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Description

Dedicated with admiration to the Afghanistan Women’s Orchestra ‘Zohra’.

Sapida-Dam-Nau was written especially for the Afghanistan Women’s Orchestra ‘Zohra’ at the request of Dr. Ahmad Sarmast and the Afghanistan National Institute of Music. The instrumentation reflects the combination of western orchestral and traditional Afghan instruments which are taught side by side at ANIM, integrating them into a piece which celebrates the unique sounds of the ensemble. These sounds are transformed into jubilant peals of bells and two contrasted melodies. The first melody is lyrical and reminiscent of the English pastoral and the second is joyous in character, inspired by an Afghan-Indian scale associated with early morning. The title is suggestive of the music that might be heard at dawn in both my home town of Shaftesbury and in Kabul and also celebrates the ‘new dawn’ of music in Afghanistan. It is particularly wonderful that this rebirth is being spearheaded by the Afghanistan Women’s Orchestra ‘Zohra’ (Venus).

The mottos for the Afghanistan National Institute of Music are:

BUILD LIVES THROUGH MUSIC
REVIVE AND PRESERVE AFGHAN MUSIC
TRAIN FUTURE MUSIC EDUCATORS
ESTABLISH INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE
ASSURE MUSICAL RIGHTS

Sapida-Dam-Nau was written during my time as Composer-in-Association with ANIM, and its composition was generously supported by a Finzi Trust Scholarship 2015-2016.

The work was premiered on 18th January 2017 at the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, conducted by Kevin Bishop.

Further information about ANIM and Sadie Harrison can be found on the following websites:
www.anim-music.org
www.sadieharrisoncomposer.co.uk

Details

Categories
Duration
6 minutes
Premiere

Afghanistan Women’s Orchestra ‘Zohra’ cond. Kevin Bishop, World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland, 18th January 2017

Scoring
2 Oboe, 2 B-flat Clarinet, 1 Trumpet in B-flat, 1 Crotales, 1 Glockenspiel, 1 Triangle, 1 Xylophone, 2 Piano, 1 Orchestral Strings, 1 Rubab, 1 Sitar, 1 Qashkarcha
Composition date
2016

Performances

17 March 2019

Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford

Ensemble Zohra (Afghan Women’s Orchestra) and members of the Orchestra of St. John’s

Conductor: Cayenna Ponchione

11 March 2019

Musikhögskolan Ingesund, Arvika

Ensemble Zohra (Afghanistan Women’s Orchestra)

Conductor: Lauren Braithwaite

10 March 2019

Högskolan för scen och musik, Gothenberg

Ensemble Zohra (Afghanistan Women’s Orchestra)

Conductor: Lauren Braithwaite

8 March 2019

Berwaldhallen, Stockholm

Ensemble Zohra (Afghanistan Women’s Orchestra)

Conductor: Lauren Braithwaite

29 September 2018

Young Musicians Festival 2018, Gulbenkian Hall, Lisbon

Ensemble Zohra from the Afghanistan National Institute of Music

3 February 2017

 

The Great Hall, Goldsmiths, University of London

Afghanistan Women’s Orchestra ‘Zohra’ (ANIM) cond. by Kevin Bishop

31 January 2017

University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar, Germany

Afghanistan Women’s Orchestra ‘Ensemble Zohra’ (ANIM)

Sapida-Dam-Nau (New Dawn) cond. Kevin Bishop

Bahar-e-Nastaran bihag & Watan Jan cond. Zarifa Adiba and Negin Khpolwak

29 January 2017

Kaiser-Wilhelm Gedäshniskirche, Berlin, Germany

Afghanistan Women’s Orchestra ‘Ensemble Zohra’ (ANIM)

Sapida-Dam-Nau (New Dawn) cond. Kevin Bishop

Bahar-e-Nastaran bihag & Watan Jan cond. Zarifa Adiba and Negin Khpolwak

27 January 2017

Universität der Künste, Berlin

Afghanistan Women’s Orchestra ‘Ensemble Zohra’ (ANIM)

Sapida-Dam-Nau (New Dawn) cond. Kevin Bishop

Bahar-e-Nastaran bihag & Watan Jan cond. Zarifa Adiba and Negin Khpolwak

24 January 2017

International School of Geneva, Switzerland

Afghanistan Women’s Orchestra ‘Ensemble Zohra’ (ANIM)

Sapida-Dam-Nau (New Dawn) cond. Kevin Bishop

Bahar-e-Nastaran bihag & Watan Jan cond. Zarifa Adiba and Negin Khpolwak

21 January 2017

Tonhalle, Zurich, Switzerland

Afghanistan Women’s Orchestra ‘Ensemble Zohra’ (ANIM)

Sapida-Dam-Nau (New Dawn) cond. Kevin Bishop

Bahar-e-Nastaran bihag & Watan Jan cond. Zarifa Adiba and Negin Khpolwak

20 January 2017

World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland

Afghanistan Women’s Orchestra ‘Ensemble Zohra’ (ANIM)

Sapida-Dam-Nau (New Dawn) cond. Kevin Bishop

Bahar-e-Nastaran bihag & Watan Jan cond. Zarifa Adiba and Negin Khpolwak