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

‘A NATION OF OTHERS’ PREMIERES IN NEW YORK

2023 MUSASHINO-TOKYO ORGAN COMPETITION LAUNCHED

NEWS IN BRIEF

PAST LIVES

RVW AND FOLK SONG CONFERENCE

MAKING MUSIC AWARDS

EVENTS

PETER TRANCHELL CENTENARY

ADVENT CALENDAR

SEASONAL ALBUMS on DELPHIAN

DESSOFF PREMIERE LUSITANO

CATHEDRAL MUSIC ‘IN CRISIS’

RAM ACQUIRES WILLIAMS LIBRARY

PREMIERES [RP = REGIONAL PREMIERE]

Digital mapping • Like Marmite, you either love ’em or hate ’em. But whatever your preferences, digital organs are here to stay. Professional organ adviser Nigel Allcoat helps you to navigate through the mire of opinion and make sensible choices

ANIMAL MAGIC

David Hill In conversation with … • Anna Lapwood Director of music, Pembroke College, Cambridge

Unlikely bedfellows • Chris Bragg visits Wijk bij Duurstede, where the acquisition of an English orphan helped its 17th-century neighbour to rediscover its radiance.

Renewable energy • As the City of London Choir gears up for its 60th anniversary in 2023, Clare Stevens hears from singers and outgoing director of music Hilary Davan-Wetton about its USP and its programmes to attract young singers

Nobility recaptured • The restoration by Nicholson & Co. of a late-Romantic Walker organ provides a valuable model for future schemes. Matt Dixon reports.

Freestyle • Hot piping; a sting in the tale; and a dream encounter with McDuruflé

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Christopher Moore Balulalow • The final composition in our 2022 series, by Christopher Moore, is a new setting of a familiar Christmas carol, writes Matthew Power

A roaring time • Frustrated by an ‘educational apartheid’ that hinders too many state-school pupils from participating in good choral music, Gabrieli Consort and Players founder Paul McCreesh instigated a project to break the mould. He talks to Stephen Pritchard

EARLY MUSIC FESTIVALS 2022-2023

Voices of Berlin • Henry Fairs pinpoints some significant departures from Berlin’s Romantic organ culture

Digital Digest • Recording on a budget: how to create high-quality video recordings for under £100

Out of the shadows • Though often overlooked in favour of his contemporaries Josquin and Willaert, in his day Jean Mouton was a much respected and popular composer. Five hundred years after his death, Rebecca Tavener argues that it’s high time to revisit his music

Work in progress • Jonathan Ambrosino takes a trip to Chattanooga, Tennessee, and finds an openness of spirit among the artisans at Richards, Fowkes & Co.

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CHOIR & ORGAN NEXT ISSUE • DECEMBER 2022

TRAVELLER’S JOY • Baroque salons, grilled eels and unsurpassed artworks continue to lure Rebecca Tavener to Venice

NEW DISCS COMING OUT IN… NOVEMBER 2022

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ENCOUNTERS • HELEN SMEE, CHORAL DIRECTOR, ORGANIST, EDUCATOR

This Official 150th Anniversary Publication...