Concerts
Selected performances from the
Al Farabi Concerto series
Music from Egypt
St James's Piccadilly, London
23rd May 2024
Simon Smith (violin) & Emma Walker (piano)
Gamal Abdel-Rahim
The Lotus Pond
Sonata for Violin and Piano
Amr Okba
Solo for Violin
Halim El-Dabh
Mekta' in the Art of Kita' Book 1 and Book 2
Aziz El-Shawan
Meditations
With music by Cesar Franck and Aram Khachaturian
Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London
8th May 2019
The Chilingirian String Quartet
Kareem Roustom
String Quartet No.1 'Shades of Night'
With quartets by Thea Musgrave and Tchaikovsky
Great Hall, Dartington, Devon
22nd May 2016
Dartington Chamber Orchestra/Oliver Butterworth
Gamal Abdel-Rahim
Little Suite for Strings
Halim El-Dabh
Aria for Strings
Amr Okba
Utopia for Solo Clarinet
Kareem Roustom
Dabke
Mohammed Sidiq
Dialog for Nay and Flute
Arab Popular Songs arr. MacLeod & Howat
With music by Helen Glatz, Handel and Purcell
The Spirit of the Moors
Cadogan Hall, London
15th October 2015
English Chamber Orchestra/Garry Walker
Dina Bensaïd, piano
Nabil Benabdeljalil
Adagio 'Leaning to the Eternity'
Maurice Ohana
Tres Gráficos
Ahmed Essyad
Nadim for piano and percussion
Petite Suite du Collier for solo piano
With El Amor Brujo by Manuel de Falla
Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
22nd July 2015
Southbank Sinfonia, Borough Chamber Choir and Soloists
Zaid Jabri
Four scenes and intermezzo from the opera 'Cities of Salt'
Za'atery
Leighton House, London
30th August 2014
The Tareq Jundi Quartet (oud, flute, cello and percussion)
Tareq Jundi
Compositions and Improvisations
Concert for the Children of Egypt
Cadogan Hall, London
22nd October 2013
Egyptian Contemporary Music Ensemble
Bahaa El-Ansary
The Art of Fear
Mohamed Saad Basha
Exhaustion
Ahmed Madkour
Four Days
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Nass Makan, directed by Ahmed El Maghraby with special guest Father Moussa (voice)
Performances from Egypt's musical heritage
Senate House, London University
13th December 2012
String Quartets
Özkan Manav
The Land of Beautiful Horses
Hasan Uçarsu
Fugitis
Chamber Music from Lebanon
St John's Smith Square, London
7th November 2012
Dante String Quartet with Robert Plane (clarinet) and Benjamin Frith (piano)
Houtaf Khoury
Gardens of Love (clarinet quintet)
Boghos Gelalion
Canzona e Toccata for Piano Solo
Bechara El-Khoury
Meditation for Bass Clarinet Op 39
Sonata No 2 for Piano Op 61
Abdalla El Masri
Elegie for Piano Trio
Bushra El Turk
Dramaticule II
Toufic Succar
String Quartet Op 7
Music from Egypt
St John's Smith Square, London
3rd March 2011
Repeated on 6th February 2012 at The Residence, British Embassy, Cairo
The Composers Ensemble/Peter Wiegold
Gamal Abdel-Rahim
Piano Trio
The Lotus Pond for Flute and Piano
Duo for Violin and Cello
Halim El-Dabh
Mekta in the Art of Kita, Books 1, 2 & 3 (pno solo)
Aziz El-Shawan
Meditations for Violin and Piano
Rondo for Cello and Piano
Ramz Sabry Samy
One in Bits and Pieces
Nahla Mattar
Three
Amr Okba
Integration
Patrik Bishay
Fragmentations
Wigmore Hall, London
5th March 2010
Ensemble 10:10 / Clark Rundell
Samir Odeh-Tamimi
Anin
Mounir Anastas
Les cinq sens
Patrick Lama
Two Songs
With music by Tim Ewers, Ian Gardiner, Kenneth Hesketh and David Horne
Concert for the Children of Gaza
Barbican Hall, London
5th March 2009
English Chamber Orchestra/Sir Colin Davis
Karim Said (piano)
The Clerks, with guest singers from Syria
Qudduson: Sacred Songs of East and West
With music by Haydn and Mozart
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London
8th December 2008
London Sinfonietta/Diego Masson
Samir Odeh-Tamimi
Hutáf Al-Arwáh
Ahmed Essyad
Three Songs from Voix Interdites
Amr Okba
Message
With music by Tansy Davies, Simon Holt and Peter Maxwell Davies
Cadogan Hall, London
15th October 2008
English Chamber Orchestra/Clark Rundell
Mary Bevan (soprano), Simon Haram (saxophone)
Boghos Gelalian
Sept Sequences
Zaid Jabri
Two Songs for soprano
Waleed Howrani
Saxophone Concerto
With music by Benjamin Britten, Michael Tippett and Mark Anthony Turnage
Cadogan Hall, London
19th June 2008
Nieuw Ensemble/Garry Walker
Hiba Al Kawas (soprano), Wafaa Safar (ney), Taoufik Mirkhan (qanun)
Nouri Iskander
Mawal Kurdeli
Rachida Ibrahim
Music for Ney and Chamber Orchestra
Saed Haddad
On Love 1
Hiba Al Kawas
Songs (arranged by Ian Gardiner)
Rasheed Al-Bougaily
Deewaan
With music by Franco Donatoni and Tan Dun