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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MESSIAEN ORGAN WORK FIRST RECORDING

HANDEL’S ‘MESSIAH’ REINVENTED

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Capital assets • Though King’s College London is not even 200 years old, its list of alumni reads like a Who’s Who of the great and the good from all walks of life. Gaining a reputation of distinction in the present era is its choir, directed by Joseph Fort, who are building on a productive contract with Delphian Records. Matthew Power introduces Choir & Organ’s 2023 New Music partners

Voices of Berlin • Concluding his year’s exploration of historically significant organs in Germany’s capital, Henry Fairs forecasts some enticing innovations on the horizon

David Hill In conversation with … Laurence Equilbey • Founder-director of Accentus chamber choir

Wall Street journal • The grand organ-building project underway at Trinity Church Wall Street, NYC, has one of its two principal organs now sounding. Project consultant Jonathan Ambrosino provides the historical context and an update on the works.

Freestyle • Alton Powers; ballet strange; and franglais on Radio 3

CHOIR ORGAN PRESENTS…

COMPETITIONS 2023 Guide to Organ and Choral Competitions

Enough is enough • In 1982, US musicologist Joshua Rifkin’s recording of Bach’s Mass in B minor performed with one voice to a part caused an uproar of controversy. Forty years on, he and two British conductors talk to Adrian Horsewood about the issues raised

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Surprised by joy • Having joined a choir to ‘keep up with friends’, composer Sarah Cattley caught the bug and began writing for voices. She talks to David Wordsworth

A colonial export • English organ builder William Hill sent 40 instruments to Australia. John Maidment finds the very first of these organs now sensitively restored. PHOTOS DANIEL BITTNER

The World of Musical Theatre from the West End to Broadway and beyond MUSICALS • INTRODUCING MUSICALS MAGAZINE

The organ ambassador • American concert organist Diane Bish has celebrated an international 60-year career of performing, recording and filming to bring the ‘King of Instruments’ to an ever wider audience. Her friend and colleague Damin Spritzer hears about her life and work

Digital Digest • Want to grow your YouTube channel? Richard McVeigh tells you how

NEXT ISSUE • JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2023

TRAVELLER’S JOY • Matthew Power boards Eurostar and heads off to explore cities in northern Belgium

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ENCOUNTERS • JAMES D. HICKS, ORGANIST AND CURATOR OF ‘NORDIC...