With Halloween fast approaching, we nod to the spooky season with today’s video of the day. The appropriately named Throw Your Pumpkin (& Pick Me Up) is composed by Yazz Ahmed and performed by Joby Burgess as part of A Percussionist's Songbook. Filmed at West Road Concert Hall earlier this year, this collection of nine songs pulls inspiration from a variety of sources including poetry, novels, folk tales and even UN population growth statistics.

Commissioned by Cambridge Music Festival, to celebrate its 30th anniversary, the films premiere today on the Festival’s YouTube channel and will be available until Sunday November 14.

More about Joby Burgess

Featured on major film and TV scores, including The Darkest Hour, Black Panther and Ex Machina, Joby works as a soloist, chamber and session musician. Cambridge Music Festival was founded in 1991 to mark the bicentenary of Mozart’s death and now takes place each November with a programme of concerts as well as educational and community events. You can find out more about the Festival here.