Recorded in March 2021. 
Mixed and Mastered by Ed Day.
Thank you to AM Publishers for providing the piano accompaniment track.

Ayevwiomo for flute and piano by Fred Onovwerosuoke

Looking after my friend’s narrow boat for a week, I became aware of an inertia like state switching from the gentle rocking of the boat to the stability of land. Whenever I stepped onto the canal path, I still felt the water dancing in my head, swaying my thoughts rhythmically like a pendulum. 

This sense ebbed and flowed, but became more dominant the longer I spent aboard. Over time, this recurring feeling came to represent a bittersweet presence of memory and how our recollections can stay around longer than they are welcome. 

Performed by Orchestra in the Shape of a Pear at Moseley Road Baths, Birmingham in September 2021. 

Recorded and mixed by Alex Collett-Sinfield.

boat song

Classical flautist at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Ayevwiomo for flute and piano by Fred Onovwerosuoke

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