#2130: Program #2130

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

Now over two decades running, the annual American Festival of Microtonal Music offers New Yorkers a feast of microtonal works - those which use pitches and musical scales not organized in the standard twelve tone to the octave equally tempered way. Microtonal music includes works that make finer divisions within the traditional tuning system, usually by dividing each semitone into two quarter-tones. Host John Schaefer welcomes Johnny Reinhard, microtonal composer/bassoonist, who presents highlights from recent installments.

PROGRAM # 2130, Microtonal Music, with Johnny Reinhardt (First aired on Fri. 3/7/03)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Skip La Plante	La Plante Home Made	Concerto for Bassoon and Homemade Instruments, excerpt [1:30]	Due in mid-2003 on Pitch Records. Will be available via www.afmm.org (site currently under construction)
Various artists	Vision	C. Ives: The Unanswered Question [6:00]	Same as above.
Various artists	Chamber	L. Harrison: At The Tomb Of Charles Ives [4:00]	Same as above.
Various artists	World	Sigbjørn Apeland Ensemble: Jeg ser deg [7:00]	Same as above.
Various artists	Chamber	J. Carillo: Preludio a Colon [4:00]	Same as above.
American Festival of Microtonal Music/J.S.Bach	Private tape	Brandenburg Concerto #4, 2^nd movement, excerpt [2:30]
Aguava New Music Ensemble	Canticum Novum	J. Eaton: Kyrie, from Mass [4:00]	Aguava #2001 T. www.aguava.com or aguava@aguava.com
Michael Harrison	Revelation	Excerpt	MHM #101. www.michaelharrison.com

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