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Opera

for soprano, baritone and five players
Text by Shane McCrae
Libretto by Michael Hersch
Duration: ca. 135'
Premiere: September 28, 2024
Directed by James Matthew Daniel
Ah Young Hong, soprano / Jesse Blumberg, baritone
Tito Muñoz, conductor
premiere performances Baltimore, MD / Washington D.C. / New York City
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for soprano, 6-part vocal ensemble, and sixteen players
Libretto by Stephanie Fleischmann
Duration: ca. 55’
Commissioned by Ensemble Musikfabrik and Kunststiftung NRW
Premiere: June 3, 2023
Sarah Maria Sun, soprano / Schola Heidelberg / Ensemble Musikfabrik
Cologne, Germany
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Duration: ca. 110' (one act)
Libretto by Stephanie Fleischmann

Characters
Poppaea – soprano
Nero – tenor or baritone
Octavia – mezzo-soprano
Handmaidens – 2 sopranos, 1 mezzo-soprano
Additional female chorus – 2 soprano sections, 1 mezzo-soprano section

Instrumentation: 1 Fl., 1 Ob., 1 Bb Cl., 1 Bass Cl. (sep. player), 2 Alt. Sax., 1 Bn., 1 Cnt. Bn., 1 Hn., 1 Tpt., 1 Trb., 1 Perc., 1 Pno., 2 Vln., 1 Vla., 1 Vc., 1 Db. Bs.
Premiere date:
September 2021 - ZeitRaeume Basel – Biennial for New Music and Architecture
November 2021 - Wien Modern Festival, Vienna, Austria
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Duration: ca. 120'
Libretto by Michael Hersch
Text adapted from Marin Sorescu's The Bridge
Translation by Adam J. Sorkin and Lidia Vinau
Instrumentation: 1 Soprano, 1 Fl., 1 Ob., 1 Bb Cl., 1 Bass Cl. (separate player), 1 Perc., 1 Pno., 1 Vln., 1 Vc.
Presented by Nunc
Miranda Cuckson, Artistic Director
Roger Brunyate, Stage Director
Ah Young Hong, soprano
Tito Muñoz, conductor
Christopher Cairns, Kevin Tuttle, Sets
Premiere date: June 25, 2014
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York
thresholdopera.com
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Cantata

Duration: ca. 26'
Soloists: Soprano, Violin, Clarinet in Bb
Ensemble: 1 Bs. Cl., 1 Bn., 1 Pno., Section - Vln. I, Vln. II, Vla., Vc., Cb.
Ah Young Hong, soprano; Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin; Reto Bieri, clarinet
Commissioned by Camerata Bern
Premiere date: February 21, 2020
Bern, Switzerland
PROGRAM NOTE
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Duration: ca. 70'
Text drawn from letters of Mary Harris O'Reilly to the composer, and the poetry of Rebecca Elson and Christopher Middleton
Instrumentation: 2 sopranos, 1 Bb clarinet doubling bass clarinet, 1 alto saxophone, 1 bassoon, 1 piano, 2 violins, 1 viola, 1 violoncello, 1 contrabass
commissioned by the Ojai Festival, Aldeburgh Festival, Cal Performances & PN Review
Premiere Date: June 8, 2018, Ojai Music Festival - Ojai, CA
Ah Young Hong, soprano; Kiera Duffy, soprano; Gary Louie, saxophone; Tito Muñoz, conductor;
members of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra
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Large Ensemble

