Joshua Pierce Plays Michael Harrison's Revelation: Music for the Harmonically Tuned Piano and John Cage's Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano - Performance at East Hampton's John Drew Theater at Guild Hall on September 1 The internationally acclaimed pianist Joshua Pierce will present Piano Metamorphosis, featuring two pioneering and innovative works of the 20th and 21st centuries - Michael Harrison's Revelation: Music for the Harmonically Tuned Piano and John Cage's Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano at the John Drew Theater at Guild Hall, 158 Main Street in East Hampton, New York on Wednesday, September 1 at 7:00 PM. Joshua Pierce's 20-year association and work with the late pioneering innovator-composer John Cage is legendary. Mr. Pierce's landmark series of recordings of Cage's keyboard music for the German Wergo label: John Cage, Works for Piano and Prepared Piano Volumes I, II, III, IV and Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano have received many prizes, much critical acclaim and in 1991 won the Prieses Der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik. Mr. Pierce collaborated with both John Cage and the work's dedicatee, pianist Maro Ajemian in preparation of this landmark recording of which David Hurwitz: "... Joshua Pierce is the greatest living exponent of Sonatas and Interludes" Composed for a new "non-tempered" microtonal tuning that Michael Harrison invented, Revelation is a modern approach to the ancient principles of pure intonation and harmonic resonance. The work introduces never-before-heard combinations of modes, harmonies, and acoustical phenomenon that have been praised in The New York Times as "a new harmonic world... generating huge golden balls of vibrant sound," and in Stuart Isacoff's new book Temperament as "he seemed to free an angelic choir above." Tickets for this performance are $25, 35 and $45 for box seats, with a reception in the garden following the performance. To make reservations or for more information, please contact the Guild Hall Box office at 631-324-4050. Grammy nominated pianist Joshua Pierce has performed in prestigious music centers throughout the world as a soloist and with an extraordinary array of orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic, London Philharmonia, Symphony Orchestra of Russia, Moscow State Philharmonic, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra. He has recorded nearly 200 works including numerous world premieres as a soloist and with orchestra for EMI Classics, Carlton Classics, Helicon, Koch International Classics, MMC, Phoenix, Pro Arts, Sony Classics, Vox and other labels. His landmark series of recordings of John Cage's music on the Wergo label has earned him tremendous acclaim worldwide. His 25-year collaboration with the pianist Dorothy Jonas, as part of the two-piano team, Pierce & Jonas, has resulted in numerous acclaimed recordings and performances, including a command performance with the Royal Philharmonic for England's Royal Family. For more information, visit http://www.jamesarts.com/pierce/index2.html. Composer and pianist Michael Harrison is one of the world's leading composers working with just intonation and rational number based tuning systems as applied to the piano. His work has been hailed as "an indisputable landmark in Western tuning's circuitous history" (Kyle Gann, The Village Voice). In 1986, he created the "harmonic piano" with the ability to play up to 24 notes per octave. As a disciple of La Monte Young, Harrison prepared all of the specialized tunings for Young's 6-" hour historical work, The Well-Tuned Piano, and became the only other person to perform the work. In 1999 Harrison performed his own epic composition, From Ancient Worlds (New Albion Records), in Rome at the "Festival 4 Pianoforti." A celebration of America's visionary composer/pianists, the festival featured full-length solo performances by Harrison, Philip Glass, Terry Riley, and Charlemagne Palestine. Revelation received its world premiere in 2001 at Germany's prestigious Klavier Festival Ruhr. In October of the same year the work was premiered in the U.S. at Composers Collaborative's Solo Flights festival at Lincoln Center. For more information visit http://www.michaelharrison.com. For more information about these artists, please contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-797-9166 or [log in to unmask] Jeffrey James Arts Consulting Tel/Fax: 516-797-9166 Website: http://www.jamesarts.com