organ (which featured at Thursday LIVE in May) is a substantial three movement work which deserves a wider audience.
youtu.be/avKw0EcKH8k?...
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@stchadsbirm.bsky.social
youtu.be/avKw0EcKH8k?...
@rcbirmingham.bsky.social
@stchadsbirm.bsky.social
Paul SPICER Suite for Organ (Paul Carr, Organist)
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August 31, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Just in time, here’s August’s release on #YouTube. @organistpaul.bsky.social plays Paul Spicer’s Suite for Organ (which featured at Thursday LIVE in May) is a substantial three movement work which deserves a wider audience.
youtu.be/avKw0EcKH8k?...
@rcbirmingham.bsky.social
@stchadsbirm.bsky.social
youtu.be/avKw0EcKH8k?...
@rcbirmingham.bsky.social
@stchadsbirm.bsky.social
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This Thursday, 27 August 2026 at 1:15pm we welcome Stephen Disley to play the last of the ‘Thursday Live Plus!’ organ recitals in the August summer series.
Admission is free with a retiring collection
A warm welcome awaits!
Admission is free with a retiring collection
A warm welcome awaits!
August 25, 2026 at 7:10 AM
This Thursday, 27 August 2026 at 1:15pm we welcome Stephen Disley to play the last of the ‘Thursday Live Plus!’ organ recitals in the August summer series.
Admission is free with a retiring collection
A warm welcome awaits!
Admission is free with a retiring collection
A warm welcome awaits!
Really looking forward to hearing Mélodie Michel in concert for the second time this week.
Stunningly good playing.
This time we’re at Victoria Hall Hanley, Stoke-on -Trent.
Stunningly good playing.
This time we’re at Victoria Hall Hanley, Stoke-on -Trent.
August 22, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Really looking forward to hearing Mélodie Michel in concert for the second time this week.
Stunningly good playing.
This time we’re at Victoria Hall Hanley, Stoke-on -Trent.
Stunningly good playing.
This time we’re at Victoria Hall Hanley, Stoke-on -Trent.
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We’re really looking forward to Mélodie Michel’s recital this Thursday - 20 August 2026 1.15pm - in @stchadsbirm.bsky.social Mélodie has already played recitals in @westminsterabbey.bsky.social and @coventrycathedral.bsky.social this week on her début tour to the UK.
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@rcbirmingham.bsky.social
August 18, 2026 at 9:27 PM
We’re really looking forward to Mélodie Michel’s recital this Thursday - 20 August 2026 1.15pm - in @stchadsbirm.bsky.social Mélodie has already played recitals in @westminsterabbey.bsky.social and @coventrycathedral.bsky.social this week on her début tour to the UK.
@rcbirmingham.bsky.social
@rcbirmingham.bsky.social
Really looking forward to this, there are only a few instruments and settings where Olivier Latry’s music sits so perfectly.
thursdaylive.org for details.
thursdaylive.org for details.
TODAY at 1:15pm in St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham.
Paul Carr’s programme includes Olivier Latry’s (Current Organist: Notre Dame Cathedral Paris) epic commentary on ‘Salve Regina’ with Ed Harrisson singing the plainsong.
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Paul Carr’s programme includes Olivier Latry’s (Current Organist: Notre Dame Cathedral Paris) epic commentary on ‘Salve Regina’ with Ed Harrisson singing the plainsong.
@rcbirmingham.bsky.social
@organistpaul.bsky.social
@rcbirmingham.bsky.social
Thurs 13 Aug 2026 1:15pm
@organistpaul.bsky.social Paul Carr plays the next Thursday LIVE Plus! organ recital in @stchadsbirm.bsky.social St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham.
Paul will be joined by Cathedral Cantor Ed Harrisson for
Olivier LATRY’s ‘Salve Regina’.
Admission free
@organistpaul.bsky.social Paul Carr plays the next Thursday LIVE Plus! organ recital in @stchadsbirm.bsky.social St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham.
