Music at St Michael's - St Michael in Lewes

Music at St Michael’s

St Michael’s has a small SATB choir and the organ is one of the finest in Lewes. The church has an Offenbach 6ft grand piano and it’s a popular concert venue for chamber music groups and choirs. If you would like to book the church for a musical event, please email [email protected]

The music director and organist is Nicholas Houghton FRCO.

The Organ

Built by the renowned London organ maker Alfred Hunter, the organ was restored in 1979 by F H Browne & Son (Canterbury).

Organ restoration 2020

Work to restore the organ was completed in January 2021. The work was done by Andrew Cooper and Co, Pipe Organ Builders

Swell organ

1. Open Diapason 16′
2. Open Diapason 8′
3. Gedacht 8′
4. Gamba 8′
5. Voix Celestes 8′
6. Principal 4′
7. Fifteenth 2′
8. Mixture 19. 22
9. Cornopean 8′
10. Oboe 8′
Tremulant
Swell Octave
Swell Sub Octave

Great Organ

11. Open Diapason No.1 8′
12. Open Diapason No.2 8′
13. Stopped Diapason 8′
14. Principal 4′
15. Flute 4′
16. Quint/Twelfth
17. Fifteenth 2′
18. Mixture 19. 22
19. Trumpet 8′

Pedal Organ

20. Open Diapason 16′
21. Bourdon 16′
22. Violoncello 8′
23. Bass Flute 8′
24. Octave Flute 4′
25. Trombone 16′
26. Clarion 8′

Couplers

Swell to Great
Swell to Pedal
Great to Pedal

5 Swell pistons
5 Great pistons
6 General pistons
Gt/Ped foot piston

We thank Terry Donoghue for these recordings of the Sunday Series Recitals by Nicholas Houghton on 6th August 2017 and 1st March 2020