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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MONTREAL WINNERS

A CAROL FOR KING’S

APPOINTMENTS & AWARDS

IN BRIEF

A UNIQUE MIX FOR ST JOHN’S

PAST LIVES

TENEBRAE SCHOOLS OUTREACH

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

NEW CHORAL SCHOLARSHIPS

CELEBRITY VISIT

PREMIERES [RP = REGIONAL PREMIERE]

CHRISTMAS CHARITY CONCERT ROUND-UP

RECITAL ROUND-UP

Calendar 2022 • Choir & Organ’s 2022 Calendar brings you glossy photographs of 12 organs around the world, from restored or rebuilt historic instruments to modern designs and new organs inspired by the past.

Town and gown • For more than a century, locals and students have joined together in the Oxford Bach Choir to sing works by their namesake, but also a broad sweep of the classical repertoire as well as premieres of works by contemporary composers. Conductor Benjamin Nicholas talks to Clare Stevens

The voice of Berlin • Henry Fairs opens his overview of organs in the German capital with a new instrument by Kristian Wegscheider in the borough of Pankow

David Hill In conversation with … • Daniel Hyde Director of music, King’s College, Cambridge

READERS’ OFFERS

Lewis at the Laidlaw • An unaltered 1868 T.C. Lewis organ has found a new home in a state-of-the-art music centre in St Andrews.

A sure foundation • Having quickly built an international reputation since launching in 2005, the British vocal ensemble VOCES8 could have sat back on their laurels. Instead, they have channelled their energies into a combination of performing and outreach programmes that have touched the lives of millions.

Freestyle • When I got fired; Tom Bell freaks out; meeting Widor

COMPETITIONS 2022 • Guide to Organ and Choral Competitions

‘Building bigger boats’ • Some people feel uncomfortable at the idea, and some think it has nothing to do with them. Yet the Society of Women Organists, founded three years, has already proved it knows how to steer an organisation that nurtures inclusivity, to the benefit of the entire organ-playing community.

In the spotlight • After 18 frustrating months of isolation and Zoom rehearsals, the Washington Chorus and its new musical director, Eugene Rogers, have embarked on an initiative to raise awareness of injustices in the USA and point the way towards a better future for all.

Work in progress • Though the Canadian firm of Juget-Sinclair is modest in size and not even 30 years old, its organs have nevertheless reached a global market thanks to their consistently high quality, writes Paul Hale.

TRAVELLER’S JOY • Clare Stevens explores Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, home to two historic organs and Hamilton Harty’s birthplace

CHOIR & ORGAN • NEXT ISSUE JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2022

ON RELEASE • NEW DISCS COMING OUT IN… DECEMBER 2021

CHORAL CDS

REVIEWS

KEYBOARD CDS

Philip Moore: Organ Works

Berlioz: Requiem – Grande messe des morts

CHORAL CDS

Christmas selection • Brian Morton takes his pick of the finest festive fare

EARLY MUSIC • Rebecca Tavener rounds up the latest releases

ORGAN MUSIC

MUSIC FOR YOUNG VOICES • An SATB tribute to RVW, a reflection on when love dies, Old Saxon potions, and a lyrical upper-voice anthem

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