Chris Gray plays the Father Willis organ on the anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne

Today marks the 69th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s accession to the throne, and our director of music Christopher Gray plays a piece by Max Reger (1873-1916) on the cathedral Father Willis organ. Titled Variationen und Fuge über ‘Heil unserm König, Heil’ ‘Variations and Fugue on The English National Anthem’.

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