- John Kameel Farah
Shiraz Sketch (2017)
- Bosworth Music (World)
Unavailable for performance.
Programme Note
The ostinato figure in the right hand of this piece is inspired by the repeating B-flats in “Le Gibet” from Ravel’s “Gaspard de la Nuit”. If Ravel’s piece were a massive, majestic planet, this piece could be a distantly orbiting moon or asteroid. A yawning, waking melody meanders through occasional chords, eventually developing into rumbling arpeggios, and climaxes in a baroque cadence. Bathing in the aftermath of these final chords, I recorded a set of chimes that were hanging outside the concert hall, which I’d ring every time I walked past them. While composing this piece, I would occasionally receive pictures of monuments and scenes in various Persian cities from a friend who was traveling throughout Iran, which gave inspiration to the title.
- John Kameel Farah
- John Kameel Farah
Media
Discography
Time Sketches
- LabelNeue Meister
- Catalogue Number0300945NM
- SoloistJohn Kameel Farah, piano/synthesizer/electronics
- Released24th March 2017