There’s something about the pipe organ that keeps experimental musicians going back for more. No other acoustic instrument pierces and shakes the air in quite the same way.
…Infinity Gradient is the latest in a growing canon of initially serene organ music that later reveals depth and grit. An hour-long piece for organ and 100 loudspeakers, it was composed in 2021 by New York-based composer Tristan Perich, and performed with James McVinnie at London’s Royal Festival Hall in 2024.
After an opening flourish, the piece is arranged in seven sections but, in essence, it works through a handful of stretched crescendos.
Perich’s breathing, warping electronics feel like a natural addition to the organ’s…

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