nine songs after texts of Fawzi Karim
Duration: ca. 25'
Instrumentation: 1 Picc./2 Fl./2 Ob./2 Bb Cl./1 Bs.Cl./2 Bn./1 Cnt.Bn./
4 Hrn./2 C Tpt./2 Tn.Trb./1 Bs.Trb./3 Perc./1 Hp./1 Pno./Strings
Premiere Date: February 14, 2020 by the BBC Symphony Orchestra
Ah Young Hong, soprano
London, England
Radio broadcast on BBC
PROGRAM NOTE
Michael Hersch: Reflections on Fawzi Karim - PNR 248, July-August 2019
the script of storms - texts
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Duration: ca. 20'
2 Fl./2 Ob./2 Cl. (second dbl. bass cl.)/2 Bn./2 Hrn./2 C Tpt./1 Perc./Strings
Commissioned by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Premiere date:
January 19, 2017 - Thomasville Center for the Arts, Thomasville, GA
February 4, 2017 - Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
PROGRAM NOTE
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Duration: ca. 30'
1 Pic./2 Fl./2 Ob./2 Bb Cl./1 Bs.Cl./2 Bn./1 Cnt.Bn./
4 Hrn./2 C Tpt./2 Tn.Trb./1 Bs.Trb./1 Tba./Timp./3 Perc./2 Hp./1 Pno./Strings
Commissioned by the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
Marin Alsop, Music Director
Premiere date: Summer 2010, Santa Cruz, California
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Duration: ca. 8'
1 Pic./2 Fl./2 Ob./2 Bb Cl./1 Bs.Cl./2 Bn./1 Cnt.Bn./
4 Hrn./2 C Tpt./2 Tn.Trb./1 Bs.Trb./1 Tba./Strings
Commissioned by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Premiere date: February 2005, Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
Strathmore Music Center, Bethesda, Maryland

Duration: ca. 27'
2 Fl./2 Ob./2 Bb Cl./2 Bsn./2 Hrn./2 C Tpt./Strings
Commissioned by the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia
Premiere date: June 2005, Ignat Solzhenitsyn, conductor
Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Duration: ca. 12'
1 Pic./2 Fl./2 Ob../2 Bb Cl./1 Bs.Cl./2 Bn./1 Cnt.Bn./
4 Hrn./2 C Tpt./2 Tn.Trb./1 Bs.Trb./1 Tba./Timp./3 Perc./Strings
Commissioned by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Premiere date: March 2003, Claus Peter Flor, conductor
Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Duration: ca. 20'
1 Pic./2 Fl./2 Ob./2 Bb Cl./1 Bs.Cl./2 Bn./1 Cnt.Bn./
4 Hrn./3 C Tpt../2 Tn.Trb./1 Bs.Trb./1 Tba./Timp./3 Perc./1 Hp./1 Pno./Strings
Commissioned by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Premiere date: April 2002, Mariss Jansons, conductor
Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Duration: ca. 27'
1 Pic./2 Fl./2 Ob./2 Bb Cl./1 Bs.Cl./2 Bn./1 Cnt.Bn./
4 Hrn./2 C Tpt./2 Tn.Trb./1 Bs.Trb./1 Tba../Timp./2 Perc./1 Hp./1 Pno./Strings Commissioned by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Premiere date: November 1999, Alan Gilbert, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Hall - Dallas, Texas

Ensemble With Soloist

for soprano, 6-part vocal ensemble, and sixteen players
Libretto by Stephanie Fleischmann
Duration: ca. 55’
Commissioned by Ensemble Musikfabrik and Kunststiftung NRW
Premiere: June 3, 2023
Sarah Maria Sun, soprano / Schola Heidelberg / Ensemble Musikfabrik
Cologne, Germany
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Duration: ca. 26'
Soloists: Soprano, Violin, Clarinet in Bb
Ensemble: 1 Bs. Cl., 1 Bn., 1 Pno., Section - Vln. I, Vln. II, Vla., Vc., Cb.
Ah Young Hong, soprano; Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin; Reto Bieri, clarinet
Commissioned by Camerata Bern
Premiere date: February 21, 2020
Bern, Switzerland
PROGRAM NOTE
WATCH/LISTEN

