Hymn is an organ piece with a poetic undertone

comments on and reshapes earlier melodic material as well as the melodic material that follows in the fifth and final movement

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Högalidsmässan Lindroth Hymn is an organ pieceIn 2024, Matthew Peterson was awarded the prestigious Swedish Christ Johnson Prize for Hgalidsmssan. The motivation was: "A grand sacred work that, both in its accessibility and scope, sends an inspiring message to many of the country's church choirs. With a rhythmically varied and brilliant musical language, Matthew Peterson breathes new life into the deeply touching message of the Mass." The Hgalid Mass was commissioned by the Hgalid parish in