Seven Sacred Names Album Release Event

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    • Join composer/pianist Michael Harrison in an exploration of his new album, Seven Sacred Names (Cantaloupe Music), through musical performances and interactive conversation. Seven Sacred Names is meant as a companion album to the book Nature’s Hidden Dimension by author, astrophysicist, and modern Sufi mystic W.H.S. Gebel. The Seven Sacred Names, according to the mystical cosmology of Sufism, tell the story of “…an awakening primal Self,” as Gebel writes in the album’s liner notes. Harrison says of this album, “I wanted to show how beautiful simple harmonies can be, especially in just intonation…and [to create a work] that would serve as an introduction inviting listeners and musicians to start perceiving just intonation as an infinite harmonic system encompassing limitless possibilities on a spectrum between simplicity and complexity.” The event will be moderated by John Schaefer, host of WNYC’s New Sounds, with guests author W.H.S. Gebel and musicians Tim Fain (violin) and Ashley Bathgate (cello).


    Moderated by
    John Schaefer, host of WNYC’s New Sounds
    with Michael Harrison, author W.H.S. Gebel, cellist Ashley Bathgate, and violinist Tim Fain