A short piece for piano inspired by T.S Elliot's Four Quartets. 
Performed by Ruth Herbert in February 2021

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Movement II 'Women Like Me' of the Encounters Suite commissioned by Jazz South. Words by Maram al Masri, featuring Hamsa Mounif on voice.
'Women like me do not know how to speak, a word remains in their throats like a thorn they choose to swallo'
Saxophone- Asha Parkinson
Qanun- Konstantinos Glunos
Piano- Harry Baker
Violin 1 - Olivia Ziani
Violin 2- Annie-May Page
Viola- Sally Belcher
Cello- Samuel Vincent
Bass- Harry Pearce
Drums- Tristan Butler
Percussion- Hanen Kiwan

Encounters Movement II: Women Like Me

Movement III/ IV ('Love/ We Have Faces') of the Encounters Suite commissioned by Jazz South. 

Encounters is a powerful new suite for saxophone, string quartet, qanun, Arabic percussion and voice. Encounters inhabits an evocative sound world where jazz, Arabic Maqam and contemporary classical music meet with the feminist poetry of Maram Al-Masri.
Voice- Hamsa Mounif
Saxophone- Asha Parkinson
Qanun- Konstantinos Glunos
Piano- Harry Baker
Violin 1 - Olivia Ziani
Violin 2- Annie-May Page
Viola- Sally Belcher
Cello- Samuel Vincent
Bass- Harry Pearce
Drums- Tristan Butler
Percussion- Hanen Kiwan

Encounters Movement III/ IV: Love/ We Have Faces

The mysterious Spanish phrase "tener duende" refers to the raw inspiration associated with live art forms. A duende is an imaginary elf-like creature in Hispanic folklore. The song is all about the intangible power of this force; how it protects us in moments of struggle

El Duende Me Protege

The final movement of my ‘Widdershins’ string quartet performed at St James’ Piccadilly on 21/11/2022

Abbie Davies, Chloe Meade - violins 
Andrew Liddell- viola 
Sam Vincent - cello 

#stringquartet #contemporaryclassical #originalcomposition

Lost after Widdershins

Final movement of my saxophone concerto performed May 2019

Triggers III- Eruption

This is a piano arrangement of a client's theme song as part of"Father Magri's Notes"

Raniya’s Song Part I

This is a piano arrangement of a client's theme song - part of"Father Magri's Notes"

Raniya’s Song (part III)

As part of my 2017 Voices Beyond Divisions initiative http://www.voicesbeyonddivisions.org/, I wrote a series of string quartet and children's choir arrangements for each community. This is one example, a particularly moving rendition of Dan Nichols' "Hashkiveinu" performed by students of Akiva Primary School

Hashkiveinu

Asha Parkinson is a London-based musician whose work crosses boundaries between classical, jazz and world musics

Asha Parkinson Music

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