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Michael Hirsch began to work as a composer in 1976, with occasional interruptions for theatre engagements. In addition to instrumental music and music theatre, the genre of musique concrète is an important part of his compositional oeuvre as is illustrated impressively by the works recorded on this CD InchLa Didone abbandonataInch is based on the opera seria text of the same name by Pietro Metastasio from 1724. For his version Hirsch reduced the number of the dramatis personae to the two protagonists Dido and Aeneas and distilled their texts down to one monologue each - combining these sometimes to create dialogues - in order to present the core of this drama about a relationship in the most concentrated form possible.The musique concrète compositions Inch5. StudieInch and InchUmbau 2Inch are associated with Hirsch's project InchDas KonvolutInch [InchThe ConvolutionInch], in which pieces, concepts and materials from various sources and genres are brought together. The present version of Inch5. StudieInch was composed especially for this CD. InchUmbau 2Inch is generated from the supplementary material for his opera InchDas stille ZimmerInch [InchThe Quiet RoomInch].There are some obvious musical connections between the InchString QuartetInch and InchTragicomediaInch various musical elements, particularly harmonic structures from the quartet, were developed further in the madrigal opera. The content of InchTragicomediaInch is based on a key work of Spanish literature InchLa tragicomedia de Calisto y MelibeaInch by Fernando de Rojas (ca. 1499). Hirsch's composition combines and jumbles dialogue fragments from the literary sources so that they are constantly hovering between a linear narrative and understandable storyline and an associative collage. Album Tracks 1. La Didone Abbandonate 2. 5. Studie 3. Streichquartett 4. Umbau 2 5. Tragicomedia
