Terry Riley The Dream for justly tuned piano Live in Rome 1999

Commissioned by the Kanagawa Foundation, The Dream is a lengthy improvisatory piece for solo piano in just intonation. It is something of a sequel to Terry Riley s 1985 cycle The Harp of New Albion, also for justly tuned piano. This recording is from the work s premiere performance where Riley joined Philip Glass, Michael Harrison, and Charlemagne Palestine in an evening concert of selections of each composer s music for piano. Performed by the composer. Recorded live at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome, Italy on November 20th 1999.