nine songs after texts of Fawzi Karim
Duration: ca. 25'
Instrumentation: 1 Picc./2 Fl./2 Ob./2 Bb Cl./1 Bs.Cl./2 Bn./1 Cnt.Bn./
4 Hrn./2 C Tpt./2 Tn.Trb./1 Bs.Trb./3 Perc./1 Hp./1 Pno./Strings
Premiere Date: February 14, 2020 by the BBC Symphony Orchestra
Ah Young Hong, soprano
London, England
Radio broadcast on BBC
PROGRAM NOTE
Michael Hersch: Reflections on Fawzi Karim - PNR 248, July-August 2019
the script of storms - texts
EXCERPT
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Duration: ca. 33'
Soprano/2 Alto Sax./1 Tnr. Trb./1 Perc./1 Pno./1 Elec. Gtr.
Commissioned by Ensemble Klang
Premiere date: December 7, 2016 - De Doelen, Rotterdam, Holland
Ensemble Klang Albums-In-Depth
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Duration: ca. 35'
1 Fl./1 Ob./1 Bb Cl./1 Bs.Cl./1 Bn./
1 Hrn./1 C Tpt./1 Pno./Solo Vln./2 Sec.Vlns./1 Vla./1 Vc./1 D.b.
Commissioned by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Premiere date: November 6, 2015 - Saint Paul, MN
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin
[BBC RADIO 3] Modern Muses: Michael Hersch and Patricia Kopatchinskaja
WATCH/LISTEN - first movement
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Duration: ca. 24'
2 Alto Sax./1 Tnr. Trb./1 Perc./1 Pno./1 Elec. Gtr.
Commissioned by Ensemble Klang
Premiere date: October 25, 2014 - Orgelpark, Amsterdam, Holland
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Duration: ca. 24'
1 Pic./2 Fl./2 Ob./2 Bb Cl./1 Bs.Cl./2 Bn./1 Cnt.Bn./
4 Hrn./2 C Tpt./2 Tn.Trb./1 Bs.Trb./1 Tba./Timp./2 Perc./2 Hp./1 Pno./solo C tpt./Strings
Commissioned by the Cleveland Orchestra
Premiere date: 2011/12 season
Cleveland Orchestra
Michael Sachs, trumpet

Duration: ca. 26'
2 Fl./2 Ob./2 Bb Cl. dbl. Bs. Cl./2 Bn./
2 Hrn./2 C Tpt./2 Trb./1 Perc./Pno.Solo/Strings
Premiere date: Spring 2012
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Shai Wosner, piano
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Duration: ca. 38'
1 Pic./2 Fl./2 Ob./2 Bb Cl./1 Bs.Cl./2 Bn./1 Cnt.Bn./
4 Hrn./2 C Tpt./2 Tn.Trb./1 Bs.Trb./1 Tba./
Timp./3 Perc./1 Orch. Pno./1 Hp./Pno.Solo/Strings
Commissioned by the Saint Louis Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony and Garrick Ohlsson
Premiere date: November 2002
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, soloist

Vocal

for baritone, bass clarinet, trumpet, trombone, violin, contrabass
Duration: ca. 30’
Premiere Date: December 8, 2024
Music at St. Paul's Concert Series
New York, NY
Loadbang Ensemble with Miranda Cuckson, violin / Will Yager, contrabass

for soprano, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola, cello
Duration: ca. 17’
Premiere Date: December 18, 2024
International Museum of Surgical Science Concert Series
Chicago, IL
Ah Young Hong, soprano / Andrew Nogal / Andrew Hudson / Ben Roidl-Ward, bassoon / Hannah Christiansen, violin / Lena Vidulich, viola / Isidora Nojkovic, cello

for soprano, violin, and bassoon
Duration: ca. 11’
Premiere Date: September 8, 2023
International Museum of Surgical Science Concert Series
Chicago, IL
Ah Young Hong, soprano / Ben Roidl-Ward, bassoon / William Overcash, violin
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songs after texts of Jan Zwicky
for soprano, flute, oboe, clarinet, chamber organ, violin and double bass
Duration: ca. 20’
Commissioned by Ensemble Phoenix Basel
Premiere Dates: December 2/3, 2022
Ah Young Hong, soprano / Ensemble Phoenix Basel Gare du Nord - Basel, Switzerland
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for soprano, 6-part vocal ensemble, and sixteen players
Libretto by Stephanie Fleischmann
Duration: ca. 55’
Commissioned by Ensemble Musikfabrik and Kunststiftung NRW
Premiere: June 3, 2023
Sarah Maria Sun, soprano / Schola Heidelberg / Ensemble Musikfabrik
Cologne, Germany
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seven songs after text fragments of Utler, Kociejowski, Fleischmann, Middleton, Karim and Thucydides
for soprano, bassoon, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass
Duration: ca. 20’
Commissioned by the Decoda Ensemble
Premiere date: March 23, 2022
Alice Teyssier, soprano / Decoda
Carnegie Recital Hall - New York, NY
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for soprano, violin and bassoon
Duration: ca. 10'
Commissioned by Patricia Kopatchinskaja
Premiere date: February 2020

