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Áé( Áfý%¯Ð¨Ý Ñ˛ 559281bk Hersch 1/8/06 5:27 pm Page 8 AMERICAN CLASSICS MICHAEL HERSCH Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 Fracta Arraché Michael Hersch would like to thank the Argosy Foundation, Fran Richard, the staff and musicians of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Walton, Bournemouth Symphony Ignat Solzhenitsyn, George and Gene Rochberg, Jamie Hersch, Christopher Middleton, Orchestra Jessica Lustig, Michael Lutz, Glenn Petry, Albert Imperato, Louise Barder, and his wife Karen and daughter Abigail Hersch. Marin Alsop 8.559281 8 559281bk Hersch 1/8/06 5:27 pm Page 2 Michael Hersch (b.1971): Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 • Fracta • Arraché ierten Wiederholung der Anfangslinien überleitet. Eine choralartige, dunkel gefärbte Figur in Fagotten und Klari- Reihe sich steigernder Codas führt zum Augenblick der netten. Ist das vielleicht ein Gebet um Kraft gegen das Intensity and passion always increasing… conductor consistently programmed Hersch’s music Wahrheit: Tatsächlich endet die Symphonie mit einem Böse, das gleich ausgestrahlt werden wird? Auf jeden Fall This marking found in Michael Hersch’s Symphony No. 1 and helped to instill confidence that his voice was a Unisono-C der Glocken. Mag das Leben auch noch so wird der Hörer tatsächlich von dieser sorgenvollen Re- best sums up the American composer’s music. His worthy one. That relationship has continued to this day, düster sein, die Ausdauer wird doch belohnt. flexion durch ein kantiges, hüpfendes Thema „weggeris- output abounds with extreme shifts in dynamics and leading to the present disc of definitive recordings with Arraché, das jüngste Werk auf dieser CD, zeigt deut- sen“, das zu einem dichten, stachligen Allegro führt. texture, often searing in effect. Both poles are equally the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Hersch’s lichere Beziehungen zu politischen Geschehnissen als bei Von kräftigen Nebenmotiven angespornt, treibt die represented: emotional outbursts of anger or ecstasy and Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Fracta and Arraché survey Hersch sonst üblich. Das Stück entstand im Auftrag des aggressive Musik mit solch bezwingender Bewegung lengthy bouts of despondency or gloom. His orchestral his output in the orchestral realm and chart the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra zur Einweihung seines voran, dass man den Verzicht auf Schlaginstrumente nicht music can rise to multiple forte only to quickly drop to evolution of his voice. neuen Music Center in Strathmore und wurde im Februar bemerkt. Der thematische Inhalt löst sich schließlich in an intimate whisper. And while his music inhabits new It was with his Symphony No. 2 (2001) that 2005 unter der Leitung von Yuri Temirkanov uraufgeführt. eine furiose Quadrupelfuge auf, womöglich ein symboli- worlds of unsettling vast expanses, it somehow Hersch’s orchestral language seemed to cement itself. Im Sommer 2004 sah, las oder hörte ich allzu oft Berichte scher Hinweis darauf, wie sehr die Nachrichten die Sinne maintains a spiritual connection to the past. It is for Impressed with his work Ashes of Memory (1999), über das Schicksal von Geiseln im Irak, sagt Hersch. Die des Zuschauers überwältigt haben. Bald wird das Mate- these potent qualities and more that conductors such as Jansons and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Bilder ließen sich einfach nicht erschüttern. Arraché (frz. rial des Anfangs in einer kondensierten Schicht wieder- Marin Alsop, Mariss Jansons and Robert Spano; commissioned the symphony, which received its weggerissen) ist kein lärmend deskriptives Stück, son- holt. Arraché endet in stiller Angst, während sich der Be- performers such as Garrick Ohlsson and Midori; and première in April, 2002. A stylistic transformation, dern von den Gedanken an die entsetzlichen, schmerz- trachter von den furchtbaren Nachrichten abwendet, ohne ensembles such as the String Soloists of the Berlin however, had taken place in between the composing of lichen Ereignisse zusammengepresst. dass die Niedergeschlagenheit aufhörte. Philharmonic have championed Hersch’s music. the two works. More and more, Hersch’s music had Arraché beginnt mit zwei leise brütenden Themen. It should come as no surprise that the shifting begun to incorporate an innovative use of complex Das erste ist eine Reihe harmonischer Cluster, die von den Andrew Druckenbrod tectonic plates of Hersch’s music would reflect those clusters, rather than triads, as the foundation of his sordinierten Streichern ausgehen. Daraus entsteht eine Deutsche Fassung: Cris Posslac within the composer himself. Born in Washington, D.C. harmonic language. First explored in chamber music in 1971, Hersch indeed followed an unusual path to such as his Octet, which the composer calls a “pivot Michael Hersch (geb. 1971) composing. He is a rare and seemingly contradictory