[BROADCAST] Library of Congress Boccaccio Project: Oboist Andrew Nogal premieres "shadow of a difference/falling"
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Andrew Nogal, oboe
Richard Drehoff, Jr – shadow of a difference / falling (world premiere)
Concerts from the Library of Congress developed the Boccaccio Project to provide some artistic responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ten composers were commissioned to write brief solo works, with the remotely recorded pieces to be premiered online in June 2020.
About the work:
"shadow of a difference / falling is a series of moments based around the idea of the proverbial bird beating its wings against its newfound cage in trepidation. Each impulse provides insight into its fragile disposition, venturing from moments of cautious curiosity, through forlorn wails and futile exertions, to a melancholy resignation of its confinement. The work exposes the bird’s vulnerability by exploring blurred inflections of pitch, unsteady and ever-wavering sweeps across registers, and sharp juxtapositions between timid and rash gestures."
~ Richard Drehoff Jr.
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