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By Jacob Stockinger
It has started.
This is the week when the world premieres of the 10 short pieces — written by American composers for the U.S. Library of Congress’ “Boccaccio Project” — will go public and start being posted on various social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube as well as the Internet.
The project is a way to capture some of the unique culture brought about by the coronavirus pandemic and COVID-19.
The first is “Sequestered Thoughts,” a solo piano work by composed Damien Sneed (below top) and performed by Jeremy Jordan (below bottom).
Below is a link to the page with the performance. You can also read what both the composer and the pianist have to say about the new work and what it means — including rippling octaves that depict the monotony of the days in isolation.
Here is the link: https://www.loc.gov/concerts/boccaccio-project/sneed-jordan.html
You can also follow links on the bottom of the page to more information about both the composer and the performer, and to general background of the project.
If you would like some more background, along with commentary and questions, go to: https://welltempered.wordpress.com/2020/06/13/classical-music-the-library-of-congress-has-commissioned-new-music-about-the-coronavirus-pandemic-you-can-listen-to-the-premieres-from-this-monday-june-15-through-june-28/
What do you think of the new piece?
What do you think of the whole project?
Do you want to hear more of the commissioned music?
The Ear wants to hear.
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Evocative work.
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Comment by Carol — June 17, 2020 @ 7:29 am