Music not of place, but of time. Blake is not unsure of who he is and where he lives. He is not obsessed with Africa, nor is he chained to ‘the West’. He is perhaps the first South African composer to be unselfconsciously an African composer. His are the blueprints and stratagems of a new cosmopolitan South African sound. — The Musical Times UNOFFICIAL New Music, the artisan's workshop not the sausage-factory, catwalk or gilt-edged securities type of new music. — Michael Finnissy
Recently premiered …
SYMPHONY 8 December 2023, Kassel
FANTASY SONATA (Driving Slowly in the Middle Lane) - 8 Nov 2023, London
"This is one heck of a ride into a host of Africanisms, something truly different, truly engaging - sonic African food for the soul, one might say." (Fanfare)
Five Pieces for Piccolo and Tuba (1971) 30 November 2024 Hoofstraat Conceptual, Riebeek Kasteel, South Africa Esther Marie Pauw (piccolo) Likhona Tokota (tuba)