Paul will be joined by Cathedral Cantor Ed Harrisson for
Olivier LATRY’s ‘Salve Regina’.
Admission free
August 13, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Really looking forward to this, there are only a few instruments and settings where Olivier Latry’s music sits so perfectly.
thursdaylive.org for details.
thursdaylive.org for details.
Reposted by Paul Carr
Thurs 13 Aug 2026 1:15pm
@organistpaul.bsky.social Paul Carr plays the next Thursday LIVE Plus! organ recital in @stchadsbirm.bsky.social St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham.
Paul will be joined by Cathedral Cantor Ed Harrisson for
Olivier LATRY’s ‘Salve Regina’.
Admission free
@organistpaul.bsky.social Paul Carr plays the next Thursday LIVE Plus! organ recital in @stchadsbirm.bsky.social St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham.
Paul will be joined by Cathedral Cantor Ed Harrisson for
Olivier LATRY’s ‘Salve Regina’.
Admission free
August 11, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Thurs 13 Aug 2026 1:15pm
@organistpaul.bsky.social Paul Carr plays the next Thursday LIVE Plus! organ recital in @stchadsbirm.bsky.social St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham.
Paul will be joined by Cathedral Cantor Ed Harrisson for
Olivier LATRY’s ‘Salve Regina’.
Admission free
@organistpaul.bsky.social Paul Carr plays the next Thursday LIVE Plus! organ recital in @stchadsbirm.bsky.social St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham.
Paul will be joined by Cathedral Cantor Ed Harrisson for
Olivier LATRY’s ‘Salve Regina’.
Admission free
The new Ruffatti organ in Pershore Abbey is well worth hearing. Full of colour and character and an instrument which, though not huge, handles the repertoire brilliantly and effortlessly fills this glorious building with sound - the mobile console means you can watch the player too!
Sun 9 Aug 2:00pm
Sun 9 Aug 2:00pm
August 8, 2026 at 6:55 AM
The new Ruffatti organ in Pershore Abbey is well worth hearing. Full of colour and character and an instrument which, though not huge, handles the repertoire brilliantly and effortlessly fills this glorious building with sound - the mobile console means you can watch the player too!
Sun 9 Aug 2:00pm
Sun 9 Aug 2:00pm
Back in lovely North Wales thoroughly enjoying both the seaside and getting to know the organ of St Asaph Cathedral preparing for Wednesday evening’s organ recital.
August 4, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Back in lovely North Wales thoroughly enjoying both the seaside and getting to know the organ of St Asaph Cathedral preparing for Wednesday evening’s organ recital.
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Is this you, or someone in your Parish?
St Chad's Cathedral Choir are seeking to recruit a bass and an alto for the academic year 2026-27.
The choir sings mainly on Sunday mornings but also at Christmas and Easter.
More details here:
St Chad's Cathedral Choir are seeking to recruit a bass and an alto for the academic year 2026-27.
The choir sings mainly on Sunday mornings but also at Christmas and Easter.
More details here:
St Chad's Cathedral Choir: Bass and alto vacancies
New opportunities available, apply today
www.birminghamdiocese.org.uk
August 3, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Is this you, or someone in your Parish?
St Chad's Cathedral Choir are seeking to recruit a bass and an alto for the academic year 2026-27.
The choir sings mainly on Sunday mornings but also at Christmas and Easter.
More details here:
St Chad's Cathedral Choir are seeking to recruit a bass and an alto for the academic year 2026-27.
The choir sings mainly on Sunday mornings but also at Christmas and Easter.
More details here:
Enjoyed playing for the weekend services at Tewkesbury Abbey accompanying visiting choir Priory Voices.
July 26, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Enjoyed playing for the weekend services at Tewkesbury Abbey accompanying visiting choir Priory Voices.
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The monthly series is extended this summer with an organ recital every 1:15pm Thursday in August at @stchadsbirm.bsky.social
Admission free, retiring collection.
