Chaconne in Mbaqanga Style (2020)
for solo piano
Afrikosmos Volume 4: No 8
Surendran Reddy (1962-2010) in memoriam
Composed 2-5 January 2020, Saint-Léger-Magnazeix
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Score BDE 1284 (Volume 4 Complete)
Duration: 1'45"
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
Further performances: 22 September 2022; Chisholm Recital Room, Cape Town (South African première); Antony Gray piano; 21 June 2023; Goldsmiths College London; Antony Gray piano (UK première)
Programme note
Chaconne in Mbaqanga Style synthesises the classical baroque form and the popular South African style quite naturally given the harmonic structure of mbaqanga.
for solo piano
Afrikosmos Volume 4: No 8
Surendran Reddy (1962-2010) in memoriam
Composed 2-5 January 2020, Saint-Léger-Magnazeix
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Score BDE 1284 (Volume 4 Complete)
Duration: 1'45"
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
Further performances: 22 September 2022; Chisholm Recital Room, Cape Town (South African première); Antony Gray piano; 21 June 2023; Goldsmiths College London; Antony Gray piano (UK première)
Programme note
Chaconne in Mbaqanga Style synthesises the classical baroque form and the popular South African style quite naturally given the harmonic structure of mbaqanga.
