Night Music (1989/2019-2020)
for solo piano
Afrikosmos Volume 6: No 3
Steven de Groote (1953-1989) in memoriam
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Score BDE 1286 (Volume 6 Complete)
Duration: 7 minutes
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
Further performance: 22 September 2022; Chisholm Recital Room, Cape Town; Antony Gray piano
(South African première)
Programme note
Night Music as a style or genre was invented by Bartók, notably in the fourth movement of his piano suite ‘Out of Doors’, where he conjures up the sounds of the night. The music is at once calm and eerie. The contrasting middle section summons up an ancient Xhosa bow melody played in octaves.
for solo piano
Afrikosmos Volume 6: No 3
Steven de Groote (1953-1989) in memoriam
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Score BDE 1286 (Volume 6 Complete)
Duration: 7 minutes
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
Further performance: 22 September 2022; Chisholm Recital Room, Cape Town; Antony Gray piano
(South African première)
Programme note
Night Music as a style or genre was invented by Bartók, notably in the fourth movement of his piano suite ‘Out of Doors’, where he conjures up the sounds of the night. The music is at once calm and eerie. The contrasting middle section summons up an ancient Xhosa bow melody played in octaves.
