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Symphony in no need of an orchestra Michael Kieran Harvey Collection Michael Kieran Harvey piano & keyboard Timothy Young piano & keyboard Peter Neville percussion with ANAM pianists and percussionists Arjun von Caemmerer narrator Composed by Michael Kieran Harvey Text by Arjun von Caemmerer t came as a delicious surprise to me as a disobedient 8-year-old altar boy to discover Ithat Christ’s blood tasted, apparently, the same as the Woodley’s Cream Sherry I found in the sacristy. This set me wondering about the veracity of the contents of the Bible, something You can’t run a country that Catholics are instructed to believe is the By a book of religion infallible word of God. It takes a certain type of Not by a heap dogged personality to be willing to sift through Or a lump or a smidgeon such a text for either fallibilities or infallibilities Of foolish rules – most Christians simply accept what clerics tell Of ancient date them is in the Bible and get on with their busy Designed to make lives. You all feel great Happily, C. Dennis McKinsey devoted a large While you fold, spindle part of his life and his energies as a broadcaster to the task of uncovering ‘biblical errancy’, And mutilate and his forensic book The Encyclopedia of Those unbelievers Biblical Errancy (Prometheus Books 1995) From a neighbouring state. is the entertaining result. In the spirit of the Frank Zappa, Dumb all Over (1981) musical The Book of Mormon (Parker/Lopez/ Stone 2011) and with an affectionate nod to Messiaen’s Catalogue d’Oiseaux (1958), Catalogue des Errances Bibliques, though subtitled a symphony, is scored not for symphony orchestra, but for nondescript keyboards and percussion. This version is a re-interpretation of the original two-keyboard arrangement. The text Bible Stories was composed specifically for this arrangement by Dr Arjun von Caemmerer. MKH Michael Kieran Harvey (b. 1961) wd 12. The Miracle of St Raphael 1’36” wf XII Belief in miracles 1’06” Catalogue des wg 13. John’s Judgmental Jeremiad 1’06” Errances Bibliques wh XIII Anti-Semitism 1’04” wj 1’52” symphony in no need of an orchestra (2018) 14. Here is Eden wk XIV Intolerance and anti-intellectualism 1’04” Text: Bible Stories (2019) by Arjun von Caemmerer wl 15. Prophet & Loss 0’52” e0 XV Fake prophecies 1’07” Narrator: Arjun von Caemmerer Keyboard 7: Jennifer Yu ea 16. GodSwill 1’29” Keyboards 1: Michael Kieran Harvey Keyboard 8: Liam Wooding es XVI Predestination vs. free will 1’12” Keyboards 2: Timothy Young ANAM percussion: ed 17. Easy Kill 1’52” Keyboard 3: Sine Winther 1: Peter Neville (kit) Keyboard 4: Amanda Pang 2: James Knight ef XVII Forty Bible errors 1’15” Keyboard 5: Hannah Pike 3: Alexander Meagher eg 18. Adam’s Rib 2’00” Keyboard 6: Maggie Pang 4: Alison Fane (timpani) eh XVIII Bible creation conflicts 1’02” ej 19. C-Change 2’07” 1 1. d’Composition 1’42” ek XIX Saturday or Sunday? 1’03” 2 I The Bible’s chaotic composition 1’19” el 20. Conversion Disorder - From Saul to Paul 0’59” 3 2. Cheesus 1’46” r0 XX Mixed-up Paul 1’08” 4 II Jesus Christ? 1’05” ra 21. The Tweet of Paul John Manna-Forte to the Amnerikans 0’38” 5 3. Which One Is It? 1’24” rs XXI Fake Bible news 1’02” 6 III God’s word? 1’11” rd 22. Triad 1’01” 7 4. “My Father’s House Has Many Rooms” 1’03” rf XXII Peter, Paul and Jesus conflicted 1’06” 8 IV Contradictions 1’18” rg 23. Whose Ringing Kisses Kiss the Ring 1’34” 9 5. Walking on water 2’19” rh XXIII Control by the elite 2’43” q0 V Historicity of Jesus 1’13” rj 24. The Little-Read Book 1’27” qa 6. “I am the True Vine” 2’03” rk XXIV Other holy books 1’07” qs VI Jesus’ birth? 1’14” rl 25. Glossolalia 0’55” qd 7. Fish Mongery 2’09” t0 XXV Life after Biblical errancy 1’39” qf VII Deceptiveness of Jesus 1’09” qg 8. The Epistle of Lazarus to Jesus 1’25” The spoken narration is on the odd numbered tracks and qh VIII Second coming of Jesus? 