VIDEOS: Library of Congress Commissions 10 Pairs of Composers and Performers For Series of Solo Pieces
By: Stephi Wild Jun. 20, 2020
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 premiered online in June 2020. Composer Damien Sneed was paired with pianist Jeremy Jordan to write a new work for solo piano, entitled Sequestered Thoughts, which premiered on June 15, 2020.
Remaining Live Performances:
- Friday, June 19, 2020, 8pm Erin Lesser (flute) of the Wet Ink Ensemble and Erin Rogers (composer)
- Monday, June 22, 2020, 8pm Charlton Lee (viola) of the Del Sol String Quartet and Luciano Chessa (composer)
- Tuesday, June 23, 2020, 8pm Daniel Pesca (piano) of the Grossman Ensemble and Aaron Travers (composer)
- Wednesday, June 24, 2020, 8pm Mariel Roberts (cello) of the Wet Ink Ensemble and Ashkan Behzadi (composer)
- Thursday, June 25, 2020, 8pm Jannina Norpoth (violin) of PUBLIQuartet and Niloufar Nourbakhsh (composer)
- Friday, June 26, 2020, 8pm Nathalie Joachim (flute) and Allison Loggins-Hull (composer), both of Flutronix
Previous Concerts you can still watch:
- Monday, June 15, 2020, 8pm Jeremy Jordan (piano) and Damien Sneed (composer)
- Tuesday, June 16, 2020, 8pm Andrew Nogal (oboe) of the Grossman Ensemble and Richard Drehoff, Jr. (composer)
- Wednesday, June 17, 2020, 8pm Kathryn Bates (cello) of the Del Sol String Quartet and Miya Masaoka (composer)
- Thursday, June 18, 2020, 8pm Jenny Lin (piano) and Cliff Eidelman (composer)
Watch them all here:
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