Her musical style is tonal and modal with influences from chant and early polyphony, Orthodox liturgical music and other non-western music.[2] Her music incorporates the Arabic scale with traditional Western harmony.[3] In 2015 she was commissioned to write a choral piece, I Remember[4] by her old school, Forest Preparatory School in Altrincham, for performance at an inter-school music event.[5] Her choral piece, Odyssey, was commissioned in 2017 by the Hellenic Institute of Royal Holloway, University of London.[6] In 2019 two short pieces were performed at the Three Choirs Festival Eucharist at Gloucester Cathedral[7] and her chamber work, Concertato, was performed at the Chatsworth Arts Festival.[8] Her string quartet, Russian Tableaux, was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 to mark International Women's Day in 2015 and 2017.[9]
Compositions
• A Vision
• As I sat at the Cafe
• Courage
• Haunted Houses
• Recitativo Arioso (song)
• The Ruined Maid
• The Way through the Woods
References
3. Gumert, Lynn (Spring 2018) “Lydia Kakabadse - Concertato”. Vol 24, No 1, pages 25-26. Journal of the IAWM [International Alliance for Women in Music].
4. Banks Music Publications https://www.banksmusicpublications.co.uk/lydia-kakabadse
8. Chineke Chamber Ensemble https://www.chineke.org/events/chatsworth
9. Celebrating Women Composers (March 2017) BBC Radio3 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b051zxlf