Tag: zajal
ZEJEL [زَجَلْ] FOR VIOLIN AND CELLO – WITH RED CEDAR CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
ZEJEL [زَجَلْ] For Violin & CelloCommissioned by the Red Cedar Chamber Music ensemblePremiered on April 28, 2024United Congregational Church, Iowa CityMiera Kim, ViolinCarey Bostian, CelloPeter Nothnagle, Sound Engineer Inspired by the Lebanese Zèjèl (زَجَل), which is a semi-improvised, semi-sung, or declaimed form of poetry in the colloquial Lebanese Arabic dialect. Zèjèl has close ties in…