Choir & Organ

Choir & Organ shines a global spotlight on two distinctive fields of creativity, celebrating inventiveness and excellence in all their forms. We aim to inspire our readers through giving a platform to conductors, organists, composers, and choirs of every kind; and showcasing the imaginative craft of pipe organ building across the centuries, critiquing new organs and tackling ethics in restoring historic instruments.

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Choir & Organ

NEWS IN BRIEF

TO BOLDLY GO …

CHOIRS AGAINST CANCER

AWARDS

APPOINTMENTS

JOY AND DEVOTION

ORGUES LÉTOURNEAU REMEMBER DUDLEY OAKES

EVENTS

EVENTS

HISTORIC ORGANS

THE CHRISTMAS STORY

PREMIERES [RP = REGIONAL PREMIERE]

RECITAL ROUND-UP

Resourceful Romanticism • Chris Bragg visits Leeuwarden to investigate a ‘new’ mechanical-action organ by the Netherlands’ oldest-surviving organ builders

Martina Batič • Chief conductor, Danish National Vocal Ensemble

‘So much magic’ • St Albans International Organ Festival celebrated its 60th anniversary in July. David Ponsford maintains that, while it has developed in so many ways, it remains true to its founding spirit of excellence.

Capital account • Clare Stevens tells the story of an initiative that has got Londoners aged 3 to 23 singing

Freestyle • Leipzig-Übung Teil II

O Sapientia • A judicious use of effects and expressive textures enhances O Sapientia, Grace-Evangeline Mason’s choral setting for Advent. She talks to Matthew Power

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READERS’ OFFERS • Your chance to WIN CDs and tickets

Scholarships & voice trials • Guide to cathedrals, churches, universities and schools offering places for choristers, choral scholars and organists

A distinctive voice • David Wordsworth encourages choral conductors looking for original repertoire to explore the canon of Peter Dickinson, who died in June this year

Work in progress • Pierre Dubois visits the Alsace workshop of Manufacture d’orgues Blumenroeder, where several new instruments salute Jean-André Silbermann.

GRAMOPHONE PRESENTS … MY CLASSICAL MUSIC

ON RELEASE • NEW DISCS COMING OUT IN… NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2023

REVIEWS

KEYBOARD CDS

CHORAL CDS

Christmas selection • Rebecca Tavener takes her pick of new seasonal releases

CHORAL SELECTION • If you are still drawing up a Christmas programme, Joy Hill suggests some recently published and refreshing short pieces

CHORAL MUSIC

BOOKS

ENCOUNTERS • FIONA LAIRD, THEATRE DIRECTOR, WRITER AND ARTIST