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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Elizabeth Maconchy • Despite her undeniable talent and influence, Elizabeth Maconchy’s music was often overlooked during her lifetime. Leah Broad explores the bold choral works of a composer of striking emotional depth and intellectual rigour that remain underperformed today

What sweeter music • As Christmas approaches, Saint Thomas Fifth Avenue in New York prepares for one of its busiest seasons. Despite an uncertain future for the choir school, Director of Music Jeremy Filsell remains focused on high-quality music making. Hattie Butterworth reports

Advent Calendar • A vast array of choral concerts and services are on offer this Advent (and one on Christmas Day!) Here are some of our favourites from around the UK

Powerless – organ playing before electricity • Often reliant on an electrical power supply, organists can only imagine the magic of a truly candlelit Christmas service in village churches.

Work in progress • Paul Hale visits the workshops of Mander Organ Builders, near Canterbury, where a variety of projects add to Britain’s organ-building heritage.

One hundred and fifty years in business

Truth from above • The impact of Vaughan Williams on the Oxford Book of Carols has stood the test of time. We look back on almost 100 years of the collection, the carols that have gone into obscurity and those that have stuck.

David Hill In conversation with … Simon Johnson • Master of music, Westminster Cathedral

Spiritual mastery • Though often overshadowed by his contemporaries, Swiss composer Frank Martin crafted deeply spiritual and innovative choral works that reveal Baroque influences and profound personal faith.

Awake • A dreamlike soundworld awaits in an enchanting new choral piece from Nneka Cummins, who talks to Matthew Power

Lux et Umbra • Atmospheric and approachable, a new organ piece by Sarah Frances Jenkins adopts a bitonal language to evoke light and shadow. She talks to Matthew Power

Letter from… Prague • Alive with Baroque organs and choral concerts, Christmas might just be the ideal time to visit Czechia’s capital city.

Rejuvenating Lewis • A vintage organ by Lewis & Co has been given a whole new life in a south London church, writes Matthew Power.

Exploring, step by step • Bryan Dunnewald, newly named president and tonal director of California organ builder Schoenstein & Co, has emerged as one of the most prodigious young people on the US organ scene. He talks to Jonathan Ambrosino.

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