Five East Cape Landscapes (2025)
for cello and piano
1 Wild Coast at Lusikisiki
2 Tsitsikamma Forest
3 Ngqoko Village, Lady Frere
4 Alice Train
5 The Great Karoo
Dedicated to Heather Tuach and Yoko Misumi
Commissioned by Heather Tuach
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Score and instrumental part BDE 1447
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Duration: c. 13 minutes
Recording
Forthcoming
Première
First performance
Programme note
I live in the East Cape from 1998-2002 and got to know these landscapes like the back of my hand. After I moved away, I returned often and still continue to do so. It was a difficult choice to select just five of these landscapes, but these probably have the most poignant memories for me - in particular Lady Frere, with which I have the most indelible musical connections through the bow music and overtone singing of the women of Ngqoko Village. Apart from Cape Town, where I was born, the East Cape is for me one of the most beautiful and haunting landscapes in the world.
for cello and piano
1 Wild Coast at Lusikisiki
2 Tsitsikamma Forest
3 Ngqoko Village, Lady Frere
4 Alice Train
5 The Great Karoo
Dedicated to Heather Tuach and Yoko Misumi
Commissioned by Heather Tuach
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Score and instrumental part BDE 1447
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Duration: c. 13 minutes
Recording
Forthcoming
Première
First performance
Programme note
I live in the East Cape from 1998-2002 and got to know these landscapes like the back of my hand. After I moved away, I returned often and still continue to do so. It was a difficult choice to select just five of these landscapes, but these probably have the most poignant memories for me - in particular Lady Frere, with which I have the most indelible musical connections through the bow music and overtone singing of the women of Ngqoko Village. Apart from Cape Town, where I was born, the East Cape is for me one of the most beautiful and haunting landscapes in the world.
