Herding Song (Pastoral) (2017)
for solo piano
Afrikosmos Volume 1: No 6
Dedicated to Antony Gray
Composed 6 September 2017, Saint-Léger-Magnazeix
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Score BDE 1281 (Volume 1 Complete)
Duration: 1'10"
Recording
Recorded by Antony Gray on 'Michael Blake: Afrikosmos’ (Divine Art DA 21374)
Première
First performance: 21 August 2021; Le Genesteix Concerts, Azat-le-Riz, France;
Antony Gray piano
Programme note
Herding Song uses an unusual hexatonic scale, actually the first six notes of the Dorian mode. It also borrows a particular contrapuntal technique from Western music: the two hands mirror each other almost throughout.
for solo piano
Afrikosmos Volume 1: No 6
Dedicated to Antony Gray
Composed 6 September 2017, Saint-Léger-Magnazeix
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Score BDE 1281 (Volume 1 Complete)
Duration: 1'10"
Recording
Recorded by Antony Gray on 'Michael Blake: Afrikosmos’ (Divine Art DA 21374)
Première
First performance: 21 August 2021; Le Genesteix Concerts, Azat-le-Riz, France;
Antony Gray piano
Programme note
Herding Song uses an unusual hexatonic scale, actually the first six notes of the Dorian mode. It also borrows a particular contrapuntal technique from Western music: the two hands mirror each other almost throughout.
