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Sondrebo: Cantica Sacra on CD

This CD contains some of my compositions from

the years 2020-2022; the period when I studied

composition under Staffan Storm at the Malmo

Academy of Music. Some works originate from the

period just prior to my studies and some from the

period immediately after.

The four organ works (tracks 1, 2, 6 and 7)

summarise quite well my journey as a composer

during these years. They begin with the arrangement

of the chorale O giv oss, Herre, av den tro, (O

give us Lord, the faith) composed in the summer

of 2020. After that I explore O glad dig, Guds

forsamling nu (O rejoice, the Church of God) with

another type of harmony built on chords by fourths.

Here the melody of the chorale is treated more

freely than in the first chorale arrangement, using

more accidentals. The short Gregorian paraphrase

Terribilis est builds on a kind of canon technique

alternating with warmer, free-floating sonorous

islands as a contrast to the canon parts. Polytonality,

i.e. The simultaneous use in the music of several

melodious tonalities, has become a significant and

characteristic ingredient in my music. In the piece

entitled In nomine Jesu I explore this technique

both by overlapping chords and a more linear

melodic sequence. The last organ work has been

performed on the gallery organ in the church and

the three other organ works as well as the cantata

Tatt intill korset (Close to the Cross) are performed

on the choir organ. /Hampus