Stigsjö Kyrka is the first in a series of rehearsal tapes containing recordings of pieces for four handed organ and electronics. The pieces are composed for, or adapted to, specific organs and the acoustic environments they inhabit.
Stigsjö Kyrka is a church located in the area where Maria grew up - in the countryside of Västernorrland, in the north of Sweden. The current church is a stone construction built on the same spot as two earlier wooden churches, one of which burned down in a fire caused by a lightning strike in 1559.
The pieces are arranged and played together with Mats Erlandsson, using both a small choir organ and the grand pipe organ. This musical arrangement uses amplified and electronically treated organ in conjunction with a fixed electronic part to create a hybrid instrument with a transformed timbre still anchored in the harmonic language associated with the music traditionally performed on the instrument.
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released August 16, 2021
Composed & mixed by Maria W Horn. Performed by Maria W Horn & Mats Erlandsson. Mastered by Mats Erlandsson.
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