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Chamber (2 - 6 players) Works

"Sama - Bahr-e Tavil"

Instrumentation: Viola, Cello, and Piano

Year of Composition: August 2024

Duration: 6 minutes 30 seconds

Premiere: Friday, December 13, 2024, at the Royal Northern College of Music, Carole Nash Recital Room.

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Performers:

Viola: Stelle Gonzalez

Double Bass: Saulo Da Silva Martins

Piano: Lucian Crosby

Program Note:

This music is inspired by the dance genres of Sama and Bahr-e Tavil. Bahr-e Tavil, a unique genre of Iranian classical music, draws from Persian literature. Variations and repetitions of rhythmic figures act as rhymes in the musical language. The concept of movement and continuity should remain evident, even in slow or a-metric sections. These elements create cyclic rhythms and meters, with refrains serving as musical rhymes.

Sama - Bahr-e Tavil
Raz-o Niaz

"Raz-o Niaz"

Instrumentation: Piano duo

Year of Composition: June 2024

Duration: 7 minutes 30 seconds

Premiere: Tuesday, July 2, 2024, at the Royal Northern College of Music, Carole Nash Recital Room.

Performers:

Piano I: Ameen Elbadri

Piano II: Kuba Williams

Program Note:

This music is inspired by the gousheh Rāz-o Niāz from the Homayoun dastgah. Key elements of this gousheh include its deep, philosophical atmosphere, reflecting the solitude and prayers of an individual. To maintain this consistent mysticism, the modal aspects of Iranian classical music are utilized, along with various rhythmic figures, tempos, and microtonal shifts that highlight different sections of the gousheh.

A Faded and Shaky ...

"A Faded and Shaky Square on a Light Grey Background"

Instrumentation: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in B♭ (doubling Bass Clarinet in B♭), Horn in F, and Bassoon (doubling Contrabassoon)

Year of Composition: May 2024

Duration: 7 minutes 30 seconds

Premiere: Saturday, June 22, 2024, at the Royal Northern College of Music, Concert Hall.

Performers:

Flute: Naomi Robinson

Oboe: Emma Chan

Clarinet and Bass Clarinet in B♭: Cara Smith

Horn: Toby Jonson-Jones

Bassoon and Contrabassoon: Connor Huss

Program Note:

​This music is inspired by a poem by Iranian contemporary artist M. E. Jafari (1940–2018). My interpretation reflects the poet's struggle to preserve elusive memories amid dust and instability, alongside a desire to paint in red—a symbol of stabilizing fading memories against an unstable grey wall.

Three Variations on ...

"Three Variations on an Iranian Theme"

Instrumentation: Cello and Piano

Year of Composition: June 2023

Duration: 6 minutes 20 seconds

Premiere: Not premiered yet

Program Note:

No program note is needed!

Trio No. 1

"Trio No. 1"

Instrumentation: Clarinet in B♭, Violin, and Piano

Year of Composition: December 2022

Duration: 4 minutes 22 seconds

Premiere: Not premiered yet

Program Note:

No program note is needed!

String Quintet No. 1

"String Quintet No. 1"

Instrumentation: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass (C1-E1-A1-D2-G2)

Year of Composition: April 2022 

Duration: 9 minutes 15 seconds

Premiere: Monday, March 6, 2024, at the Royal Northern College of Music, Carole Nash Recital Room.

Performers:

Violin I: Rachel Stonham

Violin II: Esther Clay

Viola: David Mullooly

Cello: Hanwen Feng

Double Bass: Duarte Colaco

Program Note:

"This piece of music is dedicated to Dr. Amir Konjani in gratitude for his unwavering support and assistance."

October 14, 2023

String Quartet No. 1

"String Quartet No. 1"

Instrumentation: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, and Cello

Year of Composition: September 2021

Duration: 7 minutes 10 seconds

Premiere: Not premiered yet

Program Note:

"This piece of music is sincerely dedicated to Hasan Rahimi for his guidance and support."
September 30, 2021

Whine

"Whine"​

Instrumentation: Santoor in C and Bass Santoor in C accompaniment

Year of Composition: September 2021 

Duration: 5 minutes 5 seconds

Premiere: Recorded by Derang Records on Friday, October 1, 2021

Performers:

Santoor in C: Amirhossein Raoufi

Bass Santoor in C: Hamid Foruzan

Program Note:

​This music is a program music inspired by a poem by Bidel Dehlavi (1642–1720). The program, also inspired by the same poem, is written by Kourosh Zare, with translation and rewriting by Evita Arakelian.

"This piece of music is dedicated to Amirhossein Raoufi and Hamid Foroozan for their invaluable support and assistance."
September 21, 2021

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