John Challenger, the newly appointed Assistant Director of Music at Salisbury Cathedral, performs the prestigious Emery Recital on Wednesday 10 October at 7.30pm. The recital, his first on the cathedral’s famous Father Willis organ, opens with William Walton’s Crown Imperial March, features music by Buxtehude, Bach, Gibbons, Hollins, Vierne, Messiaen, and concludes with David Briggs’ thrilling transcription of the final movement of the ‘Organ’ Symphony by Camille Saint-Saëns.

Tickets, £8.00, from Salisbury Cathedral website www.salisburycathedral.org.uk and at the door.