6 Aug: Käthe Wright Kaufman
13 Aug: Paul Carr
20 Aug: Mélodie Michel
27 Aug: Stephen Disley
thursdaylive.org
@rcbirmingham.bsky.social
Admission free, retiring collection.
6 Aug: Käthe Wright Kaufman
13 Aug: Paul Carr
20 Aug: Mélodie Michel
27 Aug: Stephen Disley
thursdaylive.org
@rcbirmingham.bsky.social
July 20, 2026 at 12:14 PM
The monthly series is extended this summer with an organ recital every 1:15pm Thursday in August at @stchadsbirm.bsky.social
Admission free, retiring collection.
6 Aug: Käthe Wright Kaufman
13 Aug: Paul Carr
20 Aug: Mélodie Michel
27 Aug: Stephen Disley
thursdaylive.org
@rcbirmingham.bsky.social
Admission free, retiring collection.
6 Aug: Käthe Wright Kaufman
13 Aug: Paul Carr
20 Aug: Mélodie Michel
27 Aug: Stephen Disley
thursdaylive.org
@rcbirmingham.bsky.social
Just under three weeks until my next organ recital in Wales, this time in North Wales at St Asaph Cathedral, part of the 2026 evening recital series.
Programme includes works by Dupré, Jongen, Smart, Gigout, Bach, Rachmaninov.
Admission free with retiring collection.
Programme: paulcarr.co.uk/diary
Programme includes works by Dupré, Jongen, Smart, Gigout, Bach, Rachmaninov.
Admission free with retiring collection.
Programme: paulcarr.co.uk/diary
July 16, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Just under three weeks until my next organ recital in Wales, this time in North Wales at St Asaph Cathedral, part of the 2026 evening recital series.
Programme includes works by Dupré, Jongen, Smart, Gigout, Bach, Rachmaninov.
Admission free with retiring collection.
Programme: paulcarr.co.uk/diary
Programme includes works by Dupré, Jongen, Smart, Gigout, Bach, Rachmaninov.
Admission free with retiring collection.
Programme: paulcarr.co.uk/diary
Looking forward to playing in Cardiff again later this week…
July 6, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Looking forward to playing in Cardiff again later this week…
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A reminder that during August a recital will take place every Thursday - Thursday Live Plus! - and once again we are excited to be welcoming international performers.
See below and thursdaylive.org for more details.
See below and thursdaylive.org for more details.
June 30, 2026 at 5:59 AM
A reminder that during August a recital will take place every Thursday - Thursday Live Plus! - and once again we are excited to be welcoming international performers.
See below and thursdaylive.org for more details.
See below and thursdaylive.org for more details.
Reposted by Paul Carr
A warm welcome to @stchadsbirm.bsky.social this week for July's @thursdaylive.org Organ Recital as we welcome guest recitalist David Pipe, Organist of Huddersfield Town Hall.
We look forward to seeing you.
This month marks the 10th anniversary of thursdaylive.org recitals at St Chad's Cathedral.
We look forward to seeing you.
This month marks the 10th anniversary of thursdaylive.org recitals at St Chad's Cathedral.
June 30, 2026 at 5:58 AM
A warm welcome to @stchadsbirm.bsky.social this week for July's @thursdaylive.org Organ Recital as we welcome guest recitalist David Pipe, Organist of Huddersfield Town Hall.
We look forward to seeing you.
This month marks the 10th anniversary of thursdaylive.org recitals at St Chad's Cathedral.
We look forward to seeing you.
This month marks the 10th anniversary of thursdaylive.org recitals at St Chad's Cathedral.
Thanks to all the members of @sellyparksingers.co.uk for another great term of singing, and special thanks to Richard Price our accompanist.
Looking forward to September when rehearsals resume leading towards our Saturday 5 December concert at 3pm in Christ Church Selly Park.
Details to follow soon.
