Michael Hersch

one step to the next, worlds ending

Subtitle	seven songs after texts of Jan Zwicky
Text information	text by Jan Zwicky
Year(s) composed	2021
Publisher	PSNY
Duration	20'
Movements	7 movements
Premiere	December 2, 2022; Gare du Nord, Basel, Switzerland; Ah Young Hong, soprano • Ensemble Phoenix Basel
Commission	Commissioned by Ensemble Phoenix Basel
Language	English
Composer note	Near is the hard grief ... the slumped pulp of the head. … And I remembered that other spring: The world was ending then, too … … one step to the next, worlds ending. … that other spring … — Jan Zwicky