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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ROYAL COLLEGE OF ORGANISTS ANNOUNCES RECIPIENTS OF ITS HIGHEST AWARD

Applications now open for the Longwood Organ Academy

CORO TO PARTNER WITH MAGDALEN COLLEGE, OXFORD

IN BRIEF

Q&A WITH MARK WILLIAMS DIRECTOR OF MUSIC AT MAGDALEN COLLEGE, OXFORD

APPEAL FOR FUNDS TO REPAIR UNION CHAPEL ORGAN

Cadogan Hall celebrates 20th anniversary

JAM ANNOUNCES PROGRAMME FOR MARCH CONCERT

PAST LIVES

Q&A WITH SARAH MACDONALD JAM PANEL MEMBER, DIRECTOR OF MUSIC AT SELWYN COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE AND COMPOSER

PREMIERE SPOTLIGHT

RECITAL ROOM

David Hill In conversation with … Dr Felicia Barber • Associate professor of choral conducting at Yale School of Music

Undiscovered treasures • As we mark the centenary of Charles Villiers Stanford’s death, Jeremy Dibble explores the choral music and the lesser-known works which have seen recent revival and recording

View from the villages • Organist and YouTuber Ben Maton brings a new column, reflecting on his travels and filmmaking capturing rural English churches and their organs. PHOTOS BY BEN MATON

Changing of the guard • Chris Bragg meets Sander Booij, one of the most gifted Dutch organ builders of his generation, as he takes over the leadership of one of the country’s most venerable workshops

A subtle symbiosis • The much anticipated rebuild, by Harrison & Harrison, at Norwich Cathedral merges new pipework into a restored tonal palette with brilliance. Stephen Farr assesses the results

Fraz Ireland Glitterball • Both innovative and idiomatic, this new organ piece explores the possibilities of registration and leaves organists to interpret its soundscape. Composer Fraz Ireland talks to Matthew Power

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PRESENTS… MY CLASSICAL MUSIC

Sounds of the city • With a commitment to new music and diverse composers, New York City choir Musica Viva is paving the way for daring collaborations, finds Clare Stevens

Letter from… Stockholm • A city hosting a year-round musical spectacle, Stockholm’s cultural and sacred history is one to prioritise in your travels, writes Stephen Pritchard

In defence of the neoclassical • A respectful restoration of the inspired Walker organ at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral has released its intended potential for the first time. Tom Bell takes us on a tonal tour

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