Choir & Organ – November/December 2018
English | 108 pages | True PDF | 24.8 MB
English | 108 pages | True PDF | 24.8 MB
New York’s Dobson instrument stimulates both the eye and ear; Chamber Choir Ireland carves out a distinctive national identity, performing works by Irish composers and promoting the country’s long-standing choral tradition; a meticulously restored Lancelot Pease case houses a new organ by Goetze & Gwynn at Trinity College Dublin; and Roxanna Panufnik introduces her major new oratorio drawing upon her Polish ancestry.
Plus, Glyndebourne’s Nicholas Jenkins discusses his role as opera chorus master; a church in Malaysia marks its bicentenary with a new Mander organ; Andrew Smith’s Requiem recalls Norway’s terror atrocities of 2011; the final instalment of our series on organs in Scottish stately homes; St Catharine’s Cambridge’s pioneering girls’ choir celebrates its tenth year; David Hill offers advice on conducting Vaughan Williams’s Mass in G minor; David Lammy on his journey from cathedral chorister to MP; and our guide to choral and organ competitions in 2019.