Seb Rochford & Zoe Rahman: A Short Diary.

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‘A Short Diary’ was released on ECM Records in January 2023. It was Sebastian Rochford’s exquisitely poignant response to his father’s death in 2019. All tracks, except one, were composed by Seb on his grandfather’s piano, in his childhood home in Aberdeen.

This is music as a lament but also as an act of remembrance, “a sonic memory, created with love, out of need for comfort” in the words of Seb. It is deeply beautiful music, full of hymn-like simplicity and space, and human warmth throughout.

The final track, “Even Now I Think Of Her”, was composed by Seb’s dad, poet and psychotherapist Gerard Rochford. In Seb’s words: “It’s a tune my dad had sung into his phone and sent me” and from that voice note, came the song.

This concert will be performed by Seb Rochford (percussion) and Zoe Rahman (piano) and promises to be a deeply moving, beautiful, life-affirming evening of music.

“Astonishing directness, calm and concentration” The Art Desk

“Simply put, this album is beautiful.” The Best of Jazz