Fringe: Fatima Lahham
This concert is part of the free fringe programme of the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht 2026.
Fatima Lahham (1993) is a recorder player, vocalist and improviser. She studied on scholarships at the Royal College of Music in London and at Oxford and Cambridge Universities. She has performed internationally at venues and festivals including Wigmore Hall, Ambronay and Styriarte. Her debut album, bulbul, was released in 2022, exploring the nightingale, poetry and ideas of home. Her musical language draws on Baroque and Arabic music, natural sounds, field recordings and her voice. Fatima is a Hallsworth Research Fellow at the University of Manchester and author of Improvising Otherwise (2025).
Programme
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Fantasia no. 2 in C minor, TWV 40:2
Grave-Vivace – Adagio – Allegro1681-1767 -
Improvisation
Palestinian folk song: ya tal’een al Jabal (‘oh you who are climbing the mountain’)
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Fantasia no. 8 in G minor, TWV 40:8
Largo – Spirituoso – Allegro -
Improvisation
With a field recording of goldfinches
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Fantasia no. 10 in A minor, TWV 40:10
A tempo giusto – Presto – Moderato -
Improvisation
Syrian folk song: ya Teera Teery (‘oh little bird’)
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Fantasia no. 6 in F minor, TWV 40:6
Dolce, Allegro, Spirituoso -
Improvisation
With the sea
Programme subject to change
Musicians
- Fatima Lahham recorder, voice
