Reedpipe Dance (2020)
for solo piano
Afrikosmos Volume 5: No 8
John Blacking in memoriam
Composed 20-22 February 2019, Mostertsdrift; 17 September 2019, Saint-Léger-Magnazeix
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Score BDE 1285 (Volume 5 Complete)
Duration: 2'30"
Recording
Recorded by Antony Gray on 'Michael Blake: Afrikosmos’ (Divine Art DA 21374)
Première
First performance: 21 August 2021; Le Genesteix Concerts, Azat-le-Ris, France; Antony Gray piano
Programme note
Reedpipe Dance is a transcription for piano of the Tshikona panpipe dance of the Venda, a sequence of seven chords which are continually revoiced and rhythmically varied. A Tshikona performance may last an hour or more, so this piece may be seen as a portrait of the dance.
for solo piano
Afrikosmos Volume 5: No 8
John Blacking in memoriam
Composed 20-22 February 2019, Mostertsdrift; 17 September 2019, Saint-Léger-Magnazeix
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Score BDE 1285 (Volume 5 Complete)
Duration: 2'30"
Recording
Recorded by Antony Gray on 'Michael Blake: Afrikosmos’ (Divine Art DA 21374)
Première
First performance: 21 August 2021; Le Genesteix Concerts, Azat-le-Ris, France; Antony Gray piano
Programme note
Reedpipe Dance is a transcription for piano of the Tshikona panpipe dance of the Venda, a sequence of seven chords which are continually revoiced and rhythmically varied. A Tshikona performance may last an hour or more, so this piece may be seen as a portrait of the dance.
