Myths and Hymns Garrett Gleason, Artie Sadtler, Olaolu Ajibade, Adam Guettel

• Adam Guettel (b. 1964):
• 1 Guettel: Children of the Heavenly King 01:36
• 2 Guettel: Saturn Returns 03:23
• 3 Guettel: Icarus 05:16
• 4 Guettel: At the Sounding 01:51
• 5 Guettel: Migratory V 03:59
• 6 Guettel: Pegasus 03:35
• 7 Guettel: Build a Bridge 03:53
• 8 Guettel: Link 01:44
• 9 Guettel: Hero and Leander 04:33
• 10 Guettel: Sisyphus 04:14
• 11 Guettel: How Can I Lose You? 05:11
• 12 Guettel: Awaiting You 03:55
• 13 Guettel: Come to Jesus 06:43
• 14 Guettel: The Great Highway 02:46
• 15 Guettel: There’s a Land 03:21
• 16 Guettel: Saturn Returns (Reprise) 03:16
• Total Runtime 59:16

Info for Myths and Hymns

Adam Guettel’s theater cult-classic MYTHS AND HYMNS is no stranger to genre-bending and reimagination, the original song cycle itself leaning heavily on the concepts. So it comes as no surprise that renowned guitarist Garrett Gleason, never shying away from the new or imaginative, would produce his own reworkings of the beloved songs for guitar, bass, and drums.

There’s no shortage of fresh takes in these often experimental arrangements sifting between the lines of rock and theater. Gleason’s re-workings add a vivacious flair to works like Pegasus and Sisyphus, the various guitar effects an inventive means of exciting the original content without failing to honor it entirely. Even the subdued slow-rock of How Can I Lose You finds itself ever so gradually slipping into admirable madness sure to please even the most experimental of music listeners.

Gleason’s new take on MYTHS AND HYMNS is a welcome revival and renewal. Not only is it sure to meet approval by fans of the original, but it’s been approved by Guettel himself, the two eventually coming together in person to completely reimagine the closing song, Saturn Returns (Reprise). Gleason hopes for his arrangements of MYTHS AND HYMNS to bring the worlds of theater and rock together, that perhaps, like myths and hymns, there is more in common between the two than one would think.

Garrett Gleason, guitar
Artie Sadtler, bass
Olaolu Ajibade, drum

Garrett Gleason
is a multi-talented musician, proficient in both guitar and piano, with esteemed educational backgrounds from Boston’s Berklee School of Music and the University of Maryland’s music program. Recently, he’s been making waves on the Broadway circuit as a contracted musician for traveling shows. Widely respected as both an instructor and studio instrumentalist, Garrett offers a versatile performance style that’s perfectly suited for both intimate and grand settings.

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