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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ST JOHN’S VOICES TO BE DISBANDED

Norwich Cathedral announces Organ Reborn festival

BBC PROMS ANNOUNCES 2024 PROGRAMME

IN BRIEF

NORTHERN IRELAND INTERNATIONAL ORGAN COMPETITION 2024 ANNOUNCED

PAST LIVES

JAMES MACMILLAN AWARDED IVORS ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP

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PREMIERE HIGHLIGHTS

RECITAL ROOM

David Hill In conversation with … Tõnu Kaljuste • Chief Conductor of the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

Avril Coleridge-Taylor • A new regular feature from Leah Broad looks into the choral music of underrepresented composers, beginning with the complex political world of Avril Coleridge-Taylor

Eternal muse • Father and son Masaaki and Masato Suzuki reflect on their relationship, the beginnings of Bach Collegium Japan and their prolific recording history.

Never lose sight of the organist! • The Salisbury Organist explores and films at two more country churches, while celebrating the work of George Herbert and questioning a tendency to forget the organist.

A still large voice of calm • Jonathan Ambrosino reviews the substantial legacy of Walden Moore, who this year retires after 40 years of service at the church of Trinity-on-the-Green, New Haven, Connecticut.

A different planet • Surveying composer Gustav Holst’s choral works at 150 years since his birth, David Wordsworth looks at the composer’s interest in world music, poetry and his friendship with Vaughan Williams

Gustav Holst timeline

INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF PIPE ORGAN BUILDERS LISTINGS

Hermitage • Setting aside Western poetry in favour of a Tang-Dynasty text has taken composer Hugo Bell in a new musical direction. He talks to Matthew Power

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Leading Light • Founded as an amateur liturgical Catholic choir for Northern Ireland, Cappella Caeciliana has emerged from the ashes of political unrest to become a leader in the country’s choral music scene.

Dual control • At Peterhouse, Cambridge, a desire to honour the college’s legacy of 18th-century material, in an organ required to accompany the liturgy, has led to a novel outcome, writes Chris Bragg

An Austrian in Finland • The wait for a concert organ fit for Helsinki’s Music Centre is over. Jan Lehtola introduces the technical and visual innovations of a major new instrument from Rieger Orgelbau

NEXT ISSUE • AUTUMN 2024

IN THE STUDIO • EXPLORING THE WORLD OF CHORAL AND ORGAN RECORDINGS

Recording retrospective • Twenty-five years ago … James O’Donnell and the Westminster Cathedral Choir’s disc of Frank Martin’s Mass for double choir won the Gramophone Choral Award

STUDIO NEWS

REVIEWS

KEYBOARD CDS

CHORAL CDS

CHOIR & ORGAN CHOICE

EARLY MUSIC • Rebecca Tavener rounds up the latest releases

ORGAN MUSIC

CHORAL SELECTION • Jeremy Jackman assesses a wide spectrum of newly published choral music

Q&A with Michael John Trotta • As the recording of his Requiem is released, Michael John Trotta shares his relationship with grief and why he is raising awareness during Dying Matters Awareness Week

ENCOUNTERS • RODERICK WILLIAMS, BARITONE AND COMPOSER