point” to his mature style, the new approach flowered in Der amerikanische Komponist Michael Hersch wurde 1971 in Washington D.C. geboren und wuchs in Virginia auf. combination of a late bloomer and a prodigy. the Second Symphony. In den letzten zehn Jahren erhielt er unter anderen Kompositionsaufträge der Carnegie Hall, der Pittsburgh Symphony, It was not until almost his nineteenth year that The four-movement work opens with a demonic Baltimore Symphony, St Louis Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Dallas Symphony und von Musikfestivals in Italien Hersch discovered his desire to compose. His brother fury, but gradually its underlying essence emerges. First und Deutschland. Hersch schrieb Werke für so bedeutende Künstler wie Garrick Ohlsson, Midori und Boris Perga- Jamie, a gifted horn player, finally prevailed on the a disjunct melody appears played by a solo menschikow. Mariss Jansons, Robert Spano, James DePreist, Carlos Kalmar, Marin Alsop, Alan Gilbert, Yuri Temirkanov taciturn teenager to listen to Beethoven’s Fifth violin/piccolo. Then the clusters that serve as the und andere haben seine Werke in Europa und den gesamten USA dirigiert. Hersch gehört zu den gefeierten jungen Symphony. Watching a video conducted by Sir George bedrock of the symphony are revealed, overflowing into Komponisten Amerikas. Seit 1996 erhielt er renommierte Preise: den Rom-Preis, den Berlin-Preis, ein Guggenheim Solti seemed to burst a dam inside him. Soon after he the second movement. The third movement introduces Fellowship, das Goddard Lieberson Fellowship der Academy of Arts and Letters und den American Composer Award. enrolled at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, the heart of the work: a pristine melody that expands In der Saison 2002/03 ernannte ihn der Dirigent Mariss Jansons zum „Composer of the Year“ des Pittsburgh Sym- where he quickly mastered technique and exhibited an gloriously through dense counterpoint. This marks one phony Orchestra. Sein Aufnahme-Debüt mit ihm selbst und den Streichersolisten der Berliner Philharmoniker erschien affinity for the pacing and structure of large-scale of the few times in Hersch’s œuvre that an expressly 2003 auf dem Label Vanguard Classics. Eine zweite Vanguard-CD (erschienen 2005) präsentiert den Pianisten Hersch composition. Hersch’s memory and ear greatly melodic theme appears, and the result is exquisite mit Werken von Morton Feldman, Wolfgang Rihm, Josquin des Pres und den eigenen Milosz Fragments. Diese Auf- impressed his teachers and he also excelled at the piano, indeed. The finale fluidly recapitulates the various nahme wählte die Washington Post zu einer der besten des Jahres. Als Pianist trat Michael Hersch unter anderem in whether performing his own works or those of themes with careening highs and lows before der Van Cliburn Foundation’s Modern at the Modern Series, auf dem RomaEuropa Festival und in New York in der composers ranging from Josquin to Boulez. In 1997, concluding with a quiet cluster in the lower strings. It is Merkin Concert Hall und der Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall auf. Er studierte Komposition am Peabody Conser- before he had even graduated, Hersch became one of worth noting that Hersch completed this work in the vatory in Baltimore und am Moskauer Konservatorium in Russland. Heute ist Michael Hersch Professor für Kompo- the youngest composers ever awarded a Guggenheim months immediately following 11 September, 2001, sition am Peabody Conservatory. Seine Werke werden bei 21C Music Publishing veröffentlicht. Fellowship in Music. although the composer makes no mention of a The year before, his music caught the ear of Alsop, connection. Deutsche Fassung: Thomas Theise who selected Hersch as First Prize winner of the The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s impressive American Composer Awards. In subsequent years, the commissioning history with Hersch also includes 8.559281 2 7 8.559281 559281bk Hersch 1/8/06 5:27 pm Page 6 In seiner 2. Symphonie (2001) scheint sich Herschs Or- Klänge umschlingen das ursprüngliche Material, um sich Fracta (2002), which had its première in April, 2003, At first the outlook is bleak. A funeral march chestersprache gefestigt zu haben. Beeindruckt von sei- der Akustik des Pantheon zu nähern und die Ehrfurcht des with Claus Peter Flor conducting. The conception of follows with a pulsing drone on C, leading to a wistful nen Ashes of Memory (1999), gaben Mariss Jansons und Komponisten einzufangen. Dabei bemüht sich das jünge- this piece is intriguing. After hearing his work for theme articulated in the flutes and violins. Episodes das Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra diese Symphonie in re Werk, die bildhafte Interpretation des Gedichtes von clarinet and cello, After Hölderlin’s ‘Hälfte des follow, while the chimes continue to enter sporadically, Auftrag, die im April
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