Michael Harrison
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Michael Harrison, following a lifelong study of both Western classical and North Indian classical music, has forged “a new harmonic world” (New York Times).
In 1986, he designed and created the “harmonic piano,” an extensively modified seven-foot grand piano with the ability to alternate between two different tunings to play 24 notes per octave on a conventional keyboard. Kyle Gann, in The Village Voice, hailed the harmonic piano as “a landmark in the history of Western tuning.” Once a protégé of composer La Monte Young, Harrison prepared all of the specialized tunings for Young’s 6 1/2 hour seminal work The Well-Tuned Piano, and became the only other person to ever perform the work. For the past 25 years, Harrison has performed his own music throughout the United States and Europe.
His own works include "From Ancient Worlds" and "Revelation" also for piano in just intonation.
He participated in the "Festival Pianoforti" along with Charlemagne Palestine, Philip Glass and Terry Riley in 2004.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- (1980) - The Crystal Flame
- (1986) - In Flight
- (2000) - Love's Glory: Mystical Poems of Rumi & Mafiz
- (2002) - From Ancient Worlds
- (2004) - RUMI: Lovedrunk
- (2006) - Revelation: Music In Pure Intonation
- (2007) - Cellorchestra
[edit] To be released
- Tone Clouds
- Ragas
[edit] Other Compositions
- For My Father: Flute, violin, cello and piano, 1994
- Song of the Rose: Cello and piano, 1993
- Birds of Paradise: Jazz ensemble, 1990
- 1001 Nights: Jazz ensemble, 1990
- Symphonic Cortege: Full orchestra, 1987-88
- African Child: world music ensemble (tuned in "just tuning"), 1988
- Tactus: Flugelhorn, Piano and percussion, 1984-85
- The Swan Has Flown to the Mountain Lake: Flute, harp and cello, 1984
- Ecstatic poems of Rumi: Soprano and piano, 1983-84
- For Oboe: Oboe, 1983
- Reminiscent Dances: String Orchestra, 1982
- Choral Work No. 1: Five singers (SAATB), 1981
- Choral Work No. 2: Five singers (SAATB), 1981
- Crystal Kyrie: 2 sopranos, 13 crystal goblets in pure intonation, 1979
- Zikr: SATB Choir with soprano soloist, 1979
- Atlantis: Flute, clarinet, piano and tabla, 1979
- Call of the Beloved: Soprano, flute, harp and piano, 1979
- Dance of the Sorcerers: Flute, cello, piano, tabla & tamboura, 1977-78
- Sonnet XVIII: Alto and piano, 1977
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