The Music Show
The Music Show
ABC Australia
A concerto for accordion and orchestra & the Persian tar gets Comfortable with jazz
54 minutes Posted Aug 28, 2026 at 7:15 am.
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With a recent concerto for amplified accordion and orchestra and another for more than 60 recorders Holly Harrison clearly loves a challenge. She shares why she enjoys writing for new instruments, and how she composed a work that will be performed by everyone from virtuosos to second-grade students.
Hamed Sadeghi has released two albums this year, each of which fuses his instrument, the Persian tar, with different Western traditions. The latest, Comfortable, features some of Sydney's best jazz musicians, and Hamed talks to Andy about collaboration, improvisation, and poetry.
InsideOut, composed by Holly Harrison, will be featured in upcoming concerts by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, and Western Australian Symphony Orchestra, all featuring James Crabb. The world premiere of Harrison's Frog Hollow will be performed at the Sydney Opera House on September 23, as part of the Festival of Instrumental Music.
Hamed Sadeghi will be performing Comfortable at the City Recital Hall in Sydney on September 5.
Music heard in this program:
Title: Slack Rope
Artist: Hamed Sadeghi
Composer: Hamed Sadeghi
Album: Comfortable
Label: Independent release
Title: bend/boogie/break
Artist: Offspring Ensemble 
Composer: Holly Harrison
Album: Offspring Bites 3: En Masse
Label: Independent release
Title: Balderdash for String Quartet
Artist: Goldmund Quartet
Composer: Holly Harrison
Album: Live Recording
Title: Los Ojos Del Condor
Artist: Hermanos Gutiérrez
Composer: Hermanos Gutiérrez
Album: Los Ojos Del Condor
Label: Easy Eye Sound
Title: Inheritance
Artist: Hamed Sadeghi
Composer: Hamed Sadeghi
Album: Comfortable
Label: Independent release
Title: Before the Storm
Artist: Hamed Sadeghi
Composer: Hamed Sadeghi
Album: Comfortable
Label: Independent release
Title: Strawberries
Artist: Robert Forster
Composer: Robert Forster
Album: Strawberries
Label: Tapete Records 
The Music Show is made on Gadigal, Gundungurra, and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country Country
Technical production by Antonia Gauci