Ellen Arkbro- For Organ and Brass

It took finding an organ dating back to 1642 for Ellen Arkbro to achieve the tones required for her latest composition For Organ and Brass. The Stockholm-based composer uses sustained drones from brass horns and the Hans Scherer Organ at St. Stephen’s Church in Tangermünde, Germany to explore "tuning, intonation, and harmonic modulation." Arkbro describes the work as "very slow and reduced blues music." 

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