William Fox continues his Complete Bach recital series with Recital 23: Passiontide Meditation.
The Passiontide Organ Meditation forms part of our annual observance of Lent, Holy Week, and Easter at St Paul’s. The service comprises readings from scripture and music by J S Bach.
This organ recital can also be watched live on our YouTube channel.
About the organist
William Fox is currently the Acting Organist and Assistant Director of Music at St Paul’s Cathedral, having been Sub-Organist since July 2018.
He works with the world-famous choir of St Paul’s, accompanying and directing the music at services, including services of national significance. He also works as part of the ambitious music outreach programme at the Cathedral and gives recitals throughout the UK and abroad. Since September 2019, William has additionally been a junior fellow at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
William was a chorister at York Minster, before holding organ scholarships at Wells and Hereford Cathedrals. Prior to his appointment at St Paul’s, he was organ scholar and an academic scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford, from where he graduated with a first class degree in Music. William became a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists as a teenager, winning the Turpin and Durrant prize. He has appeared on BBC radio, BBC television, and Classic FM, and worked through much of Europe and in the USA.
His debut recording, of the organ works of Cecilia McDowall, was released in 2021, gaining 5* reviews in Choir and Organ and The Organ. As a piano accompanist, he is the winner of the 2018 Sir Anthony Lewis Memorial Prize Competition.
