Episode Synopsis "Herschel Garfein and Mortality Mansions"

An insightful interview with composer/writer Herschel Garfein in his Park Slope Apartment about his newest song cycle: Mortality Mansions with texts by poet Donald Hall.  We discuss 'why song', his own compositional style, and the delights of Donald Halls poetry.

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