Duration: ca. 26'
Soloists: Soprano, Violin, Clarinet in Bb
Ensemble: 1 Bs. Cl., 1 Bn., 1 Pno., Section - Vln. I, Vln. II, Vla., Vc., Cb.
Ah Young Hong, soprano; Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin; Reto Bieri, clarinet
Commissioned by Camerata Bern
Premiere date: February 21, 2020
Bern, Switzerland
PROGRAM NOTE
WATCH/LISTEN

nine songs after texts of Fawzi Karim
Duration: ca. 25'
Instrumentation: 1 Picc./2 Fl./2 Ob./2 Bb Cl./1 Bs.Cl./2 Bn./1 Cnt.Bn./
4 Hrn./2 C Tpt./2 Tn.Trb./1 Bs.Trb./3 Perc./1 Hp./1 Pno./Strings
Premiere Date: February 14, 2020 by the BBC Symphony Orchestra
Ah Young Hong, soprano
London, England
Radio broadcast on BBC
PROGRAM NOTE
Michael Hersch: Reflections on Fawzi Karim - PNR 248, July-August 2019
the script of storms - texts
EXCERPT
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Duration: ca. 11'
Text by Christopher Middleton
Commissioned by Patricia Kopatchinskaja
Premiere date: October 9, 2017
Park Avenue Armory
New York, New York
PROGRAM NOTE
WATCH/LISTEN
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Duration: ca. 70'
Text drawn from letters of Mary Harris O'Reilly to the composer, and the poetry of Rebecca Elson and Christopher Middleton
Instrumentation: 2 sopranos, 1 Bb clarinet doubling bass clarinet, 1 alto saxophone, 1 bassoon, 1 piano, 2 violins, 1 viola, 1 violoncello, 1 contrabass
commissioned by the Ojai Festival, Aldeburgh Festival, Cal Performances & PN Review
Premiere Date: June 8, 2018, Ojai Music Festival - Ojai, CA
Ah Young Hong, soprano; Kiera Duffy, soprano; Gary Louie, saxophone; Tito Muñoz, conductor;
members of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra
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Duration: ca. 33'
Soprano/2 Alto Sax./1 Tnr. Trb./1 Perc./1 Pno./1 Elec. Gtr.
Commissioned by Ensemble Klang
Premiere date: December 7, 2016 - De Doelen, Rotterdam, Holland
Ensemble Klang Albums-In-Depth
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Texts by Christopher Middleton
Duration: ca. 30'
Premiere date: May 28, 2016 - London, England
Ah Young Hong, soprano; Michael Atkinson, horn

Duration: ca. 35'
Texts by Dante Alighieri and Ezra Pound
Commissioned by the Network for New Music
Premiere date: April 19, 2015 - Philadelphia, PA
Ah Young Hong, Paul Demers, Burchard Tang, Jamie Hersch
conducted by Jan Krzywicki
EXCERPTS

Duration: ca. 10'
Text by Thomas Hardy
Premiere date: October 6, 2017
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Ah Young Hong, soprano; Mark Wait, piano
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Suite from the opera On the Threshold of Winter
Duration: ca. 30'
Premiere date:
January 13, 2013 - Ensemble Nunc Benefit Concert, New York, NY
Ah Young Hong, soprano; Matei Varga, piano

Duration: ca. 20'
2 versions available:
Version 1 - for lyric baritone and piano
Version 2 - for bass-baritone and piano
Commissioned by Thomas Hampson and the A.S.C.A.P. Foundation Kingsford Fund for Art Songs
Premiere date: February 26, 2013 - San Francisco, California
Thomas Hampson, baritone; Wolfram Rieger, piano
San Francisco Performances

Duration: ca. 14'
Premiere date:
1994 - The Peabody Institute of Music, Baltimore, MD
Ulrike Huhs, soprano; Paul Wyse, piano

