Organs – St Joseph’s Bradford
The Hopkins Organ
The Bradford Boys’ Choir are the choir in residence at St Joseph’s Church in Bradford. The church organ was manufactured in the late 19th century by Hopkins & Son of York. It is widely regarded as the finest organ in the city centre, benefiting from mechanical key action and a superb case from an earlier Anneessens instrument.
Specification | ||
3 Divisions, 27 Ranks | ||
Pedal | ||
Open Diapason | 16 | |
Bourdon | 16 | |
Principal | 8 | |
Bass Flute | 8 | |
Fifteenth | 4 | |
Great | ||
Bourdon | 16 | |
Open Diapason | 8 | |
Stopped Flute | 8 | |
Dulciana | 8 | |
Principal | 4 | |
Chimney Flute | 4 | |
Fifteenth | 2 | |
Mixture | III | |
Trumpet | 8 | |
Swell | ||
Lieblich Bourdon | 16 | |
Horn Diapason | 8 | |
Stopped Diapason | 8 | |
Echo Gamba | 8 | |
Voix Celestes | 8 | |
Geigen Principal | 4 | |
Fifteenth | 2 | |
Mixture | III | |
Cornopean | 8 | |
Tremulant |



We've had a great time over the last three Sundays at 'Lead the Singing', a series of choral workshops for parish musicians in the Diocese of Leeds. Thanks to everyone who took part and raised the roof in the Cathedral this afternoon!
Bradford Catholic Boys Choir sang brilliantly at St Joseph's Church this morning, before heading to Laserquest in the afternoon! What a fun day for our choristers!
This week's sung services at Leeds Cathedral. We're delighted to welcome our visitors from Vanderbilt University to sing with the Cathedral Boys and Scholars this morning. In addition, Bradford Catholic Boys' Choir are singing for Mass at St Joseph's Church, Bradford, this morning (10am) and Huddersfield Junior Choir are singing for Mass at St Patrick's Church, Huddersfield, at 11.30am.
Episode 1 of Pipe Up! is out now. Valerie Barr, our accomplished Accordion Tutor, offers insights into the accordion scene in the UK and internationally, as well as giving some lovely demonstrations of the accordion’s distinctive musical features.This year’s first Festival podcast goes live at 12 noon, featuring the wonderful Valerie Barr chatting with David Pipe about her work as an accordionist.
Do tune in: anchor.fm/leedsiof/episodes/Valerie-Barr-e1ipg8k
We’re looking forward to David Grealy’s improvisation masterclass in Leeds Cathedral tomorrow at 6:30 pm. Observers are very welcome and admission is free.