{"id":67588,"date":"2026-02-26T15:10:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=67588"},"modified":"2026-02-26T15:10:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:10:51","slug":"sheffield-cathedral-celebrates-150th-birthday-of-its-organ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/02\/26\/sheffield-cathedral-celebrates-150th-birthday-of-its-organ\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield cathedral celebrates 150th birthday of its organ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Symphonies will ring out to celebrate the 150th anniversary of St. Marie\u2019s RC Cathedral\u2019s Lewis organ on Saturday 7 March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The concert will feature several pieces by Finzi, Crew, Vaughan Williams and Poulanc played by West Riding Ensemble\u2019s String Orchestra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The organ, built in 1875, had its official birthday on December 25 of last year, but the festivities have been postponed until March this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The organ has undergone several renovations over the 150 years that restored it to its original form after many years of wear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert Webb, St. Marie\u2019s organist, said: \u201cThe organ is unique in that it is the only organ by this particular builder that is as it was when it was built.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"150th Birthday of St. Marie&#039;s Lewis Organ\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L0-qCi3YFfU?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Marie&#8217;s Cathedral in Sheffield and West Riding Ensemble are preparing for a concert celebrating the Lewis organ&#8217;s 150th birthday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":834,"featured_media":67589,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,16,82],"tags":[674,357,231,119,1887,38,131],"class_list":["post-67588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-top-stories","category-top-story","tag-birthday","tag-cathedral","tag-community","tag-music","tag-organ","tag-sheffield","tag-south-yorkshire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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