Sir John Eliot Gardiner reflects on the major influences and turning points that have helped to shape his illustrious career in the September/October issue of Choir & Organ.

Plus, organist Anna-Victoria Baltrusch is impressed by Orgelbau Kuhn’s new Romantic organ in the Tonhalle, Zurich; we meet members of the festival chorus for Sir James MacMillan's Cumnock Tryst; Jonathan Ambrosino reports from this year’s Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition where performance standards are higher than ever; Rebecca Tavener speaks to TENET Vocal Artists, a US ensemble driven by a commitment to make the early music profession accessible to singers of diverse backgrounds; inside the workshop of the South Island Organ Company, New Zealand, whose current projects include the restoration of a concert hall organ for Wellington Town Hall; Jasper Dommett introduces the score to Intertwined Resonance for solo organ, commissioned by Choir & Organ in partnership with King's College London and supported by PRS for Music; and our guide to new choral and organ scores for Christmas 2023.