Chamber Music

for two violins
Duration: ca. 5’
Premiere Date: September 28, 2023
2023 Duologue Festival - New York, NY
String Noise: Conrad Harris / Pauline Kim - violins
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for bassoon and violin
Duration: ca. 30’
Premiere Date: September 8, 2023
International Museum of Surgical Science Concert Series
Chicago, IL
Ben Roidl-Ward, bassoon / William Overcash, violin
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songs after texts of Jan Zwicky
for soprano, flute, oboe, clarinet, chamber organ, violin and double bass
Duration: ca. 20’
Commissioned by Ensemble Phoenix Basel
Premiere Dates: December 2/3, 2022
Ah Young Hong, soprano / Ensemble Phoenix Basel Gare du Nord - Basel, Switzerland
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seven songs after text fragments of Utler, Kociejowski, Fleischmann, Middleton, Karim and Thucydides
for soprano, bassoon, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass
Duration: ca. 20’
Commissioned by the Decoda Ensemble
Premiere date: March 23, 2022
Alice Teyssier, soprano / Decoda
Carnegie Recital Hall - New York, NY
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for flute and piano
Duration: ca. 80’
Commissioned by the American Modern Opera Company (AMOC)

for soprano, violin and bassoon
Duration: ca. 10'
Commissioned by Patricia Kopatchinskaja
Premiere date: February 2020

Duration: ca. 11'
Text by Christopher Middleton
Commissioned by Patricia Kopatchinskaja
Premiere date: October 9, 2017
Park Avenue Armory
New York, New York
PROGRAM NOTE
WATCH/LISTEN
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Duration: ca. 30'
fl./Bb cl. dbl. bass cl./pno./2 vlns./vla./vc.
Commissioned by the Alban Berg Ensemble Wien
Premiere date: November 13, 2017
Musikverein - Vienna, Austria
LISTEN

Duration: ca. 35'
Commissioned by the Library of Congress
Premiere date: October 16, 2015
Stefan Heinemeyer, cello; Annette von Hehn, violin
Washington, D.C.
PROGRAM NOTE
LISTEN

Duration: ca. 100'
Commissioned by Mark Wait, Carolyn Huebl and Vanderbilt University
Premiere date: February 26, 2015
Carolyn Huebl, violin / Mark Wait, piano
Nashville, Tennesse
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Duration: ca. 65'
Commissioned by the Blair String Quaret and Vanderbilt University
Premiere date: February 17, 2012
The Blair String Quartet
Nashville, Tennessee
PROGRAM NOTE
WATCH/LISTEN
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Duration: ca. 12'
Premiere date:
November 11, 2010 - The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.
Daniel Gaisford, cello; Michael Hersch, piano
WATCH/LISTEN

Duration: ca. 32'
1 Bb Cl. dbl. Bs.Cl./1 Hrn./1 Perc./1 Vln./1 Vla./1 Vc./1 Cb.
Commissioned by the Network for New Music
Premiere date: April 9, 2010
Society for Ethical Culture - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PROGRAM NOTE
EXCERPT

Duration: ca. 120'
Premiere date: October 17, 2009
Jamie Hersch, horn; Daniel Gaisford, cello
St. Mark's Church - Philadelphia, PA
PROGRAM NOTE
Also see SEW ME INTO A SHROUD OF LEAVES

Duration: 25'
Commissioned by Midori Goto
Premiere date: November 2004
Midori Goto, violin; Robert McDonald, piano
Lisbon, Portugal
Press

Duration: ca. 30'
Commissioned by the Sequenza Piano Trio
Premiere date: February 2004
Sequenza Piano Trio
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Duration: ca. 31'
4 vln./2 vla./2 Vc.
Commissioned by the Kronberg Akademie
Premiere date: August 2002
Schloss Neuhardenberg Festival - Brandenberg, Germany

Duration: ca. 13'
Matthew Hunter, viola; David Riniker, cello
Premiere Date: January 2003, Philharmonie - Berlin, Germany

Duration: ca. 11'
Commissioned by the Romaeuropa Festival
Premiere date: December 2001
Walter Boeykens, clarinet; Ilia Laporev, cello
Pantheon - Rome, Italy

Duration: ca. 17'
Commissioned by the Ensemble da Camera
Premiere date: 1996 American Music Festival
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

sew me into a shroud of leaves

Total timing without intermissions ca. 660’

PART I - The Vanishing Pavilions for piano – ca. 180’ + 1 intermission
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PART II - Last Autumn for horn and violoncello – ca. 120’ + 1 intermission
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PART III - one day may become menace for piano – ca. 360’ + 2 intermissions
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World Premiere Date: November 9, 2019 Wien Modern Festival - Vienna, Austria
Program Note from Wien Modern 32 - 9 November 2019
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The cycle consists of approximately ten hours of music. Intermissions within each work over the course of the work add an additional two hours (the suggested intermission timing being 30 minutes). If the work is presented on a single date, it is suggested to have further time of at least one hour between Parts 1 & 2 and Parts 2 & 3. While the piece may be performed over a single date as described above, it may also be presented one Part per date over the course of three consecutive dates.

