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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Grandeur without bombast • Risk-taking has paid off in the design of a cathedral-size English organ in Connecticut, writes Jonathan Ambrosino

Andrew Nethsingha • Incoming organist and master of the choristers, Westminster Abbey

Oxford bars • Although the UK’s oldest university has been involved in publishing since the birth of printing, its Press’s music wing is only now approaching its century. Simon Wright traces the development of the Music Department of Oxford University Press.

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Awoken from sleep • Chris Bragg visits a pre-Revolutionary French organ, brought back to life following 80 years of silence.

Ancestral songs • Having been largely destroyed during its late 18th-century revolutionary years, France’s choral tradition has only begun to revive in recent decades. But in the region of Alsace, on the border with Germany, singing has remained deeply rooted in culture for centuries, writes Robert Guthrie

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‘Engaging with the world’ • C&O’s New Music series is supported in 2023 by PRS for Music. Daniel Lewis talks to the Editor about the work of the organisation and what it can offer composers

Te lucis ante terminum • Growing up in Armenia, Kristina Arakelyan lived side-by-side with Orthodox liturgy. She talks to Matthew Power about its influences on the first of our New Music partnership commissions with King’s College London

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Singing a new song • As refreshing as the spa in this ancient Roman city, Bath Camerata frequently turns to contemporary works in their concerts. Clare Stevens encounters an amateur choir that enjoys rising to the challenge

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Work in progress • The maintenance and restoration of copious organs in the north of England owes much to the work of David Wells Organ Builders. Paul Hale surveys some recent projects, including the long-anticipated new Echo division for Liverpool Cathedral.

Forty years in the north

Digital Digest • How to build a digital continuo instrument – Tristan Russcher makes it sound so easy!

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TRAVELLER’S JOY • Adrian Horsewood visits Dublin, home to a vibrant choral scene and some of Ireland’s top-quality organs

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