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Concert: #82 – Part I: MicroMystery Tour ‘98
Date: May 7, 1998
Place: Columbia University’s St. Paul’s Chapel, NYC

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Johnny Reinhard’s Adam and Eve is a cantata using a new form of musical theater involving polymicrotonal improvisation. Similar in concept to Reinhard’s Odysseus performed in last year’s series, the bassoon represents Adam while Eve is a dancer. While fully invoking the biblical explanation for the creation of people, there is a separate theme of evolution that runs throughout. The opening includes walk-on improvisations by diverse animals represented by different instruments which demonstrate evolution either by switching instrumental family members, or by starting out with only parts of an instrument and gradually increasing its size. The forbidden fruit is represented by the bell of the English horn. God is portrayed by actor Paul Savior within the harmonies of 13-limit just intonation. Following the expulsion from the Garden of Eden, the djimbe drummers indicate the centrality of Africa through the power of their sound. (see back of program for a bio of Johnny Reinhard)

credits

from Johnny Reinhard LARGE SCALE COMPOSITIONS - Odysseus, Middle​-​earth, Qoheleth, Alice in Wonderland, Left Ballet, Garden of Eden: AMERICAN FESTIVAL OF MICROTONAL MUSIC, released November 9, 2020
J. Reinhard, bassoon J. Catler, electric just intonation guitar
Michiyo Suzuki, clarinet
Christina Coppola, choreographer & dance
Ron Kozak, English horn Andrew Bolotowsky, flute
Steven Antonelli, guitar Don Conreaux, gong & kudo horn
Joshua Pierce, piano T. Chiu & Mat Maneri, violin
Ron Kozak, English horn Skip LaPlante, double bass & didjiridu
Virgil Moorefield, percussion
Tom O’Horgan, contrabass racket & bass sordon
Paul Savior, actor Frank Malloy & Orlando Colon, djembes
Carol LoPresto & Orlando Brugnola, set

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