#1919: Program #1919

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. Host John Schaefer welcomes Johnny Reinhard, microtonal composer/bassoonist, who offers a collection of live performances of microtonal works by Giacinto Scelsi, Lou Harrison, Paul Erlich & Ara Sarkissian, David Eggar, and more.

PROGRAM #1919, Microtonal music, with Johnny Reinhard (First aired on 5/18/01)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Wim Hoogewerf	Live, Microthon 2000, Quaker Meeting House, NY, November 11, 2000	Ivor Darreg: Prelude #2 [1:20]	None of these performances are commercially available.
David Eggar	Same	Four on the Floor, excerpt [6:30]
Conrad Harris	Same	Giacinto Scelsi: L'ame Ailee [4:00]
AFMM Ensemble, Nathan Fuhr, conductor	Same	Lou Harrison: Simfony in Free Style [4:30]	Harrison's other works are available on many CDs, especially on the New Albion, CRI, MusicMasters, and Music & Arts labels.
Greg Evans	Same	Ultra, for horn, excerpt [4:50]
Paul Erlich & Ara Sarkissian	Same	New Works in 22-tone Equal Temperament, excerpt [3:00]
Marc Jones Ensemble	Same	Mostly Electric String Quartet #1, 2^nd movement [4:30]
Alejandro Sanchez and Harris Becker	Same	April in Paris [2:30]

For information on the American Festival of Microtonal Music, visit http://www.echonyc.com/~jhhl/AFMM/ OR contact afmmjr@aol.com

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