Athena Kugblenu live at Hay Festival
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Toledo by James Moody
James Moody's piece Toledo is one of six pieces I sent over to Athena. The composer was fascinated by the harmonica so he got a famous soloist Tommy Riley to give him some lessons. He ended up actually making his money playing piano to silent black and white films in Belfast before moving over to the BBC. It sounds really continent not flamenco but it's got that pace to it. And this one in particular has a bit of a well it's actually it draws it's inspiration from from Spain.
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