Some Improvisations & Compositions

click here to hear Farah Improvisation on Fender Rhodes in the early morning...

Farah: Second String Quartet, 1998


Procession
Duet improvisation. Adam Gabourie (AKA The First Seed) plays bass, John Farah on Fender Rhodes.


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


Blooming from Stillness
improvisation from an Earshot concert at the Music Gallery
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Outstretched lanclick here to heargouring arms to fingertips and lines extending, releasing energy, arcing to endless distances.

Soul Departing Body emotions captured from ancestral columns, pillars of dream mists in a muted temple inside the mind.
Tears at the bedside of a loved one.

Spectres
Early on a lonely morning, a state of intense reflection, in this reflection is static haze; amidst the haze are fleeting passes of spectres reaching from memory.

Surfacing
Shades of spirits and thoughts ascending to consciousness.


Principal Compositions
Second String Quartet (1998)
Meditation
(2001) for bass trombone and piano
The 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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