Welcome to the Southwark Cathedral Summer Organ Festival 2025 with four outstanding organists performing four recitals over four weeks throughout August celebrating the joy of organ music.
Join us on Monday 18 August for our third recital of the festival with Andrew Dewar, organist at the American Cathedral, Paris.
Itinerary
6.00pm: Doors open with pre-concert drinks available to purchase
6.30pm: Pre-concert conversation between Andrew Dewar and James Gough, Assistant Organist at Southwark Cathedral.
7.00pm: Concert begins
8.00pm: End
Programme
- Edward Elgar (1957-1934) - Introduction and Allegro arr. Andrew Dewar (b.1981)
- Richard Wagner (1813-1883)- Wotan’s Farewell and Magic Fire Music arr. Edwin Lemare (1865-1934)
- Jean Louis Florentz (1947-2004) - La Croix du Sud, Op. 15
- Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) - La Valse arr. Eugenio Maria Fagiani (b.1972)
Andrew Dewar
Andrew Dewar’s musical career started at an early age; he began playing the Organ at his local church in Yeovil (Somerset) at the age of nine. With a scholarship to Wells Cathedral School he studied the Organ with Rupert Gough and David Sanger. From 1999-2000 He was Organ Scholar at Wells Cathedral before moving to Germany where he studied at the Musikhochschule, Stuttgart, with Ludger Lohmann.
He was winner of the St. Alban’s international organ competition – and has also won further competitions; inter alia Dublin, Wiesbaden, Berlin, Landau an der Isar, plus prizes in Montreal, Schramberg and Erfurt.
Andrew’s concert diary has taken him on tours to Northern America, Russia and frequent engagements throughout Europe.
Andrew has been Organist at the American Cathedral, Paris, since 2010 where he is currently overseeing the major reconfiguration and restoration of the Cathedral’s organ. Andrew is in demand as a teacher and has held positions as professor of organ at the Royal College of Music in London, and visiting professor of organ at the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin.
First Prizes
Pipeworks International Organ Competion, Dublin 2014
St Albans International Organ Competition 2005 (Including Audience Prize)
Bach prize, Wiesbaden 2005
Mendelssohn Competition, Berlin 2003
International Organ Competition, Landau an der Isar 2002 (Plus the Arthur Piechler Interpretation Prize)
Plymouth National Young Organists’ Competition 2001
Second Prizes
Canadian International Organ Competition, Montreal 2014 (Plus the Bach Prize)
Canadian International Organ Competition, Montreal 2008 (Plus the Olivier Messiaen Prize)
International Bach/Liszt Competion, Erfurt 2008 (Plus the Julius Reubke Interpretation Prize)
International E. F. Walcker Competition, Schramberg 2004
Organ ART Museum, Rhein-Nahe 2003
St Albans International Organ Competition 2003
Refreshments
There will be a bar serving alcohol and soft drinks on the evening. if you book a ticket that includes an alcoholic pre-concert drink please be aware you must be age 21+. You will be asked for ID if you are lucky enough to look younger and if you don't have ID you will not be served.
The income generated by ticket sales for this festival will help to maintain and develop our musical education and musical outreach.
