scars plummet to the corners
April 25, 2025 | 7:30pm
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music
AMOC* flutist Emi Ferguson and pianist Jacob Rhodebeck offer the New York premiere of scars plummet to the corners, an AMOC* commission from composer Michael Hersch, at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music. The piece will premiere at the Sylvia Adalman Recital Series (Baltimore, MD) on April 7.
Commissioned by the American Modern Opera Company (AMOC*)
Emi Ferguson, flute
Jacob Rhodebeck, piano
Five years after its completion in 2020, AMOC presents the New York premiere of Michael Hersch’s pandemic-era meditation in its entirety. The work, Hersch’s unflinching and virtuosic engagement with an event unprecedented in the modern era, is performed by two of the most gifted musicians working today.
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“music of introverted intensity” – The New Yorker
“… that evening’s high point came in the form of two movements from Michael Hersch’s moving ‘scars plummet to the corners,’ for piano and flute. The musical trajectory moves from tender to tough to chillingly still and mysterious in its slow, lingering final section. This late-night juncture was one of those magical Ojai moments, when the ambient cricket chorus in Libbey Bowl and a beaming moon overhead seem like interactive elements with the music.” – San Francisco Classical Voice
“A highlight of Thursday night’s program — and the festival … Michael Hersch’s profound, mind-altering flute-piano piece ‘Scars Plummet to the Corners'”– The Santa Barbara Independent
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