Looking forward to September when rehearsals resume leading towards our Saturday 5 December concert at 3pm in Christ Church Selly Park.
Details to follow soon.
“…And that’s a wrap.”
Great final rehearsal of the term last night, @sellyparksingers.co.uk rehearsals resume on Monday 14 September at 7:15pm.
Have a fantastic summer! 😎
Great final rehearsal of the term last night, @sellyparksingers.co.uk rehearsals resume on Monday 14 September at 7:15pm.
Have a fantastic summer! 😎
June 30, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Thanks to all the members of @sellyparksingers.co.uk for another great term of singing, and special thanks to Richard Price our accompanist.
Looking forward to September when rehearsals resume leading towards our Saturday 5 December concert at 3pm in Christ Church Selly Park.
Details to follow soon.
Looking forward to September when rehearsals resume leading towards our Saturday 5 December concert at 3pm in Christ Church Selly Park.
Details to follow soon.
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A new release on the @thursdaylive.org YouTube channel:
@organistpaul.bsky.social Paul Carr plays his own transcription of Saint-Saëns’ Marche Algérienne on the JW Walker organ in @stchadsbirm.bsky.social St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham, UK.
@rcbirmingham.bsky.social
youtu.be/z3HjxMJ6yg4?...
@organistpaul.bsky.social Paul Carr plays his own transcription of Saint-Saëns’ Marche Algérienne on the JW Walker organ in @stchadsbirm.bsky.social St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham, UK.
@rcbirmingham.bsky.social
youtu.be/z3HjxMJ6yg4?...
SAINT SAËNS Marche Algérienne (Paul Carr Organist)
YouTube video by Thursday Live Organ Recitals
youtu.be
June 23, 2026 at 12:24 PM
A new release on the @thursdaylive.org YouTube channel:
@organistpaul.bsky.social Paul Carr plays his own transcription of Saint-Saëns’ Marche Algérienne on the JW Walker organ in @stchadsbirm.bsky.social St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham, UK.
@rcbirmingham.bsky.social
youtu.be/z3HjxMJ6yg4?...
@organistpaul.bsky.social Paul Carr plays his own transcription of Saint-Saëns’ Marche Algérienne on the JW Walker organ in @stchadsbirm.bsky.social St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham, UK.
@rcbirmingham.bsky.social
youtu.be/z3HjxMJ6yg4?...
Enjoyed an afternoon rehearsing for tomorrow’s organ recital at Wesley Church Centre Chester. The JJ Binns organ is very fine with a wealth of warm colours to choose from.
Music by Berlioz, Bach, Saint-Saëns, Rachmaninoff, and more!
12:45pm Saturday 20 June 2026
Music by Berlioz, Bach, Saint-Saëns, Rachmaninoff, and more!
12:45pm Saturday 20 June 2026
June 19, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Enjoyed an afternoon rehearsing for tomorrow’s organ recital at Wesley Church Centre Chester. The JJ Binns organ is very fine with a wealth of warm colours to choose from.
Music by Berlioz, Bach, Saint-Saëns, Rachmaninoff, and more!
12:45pm Saturday 20 June 2026
Music by Berlioz, Bach, Saint-Saëns, Rachmaninoff, and more!
12:45pm Saturday 20 June 2026
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Thank you very much. It was a pleasure to listen to and I really explored some new pieces which I haven‘t heard before.
June 15, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Thank you very much. It was a pleasure to listen to and I really explored some new pieces which I haven‘t heard before.
Now available on streaming and download sites, 'French Flavours' - my 2012 debut CD - a program of virtuoso French and French-inspired works, chosen to match the distinctively-Gallic character of the organ of St Chad’s @stchadsbirm.bsky.social
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June 12, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Now available on streaming and download sites, 'French Flavours' - my 2012 debut CD - a program of virtuoso French and French-inspired works, chosen to match the distinctively-Gallic character of the organ of St Chad’s @stchadsbirm.bsky.social
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