

Nacht und Nebel
NACHT & NEBEL (NIGHT & FOG) For 2 Concert Accordions (played by Terhi Sjöblom and Marija Kandić). If you care to hear a programme to a piece of music, NACHT & NEBEL tells the dark story of the capture of French Resistance hero Jean Moulin by the 'Nacht und Nebel' operation as the Nazi counter-resistance offensive in occupied territories in the Second World War was called. 'Nacht und Nebel' is a quotation from Wagner's 'Das Rheingold', and relates to the spell cast by the magic Tarnhelm, a helmet forged by the dwarf Alberich in Nibelheim, which renders the wearer invisible, and the motif for which, somewhat disguised, ends the piece.

Hypnochorea
HYPNOCHOREA - Solo for Concert Accordion. The dream of an old folk dancer, remembering the virtuoso performances of his puissant youth (including to some Balkan quite spicy rhythms in the dance section beginning c. 6'30" - compare the video of Serbian traditional dancing below). I look forward to making it the basis for an orchestral piece in good time...
3 FAREWELLS for 2 Accordions,
written in the wake of a certain notorious referendum result...
A sort of 'Umbrellas of Cherbourg' type piece (but considerably more chromatic and soulful) for Accordion solo.