Our Principal Artist John Butt introduces a spectacular bespoke chamber organ, built to recreate the sounds of Handel's era.
"Even though it's a very small unit, you have a huge range of sounds which, in a sense, mimics the entire orchestra."
John Butt, Principal Artist
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