VENUE UNION CHAPEL, LONDON
DATE 16/09/2022
Considering its fourth iteration has been delayed for over two years, the Organ Reframed festival feels uniquely pre-ordained. Although Islington’s Union Chapel regularly hosts folk, rock and prog acts – Opeth, Goblin and Wardruna having played here in past years – its centrepiece rarely gets much of an airing. Boasting over 2,000 pipes, its organ was built back in the late 19th century, specifically for the venue’s spectacular scale and acoustics, and for two nights once more it’s host to a range of artists, commissioned and curated by Scottish experimental organist Claire M Singer, all willing to take the instrument to new levels of brain-rewiring grandeur.
Anna von Hausswolff might be the main draw on the opening night, but hers is the second of three pieces that…
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