Called a composer of “uncompromising brilliance” by the Washington Post, Michael Hersch is considered among the most gifted composers of his generation whose work has been described by The New York Times as “viscerally gripping and emotionally transformative music … claustrophobic and exhilarating at once, with moments of sublime beauty nestled inside thickets of dark virtuosity.”
Host Matthew Dosland talks with him about his music and current projects
MUSIC
POPPAEA Overture – excerpt
MEDEA – excerpt
MEDEA – excerpt
POPPAEA Scene 3 – excerpt
POPPAEA Scene 8
sew me into a shroud of leaves – Part II – Last Autumn, mvt. 38