BIOS Reporter – Volume 14, No.2 – April 1990

As a child – probably on the way to sail a boat in the Round Pond – and long before I became interested in organs, I remember the striking appearance presented by the Royal College of Organists in Kensington Gore. Though the elephants, camels and lions so carefully sculpted on the nearby Albert Memorial were certainly interesting, they were sombre and rather self-important. On the other hand the RCO was captivating, its extraordinary colour scheme setting it apart from any other building I had ever seen (or have seen since) and its decoration having a fresh exuberance that captivated me…