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2009-2010 Concert Season

Friday, August 6, 2010 AT 8PM

Symphony No. 3 (world premiere)
Cabrillo Festival for Contemporary Music
Marin Alsop, conductor
Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
Santa Cruz, CA
More Information: www.cabrillomusic.org

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 2010 AT 8PM

Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 for Unaccompanied Cello
Peabody Institute of Music - Leith Symington Griswold Hall
Daniel Gaisford, cello
Baltimore, MD

Friday, April 9, 2010 at 8PM

A Forest of Attics for clarinet, horn, percussion, violin, viola, cello and bass
(world premiere)
Network for New Music
Philadelphia Ethical Society - 1906 S. Rittenhouse Square
Philadelphia, PA
More Information: www.networkfornewmusic.org

Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 8PM

Transit Circle Contemporary Music Series
Last Autumn for alto saxophone and cello - complete (world premiere)
Gary Louie, saxophone
Daniel Gaisford, cello
Merkin Concert Hall - 129 West 67th Street
New York, NY
More Information: kaufman-center.org

Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 8PM

Last Autumn for horn and cello (world premiere)
Jamie Hersch, horn
Daniel Gaisford, cello
St. Mark's Church - 1625 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA

Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 8PM

Transit Circle Contemporary Music Series
The New School for Music
150 West 85th Street - New York, NY
Miranda Cuckson, violin/Steven Beck, piano/Blair McMillen, piano
Program: Ralph Shapey: Sonata for violin and piano (1949)
Michael Hersch: 14 Pieces for unaccompanied violin (2007)
Elliott Carter: Duo for violin and piano (1974)
More Information: www.newschool.edu

Review


Classical Recording
Michael Hersch: Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 for Unaccompanied Cello
By VIVIEN SCHWEITZER
The New York Times
Published: April 27, 2010


MICHAEL HERSCH’S Sonata No. 1 for unaccompanied cello is one of his earliest published works, written when he was 23, in 1994. The riveting piece, given a gripping performance by Daniel Gaisford, is included on the first of three discs featuring Mr. Hersch’s solo and chamber music for string instruments, being released by Vanguard Classics... READ MORE


New Recording - 2009

Vanguard Classics releases the first disc in a series of three surveying Michael Hersch's complete works for solo strings, written during the fifteen years 1994-2009. The first recording features the demanding early Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 for Unaccompanied Cello. The recording is the first on Vanguard since the widely acclaimed 2-CD box set release of The Vanishing Pavilions in 2007, with the composer at the piano. ORDER ONLINE

Upcoming Projects

New Song Cycle for Thomas Hampson - Michael Hersch has been commissioned to write a new song cycle for baritone Thomas Hampson scheduled for premiere during the 2010/11 concert season.

New Concerto - The Cleveland Orchestra has commissioned Michael Hersch to compose a new concerto for principal trumpet Michael Sachs. The work is scheduled for a fall 2011 premiere.

Symphony No. 3 - Commissioned by the Cabrillo Festival for Contemporary Music, Michael Hersch will write his third symphony for Music Director Marin Alsop and the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra for premiere during summer 2010.

A Forest of Attics - Commissioned by the Network for New Music for their 25th Anniversary Season, Michael Hersch has written a new work for septet (clarinet, horn, percussion, violin, viola, cello, and bass) after texts of Bruno Schulz. The work is scheduled for a spring 2010 premiere.

Last Autumn for horn and cello, the sibling to The Vanishing Pavilions, and the second work of Mr. Hersch's massive trilogy, was selected by The Philadelphia Inquirer as the city's top event in classical music during 2009. The 2.5 hour work was premiered on October 17, 2009.  Read Concert Review

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