Pipeworks
From its beginnings in 1980 as the Dublin International Organ & Choral Festival, Pipeworks has brought to Irish audiences a diverse programme of music-making with the organ at its centre, fully exploiting not only the wonderful range of instruments to be found in Ireland, but the splendid cathedrals, churches and concert halls which house them.
Pipeworks has expanded its remit to explore Ireland’s organ heritage. In non-festival years, Pipeworks presents recital series and has become known for its complete-works series, having presented the complete organ works of J.S. Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Dieterich Buxtehude and Olivier Messiaen, as well as the complete organ symphonies of Louis Vierne, all given by organists resident in Ireland.
Pipeworks in partnership with Whitefriar Street Church presents BACH RECITALS November – December 2025
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It gives me great pleasure to announce the Pipeworks autumn/winter series of organ recitals, presented in association with our good friends and valued partners at the Carmelite Church, Whitefriar Street Church. The series will present the complete “Leipzig” chorale preludes, one of the great seminal collections of Bach’s output, sometimes known as “The Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes” (for obvious reason).
Each concert takes three of the preludes, linked by chorale and/or theme, and places them in the context of other complimentary works, including one of the great preludes/toccatas/Fantasias and Fugues.
Each programme is curated and presented by a different organist, who has carefully chosen their own programme. These recitals promise to showcase the best of indigenous organ talent, the superb instrument and beautiful surroundings of Whitefriar Street Church, and of course the incomparable music of J S Bach.
Recitals take place on Saturdays at 4pm, beginning on 1 November, and will last approximately 1 hour
Admission free | Retiring collection much appreciated.
David Leigh, Artistic Director, October 2025
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Saturday November 1st - David Leigh
Saturday November 8th - Andrew Johnstone
Saturday November 15th - David Adams
Saturday November 22 - Malcolm Proud
Saturday November 29 - David O'Shea
Saturday December 6 - Simon Harden
Pipeworks International Organ and Choral Festival 18 - 22 June 2025
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the launch of the Pipeworks Festival 2025. Founded as the Dublin International Organ Festival in1980, Pipeworks has brought many internationally renowned performers, teachers and scholars of the organ to Dublin, as well as showcasing the best of indigenous talent, venues and instruments.
This year’s festival opens with a first for us: we are going to the movies! I am thrilled that my esteemed friend and colleague Stuart Nicholson, ably assisted by Pipeworks’ new chair Harry Meehan, will be bringing us a selection of block-busting film scores on the Willis organ of St Patrick’s Cathedral. Stuart has made a considerable reputation for himself internationally as an arranger and performer of this repertoire, and this event promises to be a uniquely engaging one.
The Mornington Singers have long been a byword in Dublin for choral excellence. This multiple award-winning chamber choir, directed by renowned vocal trainer Orla Flanagan, began life as a group of TCD graduates who wished to continue singing together after college. The group is no stranger to us, having featured in several previous festivals, and it is a great pleasure to welcome them back in the beautiful surroundings of Christ Church Cathedral.
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