Choir & Organ  |  Jan - Feb 2015
Sir Andrew Davis talks to Choir & Organ about his great passion for the music of Elgar, the influence of conducting opera, and his new recording of The Dream of Gerontius; we visit Britain’s first Garnier organ at Birmingham University’s new Elgar Concert Hall; and Meurig Bowen reappraises the music of Arvo Pärt in the composer’s 80th year. Plus, turning the pages of history at Magdalen College, Oxford, whose musical tradition survived the Reformation and Civil War; the restoration of a Northamptonshire church organ reveals a surprising connection to royalty; ABCD’s new chair Leslie East on reaching out to a new constituency of singers; David Hill tackles Vivaldi’s Gloria; Colchester’s world music community choir; how songs expressed the devastating impact of the American Civil War; the Canadian International Organ Competition; Suffolk organs; sheet music of Edward Nesbit’s Winter Journey, an organ interlude for a Mass setting; and our International Directory of Digital Organ Builders supplement.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Choir & Organ Jan - Feb 2015.