1’08” wwwwwwthe musical composition is on the even numbered tracks. qj 9. The Book of Numb Errs 1’34” Duration: 70 minutes qk IX Bible characters 1’04” ql 10. Sup, Lick, Ate 1’19” w0 X Injustice 1’25” move.com.au wa 11. The McKinsey Report 2’30” P ws XI Science or creationism 1’09” 2021 Move Records Recorded in concert on 25 May 2019 at the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) in South Melbourne. Cover design: MKH Photos: Arabella Teniswood-Harvey Recording engineer: Lawrence Harvey, RMIT University Sonic Arts Collection and SIAL Sound Studios, School of Design Mixing and editing: Vaughan McAlley and Martin Wright (Move Records) Bible Stories Arjun von Caemmerer Bible Stories Bible Stories Dedicated to A S © Easter 2019 A M V E K The Author asserts his Oral Rite… T O M & J E R R Y Revelations Assembled in The Oratory Lab Front: Son Shadow © Tom Samek (2019) B Back: Catalogue des Errances Bibliques © M. K. Harvey R (2018) O W File under: poetry, science, religion, philosophy, humour N ISBN 978-0-9586566-2-7 PREFACE CONTENTS & CONCORDANCE Bible Stories (2019) has been written as a textual and narrative Bible Stories employs McKinsey’s book and chapters, using the accompaniment to composer Michael Kieran Harvey’s Catalogue latter as they have been re-Christened by Monsignor Harvey, as a des Errances Bibliques (2018). springboard for each piece. The Stories are bold. Harvey writes: 1. The Bible’s chaotic composition: d’Composition ‘Dennis McKinsey devoted a large part of his life and his energies as a 2. Jesus Christ?: Cheesus broadcaster to the task of uncovering “biblical errancy”, and his forensic 3. God’s Word?: Which One Is It? book The Encyclopedia of Biblical Errancy (Prometheus Books, 4. Contradictions: “My Father’s House Has Many Rooms” 1995) is the entertaining result. In the spirit of the musical The Book 5. Historicity of Jesus?: Walking on Water of Mormon (Parker/Lopez/Stone, 2011) and with an affectionate nod 6. Jesus Debunked: “I Am The True Vine” to Messiaen’s Catalogue d’Oiseaux (1958), Catalogue des Errances 7. Deceptiveness of Jesus: Fish Mongery Bibliques whimsically reinterprets each of the 25 chapters of The 8. Second Coming of Jesus?: The Epistle of Lazarus to Jesus Encyclopedia of Biblical Errancy as a homage to its punctilious 9. Bible Characters: The Book of Numb Errs author’. 10. Injustice: Sup, Lick, Ate 11. Science or Creationism: The McKinsey Report 12. Belief in Miracles: The Miracle of St Raphael 13. Anti-Semitism: John’s Judgmental Jeremiad In performance, the various Stories are intended for a Trinity of voices: 14. Intolerance and Anti-intellectualism: Here is Eden 15. Fake Prophecies: Prophet & Loss A PRIEST intones 1, 3, 9, 17, 19, 21 and 24; 16. Predestination versus Free Will: GodSWill A CHUMP* voices 2, 4, 8, 10, 16, 22, 23 and 25; 17. Forty Bible Falsehoods: Easy Kill 18. Bible Creation Conflicts:Adam’s Rib A SCIENTIST relays 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 14, 15 and 20. 19. Saturday or Sunday?: C-Change PRIEST and CHUMP share 13; PRIEST and SCIENTIST divide 18. 20. Mixed-up Paul: Conversion Disorder – From Saul to Paul 21. Fake Bible News: The Tweet of Paul John Manna·Forte to *CHUMP = Common Human Under Monstrous Pressure the Amnerikans 22. Peter, Paul and Jesus conflicted:Triad 23. Control by the Elite: Whose Ringing Kisses Kiss the Ring 24. Other Holy Books: The Little-Read Book 25. Life after Biblical Errancy: Glossolalia Appendix 1: Bible Stories Notes Appendix 2: McKinsey’s Encyclopedia Chapter Titles d’Composition Cheesus In the Beginning was The Word In the year of Our Lord, One-Nine-Nine-Four, And the Word Begat Diane Duyser’s Vision Bible, Babble, Bubble, Babel Bible, Babble, Bubble, Babel The Virgin Mary (but not Holy Ghost) Bible, Babble, Bubble, Babel Stared out toThrew her from her toher the bitten floor: cheese toast. Bible, Babble, Bubble, Babel One decade later later, still no skerrick of mould! Adam and Eve begat Cain and Abel — EBay obeyed: $28 000 – her toast got sold Cain grew grain; Abel raised lamb. Goldenpalace.com forging Cheese into Gold! Sad for Cain, God shunned grain But our Lord O Mother of God! Fresh meat adored: Which Bread plays Host? Cain got mad (Apple went Bad), And who is The Big Cheese? Smote his brother with a stone So was left all alone. Is it In the Eastern Land of Nod On Taftan, Tilsit? On the lam Or Edam on Eggete? Gabriel on Lavash? Or Kefalotyri on Kalach? Cain hid from God; Entered wedlock Perhaps Cheddar on Challah? Taleggio on Tortilla? Haloumi on Hallulla? Begat Enoch Reggiano on Rugbrot? Paneer on Pitta? Or Mizithra on Malooga? Begat & begot, begat & begot Irad & Enoch, Mehujael & Methusael Or on Flatkaka, Fynbo? & Jabal & Jubal & Tubal. MaybeOr Manchego Fetta on Fougasse? on Muffin? Emmenthal Cream-cheese on Ezekiel? on Crumpet? Or Sainte Maure on Matzo? Vengeance is mine! saith the Lord I bring not Peace, but a Sword: Possibly Wellesley on White? Or Roqueforte on Rye? On Borodinsky, Provolone? Or Blarney on Bastone? (It is now said) Or Stinking Bishop or Doppleram Stufel on Spekendick or Dampfnudel? HisOf Cain own who roof fled fell, Stove his head.