"bassoon"-GERNAUT - Johnny Reinhard plays music of Svjetlana Bukvich, Paavo Heininen, Mayumi Tsuda, Ivan Wyschnegradsky, Jim Harley, Mordecai Sandberg, John Lennon, David Ward-Steinman, Ronald Sadoff, Sherwood Shaffer, Reinhard's DUNE (Amsterdam): AMERICAN FESTIVAL OF MICROTONAL MUSIC
This piece was played many times, including in Amsterdam, Nice, London, and Denver. The tuning is "Harmonic 13" in which each note is formed by a ratio that contains the number 13 or its multiple.
This early recording is of the only performance ever of the late Paavo Heininen's full work for bassoon and tape was at an early age of sound broadcast.
I other words, I had tape his on the original recording. Modern editing using Audacity completely refreshed the recording giving a more satisfying sound than the audience had during the world premiere.
Contemplation: Summer Solstice for Solo Bassoon
The Summer Solstice, longest day of the year,
Marks the point at which the Sun,
Standing highest in the noonday sky,
Casts its shortest shadows.
On such a brilliant day,
Are not illusions, perhaps, less
That we may contemplate a true reality
And begin to fathom its meaning?
Minimal and emotionally evocative compositions for solo piano in the Ryuichi Sakamoto vein from Cincinnati's Tristan Eckerson. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 18, 2020