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