Where Are My Unnumbered Days?
Christopher Hutchings
Description
Instrumentation Genre Vocal
Tag choir
Collaborators Mohamed Assaf
Collaboration details Mohamed Assaf, poet
Duration 4 minutes
Instrumentation Soprano [2 players]; Alto [2 players]; Tenor [2 players]; Bass [2 players]; Mezzo-soprano [2 players]
For moderate to advanced SATB choir with some divisi (could be done with 2 people per part, would work better with 4 or more). The piece includes several key changes.
The words are by Mohamed Assaf, a Syrian refugee who now lives in England, and were written soon after his arrival in England at the age of 12. They are also published in England: Poems from a School (published by Picador; edited by Kate Clanchy, Mohamed’s teacher). Thank you to Kate and Mohamed for giving me permission to use this heartbreaking text.
Instrumentation Genre Vocal
Tag choir
Collaborators Mohamed Assaf
Collaboration details Mohamed Assaf, poet
Duration 4 minutes
Instrumentation Soprano [2 players]; Alto [2 players]; Tenor [2 players]; Bass [2 players]; Mezzo-soprano [2 players]
Performances of this work
| Date | Venue | Performer | Link |
Upcoming events
- 12 Jan 2026, 12:30
[Covfefe: online monthly coffee chat for composers & musicians] - 23 Jan 2026, 18:00
[The Night With... Haptic and Stef Conner] - 25 Jan 2026, 19:30
[The Night With... Haptic and Stef Conner] - 26 Jan 2026, 12:30
[Covfefe: online monthly coffee chat for composers & musicians] - 30 Jan 2026, 20:00
[Nordic Resonance | Live performances in Malta, Shetland and Glasgow, 2026]
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