Seven Sacred Names, by Michael Harrison

Seven Sacred Names

by Michael Harrison

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Michael Stirling That Qdar: Etude in Bhimpalasi is really great. The cascading ascending and descending phrases shimmer in golden light. Very beautiful. ❤️

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1.	Kalim: Prologue 05:36	info
2.	Hayy: Revealing the Tones 04:34	info
3.	Alim: Polyphonic Raga Malkauns 12:30	info
4.	Qadr: Etude in Raga Bhimpalasi 13:14	info
5.	Mureed 06:29	info
6.	Sami: The Acoustic Constellation 02:32	info
7.	Basir 15:15	info
8.	Kalim: Epilogue 05:31	info

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Created by pianist and composer Michael Harrison, 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.

Taken together, Harrison's seven pieces (with the prologue and epilogue of "Kalim" comprising two distinct movements) foster a listening environment that is ethereal, meditative and at times almost tentative, but also rife with the anticipation and promise of glimpsing hidden truths about ourselves. Featuring a diverse range of artists that includes the Grammy-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth, vocalist Ina Filip, cellist Ashley Bathgate, violinists Tim Fain and Caleb Burhans, tabla percussionist Ritvik Yaparpalvi and Harrison himself on piano, the recording moves hypnotically through a subtle but ever-changing suite of tranquil moods and colors — with each stage defining a sacred or exalted state meant to inspire awareness, self-knowledge and self-expression.

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released June 18, 2021

Performed by Michael Harrison, Roomful of Teeth, Tim Fain, Ashley Bathgate, Caleb Burhans, Payton MacDonald, Ina Filip, and Ritvik Yaparpalvi

Tracks 1, 2, 4-8 composed by Michael Harrison | © Michael Harrison/Michael Harrison Music (BMI)
Track 3 composed by Michael Harrison (Michael Harrison Music, BMI), Payton MacDonald (Kaida Music, ASCAP) and Ina Filip (SOCAN)

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Michael Harrison New York, New York

Guggenheim Fellow Michael Harrison forges a new approach to composition through tunings that extend the ancient concept of just intonation. Just Constellations for Roomful of Teeth was selected for NPR’s 100 Best Songs of 2020, Time Loops was one of NPR’s Top 10 Classical Albums of 2012, and Revelation was named one of the Best Classical Recordings of 2007 by The New York Times and Boston Globe. ... more

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