October 4, 2024

Immunity

Immunity offers an intimate musical exploration of Roman’s life-altering experience of ongoing Long COVID


1. Suite No. 1 in G Major I. Prélude J.S. Bach
2. Stolen Allison Loggins-Hull
3. Julie-O Mark Summer
4. in manus tuas Caroline Shaw
5. Capriccio per Siegfried Palm Krzysztof Penderecki
6. Duet Joshua Roman
7. Sonata for Solo Cello, I. Fantasia George Crumb
8. Sonata for Solo Cello, II. Tema Pastorale con variazioni George Crumb
9. Sonata for Solo Cello, III. Toccata George Crumb
10. Immunity Joshua Roman
11. Hallelujah Leonard Cohen
12. Dust In The Wind Kansas

Cellist, composer, and curator Joshua Roman  released his debut solo album Immunity on October 4th, on Bright Shiny Things. Immunity is an intimate musical exploration of Roman’s life-altering experience of ongoing Long COVID, as the cellist confronts the impact of the illness and the limitations that nearly ended his career, ultimately finding a renewed understanding of the strength that lies in vulnerability.

Recorded by GRAMMY® Award-winning engineer and producer Adam Abeshouse, the twelve-track album features compositions from J.S. Bach, Allison Loggins-Hull, George Crumb, Caroline Shaw, Leonard Cohen, and two of Roman's own compositions. The varied works are woven into a narrative of the most important moments over the last three years, as Roman has navigated the complex challenges of chronic illness. Each piece represents a moment or lesson that has shaped his experience with Long COVID, moving through a period of doubt, struggle, refocus, and renewal, culminating in a profound acceptance of self and a deeper connection to what's most important in life.

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October 4, 2024

Immunity

Immunity offers an intimate musical exploration of Roman’s life-altering experience of ongoing Long COVID


1. Suite No. 1 in G Major I. Prélude J.S. Bach
2. Stolen Allison Loggins-Hull
3. Julie-O Mark Summer
4. in manus tuas Caroline Shaw
5. Capriccio per Siegfried Palm Krzysztof Penderecki
6. Duet Joshua Roman
7. Sonata for Solo Cello, I. Fantasia George Crumb
8. Sonata for Solo Cello, II. Tema Pastorale con variazioni George Crumb
9. Sonata for Solo Cello, III. Toccata George Crumb
10. Immunity Joshua Roman
11. Hallelujah Leonard Cohen
12. Dust In The Wind Kansas

Cellist, composer, and curator Joshua Roman  released his debut solo album Immunity on October 4th, on Bright Shiny Things. Immunity is an intimate musical exploration of Roman’s life-altering experience of ongoing Long COVID, as the cellist confronts the impact of the illness and the limitations that nearly ended his career, ultimately finding a renewed understanding of the strength that lies in vulnerability.

Recorded by GRAMMY® Award-winning engineer and producer Adam Abeshouse, the twelve-track album features compositions from J.S. Bach, Allison Loggins-Hull, George Crumb, Caroline Shaw, Leonard Cohen, and two of Roman's own compositions. The varied works are woven into a narrative of the most important moments over the last three years, as Roman has navigated the complex challenges of chronic illness. Each piece represents a moment or lesson that has shaped his experience with Long COVID, moving through a period of doubt, struggle, refocus, and renewal, culminating in a profound acceptance of self and a deeper connection to what's most important in life.

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October 4, 2024

Immunity


1. Suite No. 1 in G Major I. Prélude J.S. Bach
2. Stolen Allison Loggins-Hull
3. Julie-O Mark Summer
4. in manus tuas Caroline Shaw
5. Capriccio per Siegfried Palm Krzysztof Penderecki
6. Duet Joshua Roman
7. Sonata for Solo Cello, I. Fantasia George Crumb
8. Sonata for Solo Cello, II. Tema Pastorale con variazioni George Crumb
9. Sonata for Solo Cello, III. Toccata George Crumb
10. Immunity Joshua Roman
11. Hallelujah Leonard Cohen
12. Dust In The Wind Kansas

Cellist, composer, and curator Joshua Roman  released his debut solo album Immunity on October 4th, on Bright Shiny Things. Immunity is an intimate musical exploration of Roman’s life-altering experience of ongoing Long COVID, as the cellist confronts the impact of the illness and the limitations that nearly ended his career, ultimately finding a renewed understanding of the strength that lies in vulnerability.

Recorded by GRAMMY® Award-winning engineer and producer Adam Abeshouse, the twelve-track album features compositions from J.S. Bach, Allison Loggins-Hull, George Crumb, Caroline Shaw, Leonard Cohen, and two of Roman's own compositions. The varied works are woven into a narrative of the most important moments over the last three years, as Roman has navigated the complex challenges of chronic illness. Each piece represents a moment or lesson that has shaped his experience with Long COVID, moving through a period of doubt, struggle, refocus, and renewal, culminating in a profound acceptance of self and a deeper connection to what's most important in life.

