by Kile Smith | Nov 7, 2014 | American music, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
A string quartet and a solo cello breathe on Now Is the Time, Saturday, November 8th at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Michael Hersch wrote the Sonata No. 1 for Unaccompanied Cello when he was all of 23 years old, and already, his dark, simple lines reached through...
by Kile Smith | Apr 25, 2014 | American music, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
We remember the living and the dying on Now Is the Time, Saturday, April 26th at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. The music of Michael Hersch is always strong, always dark, and always provocative, but its true power lies in its vibrancy, always reaching out to us....
by Kile Smith | Feb 16, 2013 | American music, CDs, new music, Radio
The cello sings on Now is the Time, Sunday, February 17th at 10 pm. The seven-movement Sonata No. 2 for Unaccompanied Cello of Michael Hersch is a journey of lament, passion, and poignancy. There is darkness and depth in all of Hersch’s music, but it is always...
by Kile Smith | Sep 29, 2012 | CDs, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
Percussion sets the scene on Now is the Time, Sunday, September 30th at 10 pm. From Michael Hersch’s vast, chime-grounded symphony to drum master Glen Velez’s kicky duo, percussion comes out of the background to speak a language all its own. Joel Chadabe...
by Kile Smith | Jun 23, 2012 | CDs, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
Exotic sounds are broken, chanted, and spun on Now is the Time.
Philadelphia-area composers Michael Hersch and Aaron Jay Kernis always intrigue, Pat Muchmore scalds with post-modern electric guitar, and Michael Ellison infuses Qu’ranic recitation with spectral...
