Improvisations, Compositions & other recordings


Some live recording MP3's of John Farah performing John Cage's Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano
From Peggy Baker's dance project "Piano/Quartet"; January 28, 2012 at the Betty Oliphant Theatre, Toronto

Sonata II
Sonata V
Sonata VII
Sonata XII
Fourth Interlude
Sonatas XIV and XV: "Gemini" - after the work by Richard Lippold (applause at end)


My Lady Nevell's Grounde, by William Byrd (1539-1623)
J.K. Farah,  harpsichord
(recorded February 2011 on a Flemish single provided by Berlin-based harpsichordist Daniel Trumbull)

Improvisation for solo piano, 2008  (8'33")

John Farah performs A Fancie: For My Ladye Nevell, by William Byrd
on the organ at St Clemens Church, King Court, London



Improvisation with Akira Ando, upright bass.  Oct 27, 2010, Berlin


Farah Improvisation on Fender Rhodes

Hugh Ashton's Grounde, by William Byrd (1539-1623)
J.K. Farah,  harpsichord
(recorded at Historic Fort York on an instrument provided by Claviers Baroques.
The French Double harpsichord is a bit anachronistic for  Byrd's time but I think Byrd would have loved to
play instruments like these if they had been around).


Farah: Second String Quartet, 1998


Harpsee
A duet improvisation. Laura Barrett plays kalimba, John Farah plays the muted harpsichord Althea.


Blooming
improvisation from an Earshot concert at the Music Gallery.



Principal Compositions
Second String Quartet (1998)
Meditation
(2001) for bass trombone and piano
Olive Tree (2001) Suite in three movements for harp solo -
(E and B are tuned down 1/4 tone to play middle-eastern mode Maqam Rast)

String Quartet in Maqam Rast (2001)
Three Pieces
from Gibraltar Point (2000) for Piano Solo
Red Gaze
(2000) for piano solo
Sextet
(1999) for B-flat clarinet, two violins, cello, piano and percussion
Trio (1999) for piano, violin and cello
Brass Quartet (1998) for two trumpets, tenor and bass trombone
Percussion Trio (1998)
Soul Departing Body (1998) for piano solo
'Awatif (1996) for clarinet, harp and marimba
Hatiyn (1996) for percussion solo
Kaam (1996) for violin solo (with drone)
Astarte (1995) for harp solo
First String Quartet (1995) 1st Movement, 2nd Movement
Fade (1994) for piano solo



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