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26 - Caamp  (GSS string quartet cover)

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'I kiss the earth' for soprano and left hand piano
Dedicated to Veronica Doubleday and Peyee Chen

The quatrains for this song cycle are taken from High on the Tall Mountain, an illustrated anthology of Afghan chaharbeiti (sung poetry) shown in the original Persian alongside English translations by my dear friend Veronica Doubleday. I started writing the piece in April 2021, little knowing how this beautiful country of musicians, poets and artists would be decimated once again by the arrival of the Taliban a few months later in August. Originally the work finished with the joyous declamation of a lover, however I felt compelled to write a further movement in December 2021 - ‘War came to Kabul and her northern plain. God send them blessings of human kindness!’(SH Dec. 2021) 

‘I kiss the earth’
is part of the 
PASTURE & STORM PROJECT (New Repertoire for Single-handed Pianists)
Premiered on 9 September 2022 at St. George’s, Brandon Hill, Bristol
by Peyee Chen and Tomáš  Klement

Generously supported by funds from Arts Council England National Lottery 
and PRSF Foundation Open Fund. 

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