lalo
for cello and piano
Commissioned by the Bardin-Niskala Duo: 8′
A Lalo is a lullaby; it’s an intimate song, shared and passed down from generation to generation, through mothers to their children. The Lalo is always an intimate connection between generations, but lately it’s taken on a new life. In the past 50 years of political turmoil in Afghanistan, women singers have transformed the Lalo into a potent and powerful political statement, urging children to dream of a future of Afghanistan that’s not war torn, urging girls to pursue education and to seek out their dreams through careers that might change the world.
Seare Ahmad Farhat 