Ash Madni

June 26, 2016

Sandstorm – the Battle of Hattin

I see miles and miles of desert. The heat is relentless and water is scarce. I hear the drums growing louder and louder. I reach for […]
June 18, 2016

The Rock

Not to be confused with the famous actor and wrestler, “The rock” is a title of a piece of music I composed for string orchestra earlier […]
June 12, 2016

The Emperor’s Dream

My Symphonic short “An Emperor’s dream” was inspired by Stephen Lawhead’s “The Celtic Crusades” during the time of the reign of Alexios Komnenos in the 11th […]
December 23, 2015

From Amizmiz to the Atlas mountains

Latifa Asselouf, a beautiful gentle lady from Amizmiz, a small town near Marrakesh, took my wife Jo and I on a lovely walk through the base […]
May 25, 2015

Clarity from fragmented memories

The Bergersen Quartet performed my “Clarity from fragmented memories” on the 23rd of June 2013 at the Brunel museum.      
April 23, 2015

Borgen

Its not usual for any composer to blog about a series, however, I am about to break the trend. Having watched Borgen 3 times, all 3 […]