Freedom Day Variation (2020)
for solo piano
Afrikosmos Volume 6: No 7
Dedicated to Christine Lucia
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Score BDE 1286 (Volume 6 Complete)
Duration: 3'30"
Recording
Recorded by Antony Gray on 'Michael Blake: Afrikosmos’ (Divine Art DA 21374)
Première
First performance: 21 August 2021; Le Genesteix Concerts, Azat-le-Riz, France;
Antony Gray piano
Further performance: 22 September 2022; Chisholm Recital Room, Cape Town; Antony Gray piano
(South African première)
Programme note
Based on a South African 'struggle' song, introduced to me by composer-activist Makhaya Mjana and developed in something of the spirit of Christian Wolff. The theme is briefly quoted at bar 50, but otherwise the variations, which are often fragmented, flow continuously into and out of each other.
for solo piano
Afrikosmos Volume 6: No 7
Dedicated to Christine Lucia
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Score BDE 1286 (Volume 6 Complete)
Duration: 3'30"
Recording
Recorded by Antony Gray on 'Michael Blake: Afrikosmos’ (Divine Art DA 21374)
Première
First performance: 21 August 2021; Le Genesteix Concerts, Azat-le-Riz, France;
Antony Gray piano
Further performance: 22 September 2022; Chisholm Recital Room, Cape Town; Antony Gray piano
(South African première)
Programme note
Based on a South African 'struggle' song, introduced to me by composer-activist Makhaya Mjana and developed in something of the spirit of Christian Wolff. The theme is briefly quoted at bar 50, but otherwise the variations, which are often fragmented, flow continuously into and out of each other.
