[BROADCAST] Library of Congress Boccaccio Project: Cellist Mariel Roberts premieres "Lobelia"
Free (Free)
Mariel Roberts, cello
Ashkan Behzadi – Lobelia (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
"In Lobelia, we are observing the fragile and solitude expressivity of the performer "singing to herself," in searching for a forgotten melody of a past collective memory."
~ Ashkan Behzadi
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