Georg Friedrich Haas on the work of Michael Hersch
“Michael Hersch is an astonishing musician. He is one of those rare artists who personally are totally melded together with their art. Here he is working against all conventions, against all practical realities of today’s concert life." —Georg Friedrich Haas

Solo Instrumental

for solo flute
Duration: ca. 18’
Premiere Date: October 24, 2020
Emi Ferguson, flute
Studio of Christopher Cairns
Havertown, PA
WATCH *Performance begins at 22:28
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Duration: ca. 360'
Part III of sew me into a shroud of leaves
Premiere date: November 9, 2019
Wien Modern Festival
Vienna, Austria
Also see SEW ME INTO A SHROUD OF LEAVES

Duration: ca. 20'
Premiere date: September 7, 2016 - Spectrum, New York, NY
Miranda Cuckson, violin
WATCH/LISTEN

Duration: ca. 19'
Commissioned by the New York Philharmonic
Premiere date: June, 3, 2014 - SubCulture, New York, NY
Yulia Ziskel, violin

Duration: ca. 25'
Premiere date: September 18, 2012 - Friedberg Hall, Baltimore, MD
Gary Louie, saxophone
EXCERPT

Duration: ca. 15'
Premiere date: March 15, 2012 - Reinberger Chamber Music Hall at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio
Michael Hersch, piano
WATCH/LISTEN

Duration: ca. 11'
Premiere date:
August 2010 - Dartington Music Festival, United Kingdom
Peter Sheppard-Skaerved, violin
LISTEN

Duration: ca. 8'
Premiere date: August 15, 2013 - Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Garrick Ohlsson, piano

Duration: ca. 32'
Premiere date: December 2007 - Brno, Czech Republic
Peter Sheppard-Skaerved, violin

Duration: ca. 22'
Commissioned by Jeffrey Weisner
Premiere date: June 2007 - International Society of Bassists Convention, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Jeffrey Weisner, double bass

Duration: ca. 175'
Premiere date: October 2006
Saint Mark's Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Michael Hersch, piano
PROGRAM NOTE
Also see SEW ME INTO A SHROUD OF LEAVES

Duration: ca. 5'
Commissioned by Peter Sheppard-Skaerved
Premiere date:
2004 - Museum of Contemporary Art, Mexico City, Mexico
Peter Sheppard-Skaerved, violin

Duration: ca. 13'
Premiere date: October 2003 - Van Cliburn Foundation Modern at the Modern Series, Fort Worth, Texas
Michael Hersch, piano

Duration: ca. 12'
Commissioned by Yael Weiss
Premiere date:
March 2004 - Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
Yael Weiss, piano

Duration: ca. 40'
Premiere date: October 2003 Musica XXI Romaeuropa Festival
Goethe Institute - Rome, Italy
Daniel Gaisford, cello
PROGRAM NOTE

Duration: ca. 35'
Premiere date: 2001 - 92nd St. Y
Tisch Center for the Performing Arts, New York, New York
Daniel Gaisford, cello
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Arrangements

Premiere Date: May 16, 2021
Emi Ferguson, flute / Miranda Cuckson, violin / Coleman Itzkoff, cello
Studio of Christopher Cairns
Havertown, PA
WATCH

Premiere Date: December 16, 2018
Ah Young Hong, soprano / FLUX Quartet
The Icebox Project Space
Philadelphia, PA
WATCH

Mille Regretz: ca. 3'
LISTEN
De Profundis Clamavi: ca. 6'
LISTEN

Duration: ca. 25'
1 Fl./1 Ob./1 Bb Cl./1 Bn./1 Hn./1 Tpt./Vln. Solo/2 Vln./1Vla./1 Vc.
Commissioned by Nurit Pacht
Premiere date: February 2006 - Alliance Francais
Nurit Pacht, violin