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Immunity

October 4, 2024

Immunity offers an intimate musical exploration of Roman’s life-altering experience of ongoing Long COVID


1. Suite No. 1 in G Major I. Prélude J.S. Bach
2. Stolen Allison Loggins-Hull
3. Julie-O Mark Summer
4. in manus tuas Caroline Shaw
5. Capriccio per Siegfried Palm Krzysztof Penderecki
6. Duet Joshua Roman
7. Sonata for Solo Cello, I. Fantasia George Crumb
8. Sonata for Solo Cello, II. Tema Pastorale con variazioni George Crumb
9. Sonata for Solo Cello, III. Toccata George Crumb
10. Immunity Joshua Roman
11. Hallelujah Leonard Cohen
12. Dust In The Wind Kansas

Cellist, composer, and curator Joshua Roman  released his debut solo album Immunity on October 4th, on Bright Shiny Things. Immunity is an intimate musical exploration of Roman’s life-altering experience of ongoing Long COVID, as the cellist confronts the impact of the illness and the limitations that nearly ended his career, ultimately finding a renewed understanding of the strength that lies in vulnerability.

Recorded by GRAMMY® Award-winning engineer and producer Adam Abeshouse, the twelve-track album features compositions from J.S. Bach, Allison Loggins-Hull, George Crumb, Caroline Shaw, Leonard Cohen, and two of Roman's own compositions. The varied works are woven into a narrative of the most important moments over the last three years, as Roman has navigated the complex challenges of chronic illness. Each piece represents a moment or lesson that has shaped his experience with Long COVID, moving through a period of doubt, struggle, refocus, and renewal, culminating in a profound acceptance of self and a deeper connection to what's most important in life.

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November 27, 2024

The Cello, COVID, and Courage

Jay Nordlinger
,
Q&A, Hosted by Jay Nordlinger
Feature
November 22, 2024

Joshua Roman: Immunity

Fred Child
,
Performance Today, Your Classical
Feature
November 4, 2024

Artist Check-in With Joshua Roman

Elliot Forest
,
WQXR
Feature
October 25, 2024

The Day The Music Stopped: A Virtuoso Cellist's Journey Back From Long COVID

Pam Belluck
,
The New York Times
Feature
August 17, 2024

A Virtuoso Cellist’s Painstaking Path From Long Covid Back to the Stage

“This is the first time that I’m putting together something of this breadth and depth. Before, I wasn’t ready to be that vulnerable... I am trying to really remind myself that you don’t know what comes later, now is all you ever have.”

“This is the first time that I’m putting together something of this breadth and depth. Before, I wasn’t ready to be that vulnerable... I am trying to really remind myself that you don’t know what comes later, now is all you ever have.”

Pam Belluck
,
The New York Times
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Immunity

October 4, 2024

Immunity offers an intimate musical exploration of Roman’s life-altering experience of ongoing Long COVID

About the Album


1. Suite No. 1 in G Major I. Prélude J.S. Bach
2. Stolen Allison Loggins-Hull
3. Julie-O Mark Summer
4. in manus tuas Caroline Shaw
5. Capriccio per Siegfried Palm Krzysztof Penderecki
6. Duet Joshua Roman
7. Sonata for Solo Cello, I. Fantasia George Crumb
8. Sonata for Solo Cello, II. Tema Pastorale con variazioni George Crumb
9. Sonata for Solo Cello, III. Toccata George Crumb
10. Immunity Joshua Roman
11. Hallelujah Leonard Cohen
12. Dust In The Wind Kansas

Cellist, composer, and curator Joshua Roman  released his debut solo album Immunity on October 4th, on Bright Shiny Things. Immunity is an intimate musical exploration of Roman’s life-altering experience of ongoing Long COVID, as the cellist confronts the impact of the illness and the limitations that nearly ended his career, ultimately finding a renewed understanding of the strength that lies in vulnerability.

Recorded by GRAMMY® Award-winning engineer and producer Adam Abeshouse, the twelve-track album features compositions from J.S. Bach, Allison Loggins-Hull, George Crumb, Caroline Shaw, Leonard Cohen, and two of Roman's own compositions. The varied works are woven into a narrative of the most important moments over the last three years, as Roman has navigated the complex challenges of chronic illness. Each piece represents a moment or lesson that has shaped his experience with Long COVID, moving through a period of doubt, struggle, refocus, and renewal, culminating in a profound acceptance of self and a deeper connection to what's most important in life.

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