Choir & Organ - November 2022

In the November issue of Choir & Organ we meet conductor, organist, teacher and broadcaster Anna Lapwood; and find a restored 19th-century Harrison & Harrison organ alongside an early 17th-century Kiespenning instrument on a visit to a Dutch church.

Plus, how Gabrieli Consort founder Paul McCreesh is creating a level playing-field for young singers from all backgrounds to engage with classical music; as the City of London Choir gears up for its 60th anniversary in 2023, we hear from its singers and outgoing director of music Hilary Davan-Wetton about its USP and programmes to attract young singers; we document the restoration of a historic organ at St Mary’s, Portsea; the score for Christopher Moore’s new setting of Balulalow, commissioned by Choir & Organ as part of our New Music partnership with the VOCES8 Foundation; Henry Fairs considers a cluster of organs in the German capital that saw a departure from the concept of a Romantic symphonic instrument; Rebecca Tavener revisits the music of Jean Mouton five hundred years after his death; inside the Chattanooga workshop of Richards, Fowkes & Co; Frideswide Voices director Helen Smee; and our Early Music Festivals supplement.