Podcast: Bernard Herrmann in the round
December 11, 2020HERRMANN, B.: Whitman – Radio Play by Norman Corwin (reconstructed by C. Husted, 2019)
Sharp • Horwitz • Nicely • PostClassical Ensemble • Gil-Ordóñez
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Raymond Bisha discusses a release of music by the American composer Bernard Herrmann with Joseph Horowitz, co-founder of PostClassical Ensemble, a group dedicated to stepping across normal repertoire boundaries. The album’s programme showcases Herrmann’s talents not only as a composer of film scores, but also as a consummate provider of music for the forgotten genre of radio plays, and a composer of consequence in his legacy of concert works.