Sadie Harrison

Hidden Ceremonies I by Sadie Harrison. 9 fragments after paintings by Brian Graham. I after 'Antiphon' (1999) II after 'Sacrarium' (2000) III after 'Palimpsest' (2000) IV after 'The Intervening Figure...

These short pieces are inspired by the extraordinary piano music of the little known Yorkshire composer William Baines. Baines died in 1922 at the age of 23 but left behind a substantial catalogue of...

The title Par-feshani-ye 'Eshq translates, in English, to The Fluttering Wings Of Love and was taken from a text by the 18th century Sufi poet Bidel. Each brief movement takes a couplet from the poem...

Fire-Clouds Over Százhalombatta (Versions 1 & 2), by Sadie Harrison, was commissioned by Thalia Myers for the ABRSM Spectrum Series and is for Piano duet. First performed at the Royal College of Music...

Return Of The Nightingales, by Sadie Harrison, is for solo Piano and Nightingale. This score is prefaced by the following Persian Sufi text: 'Ajab tarana e sar karda am darin golshan, Khoda konad ke n...

Sadie Harrison wrote these jazzy miniatures especially for Helen Burford as a thank you for her performance of ʻ.. around and a round.. ʼ in 2014. Helen is renowned for her innovative programmes which...

Sadie Harrison's Northern Lights for solo Piano. Sadie Harrison is known primarily as a composer and lecturer, her music performed and broadcast across the globe, with works released to critical accla...

This tiny piece was written as a response to hearing the premiere of Nicola LeFanu's momentous orchestral work The Crimson Bird on 17 February 2017. Nicola was my teacher and supervisor from 1986 to 1...

Sadie Harrison's .. On A Name.. for solo Piano. Duration: Approximately 6 mins

Sadie Harrison's Gentle for solo Piano. Gentle was premiered by Ian Pace on 20 April 2018 at City University, University of London. Duration: c. 4 minutes

'My Hazara People is a setting of two texts, the title work by Shukria Rezaei, a young Afghan poet, and Lalai, lalai, babe bacha shikar rafta (Baby's father went hunting), a traditional Hazari lullaby...

Sadie Harrison's Gentle (Chapters 1 & 2) for solo Piano.

Gulistan-e Nur: The Rosegarden of Light for String Sextet and Youth Ensemble. Instrumentation: Professional String Sextet (2 Vlns, 2 Vlas, 1 Cello, 1 Db). Youth/amateur ensemble (Interludes only): ope...

Gulistan-e Nur: The Rosegarden of Light for String Sextet and Youth Ensemble. Instrumentation: Professional String Sextet (2 Vlns, 2 Vlas, 1 Cello, 1 Db). Youth/amateur ensemble (Interludes only): ope...

For solo oboe d'amore Published 2006. Commissioned by Jinny Shaw First performance: Jinny Shaw, Oxford Contemporary Music Festival, 18th November 2006

Via Della Fortuna by Sadie Harrison. Written in 2013 especially for the St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra and Donatus Katkus. 6; for String Orchestra World premiere: 25th April 2013, St. Katharine's C...

Mimih was commissioned as part of a Residency with Künstler Bei Wu, its first performance taking place on 24th June 2017 in the Chamber Music Hall of the Künstler Bei Wu Sculpture Park, Wesenberg. The...

Sadie Harrison's My Hazara People for Voice and String Orchestra. This work sets a text by Shukria Rezaei.

Hoploits & Anthems, by Sadie Harrison, was commissioned for the East Sussex County Music School by the Society for the Promotion of New Music. It's first performance was by the East Sussex County Stri...

As-salāmu ʿalaykum Bethlehem combines selected words from O Little Town of Bethlehem (written by Phillips Brooks after his visit to the town in 1895) with the Islamic greeting meaning 'Peace be unto y...