Miasma Fragments - New Music for Pipe Organ
The Organ:

1917 W. W. Kimball and Comany (opus 6426) organ at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church - Chilton, Wisconsin.  Renovated 1993-1994 by J. C. Taylor & Company, Kaukauna, Wisconsin

The Organ


The Miasma Fragments

1.  Sidereal Storm 1992
2.  Tacit Rainbow 1993
3.  A Gift of Light Will Turn to Sound 1994
4.  Magical Concatenations 1994
5-12.  Eight Nightmares
13.  For the Cherub Cat is a Term of the Angel Tiger 1990
14. Miasma Fragments 1998
15.  Foghorns Call Lowly O'er Ambivalent Seas 1992

All works copyrighted by Couth Youth Publishing, 1999

Composer
Sigmund Snopek III

Performer
David Bohn

Production
Producers:  Sigmund Snopek, David Bohn, David Vartanian

Engineered by:  David Vartanian, DV Recording (Milwaukee, WI)

Mastered by:  Gary Tanin, Multi Musica (Milwaukee, WI)

Liner Notes:  David Bohn

Cover Artwork:  Steve Kastner

Graphic Design:  Rozsa Juliana

Photography:  Linda Kimpel

Photographic Ass't:  Francis Ford

The Miasma Fragments project began in 1990 as a premiere for the National Convertion of the Organ Historical Society in Milwaukee, WI.  Scored for the specific capabilities of the organ at St. Anthony's Church in Addison Township, WI, "For the Cherub Cat is a Term of the Angel Tiger" was composer Sigmund Snopek's first work for the pipe organ.  The success of this compostion and the challenges of writing for the highly evocotive voice of the pipe organ led Snopek to produce this highly individual collecion of modern works over the next eight years.

This collection uses the prodigious range and coloration of the pipe organ to express both abstract andn programmatic themes.

Scores for these works and many other compositions are available for performance at Snopek's web site www.sigmundsnopek.com.  Thanks to the people at Immaculate Heart of Mary, Chilton, WI, and in particular Father Gary.  Thanks also to J. C. Taylor.

(C) 2001 Spiritone Records, # 1008
UPC:  7 78631 42962 9



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