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““His creativity and proficiency are reflected during his execution of sensitive and sometimes explosive solos. His guitar dances above the lush orchestration, often moving as quickly as lightning across an orchestrated sky. At other times, Hertzog nestles into the beautiful string harmonics like a burrowing bird.””

— Making A Scene

Longing To Meet You

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Longing To Meet You is inspired by Hertzog’s experiences with IVF. His nine originals are dedicated to the joyful result, the birth of his daughter.

The suite, which contains such pieces as “Longing To Meet You” (during which Woroshyl’s alto playing is particularly romantic and full of longing), the atmospheric and often-heated “A Dream Fades Slowly,” a lyrical “The Attempt,” and the gloomy and mysterious “A Room With No Doors,” features the guitarist-leader taking unpredictable and emotional solos. “Loss” is melancholy and purposely a bit directionless, as if Hertzog were thinking aloud at the guitar. An energetic and wailing “The Last Time” is an effective contrast which is followed by the brief “Interlude,” the hopeful “The Whisper You,” and the happy and celebratory closer “Arrival.”