Untitled (2000)
for clarinet in A and piano
Dedicated to Robert Pickup and Jill Richards
Commissioned by SAMRO Endowment for the National Arts
Composed Durban/Grahamstown/London/Luxembourg/Cape Town, August - November 2000
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Score and instrumental part BDE 0811
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Duration: c. 19 minutes
Live Recording
South African première (2004) https://soundcloud.com/ichaellake/untitled
Film
"Untitled" (Aryan Kaganof, 2004, 12 minutes) https://vimeo.com/110780000
Première
First performance: 12 July 2002; Basílica Menor San Francisco de Asís, Havana; Robert Pickup clarinet, Jean-Jacques Dünki piano (Ensemble Opera Nova Zürich)
South African première: 27 August 2004; Wits University, Johannesburg; Robert Pickup clarinet, Jill Richards piano
Programme note
I began working on Untitled in August 2000 and it was largely completed in Cape Town the following summer. With a working title of "Fast and Loud", a deliberate departure from previous works, it also turned into my most minimalist piece up to then. It is largely concerned with surface and very little with traditional formal structures; its minimalist surface - finely graded variations of nuance and colour - belies the virtuosity required of both performers. It was commissioned by SAMRO Endowment for the National Arts for Robert Pickup and Jill Richards to whom the piece is dedicated. The first performance was given by Robert Pickup (clarinet) and Jean-Jacques Dünki (piano) on 12 July 2002 in the Basílica Menor San Francisco de Asís, Havana during a tour by the Ensemble Opera Nova Zürich. The South African première was given by Robert Pickup and Jill Richards on 27 August 2004 at Wits University Johannesburg. It lasts about 19 minutes.
for clarinet in A and piano
Dedicated to Robert Pickup and Jill Richards
Commissioned by SAMRO Endowment for the National Arts
Composed Durban/Grahamstown/London/Luxembourg/Cape Town, August - November 2000
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Score and instrumental part BDE 0811
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Duration: c. 19 minutes
Live Recording
South African première (2004) https://soundcloud.com/ichaellake/untitled
Film
"Untitled" (Aryan Kaganof, 2004, 12 minutes) https://vimeo.com/110780000
Première
First performance: 12 July 2002; Basílica Menor San Francisco de Asís, Havana; Robert Pickup clarinet, Jean-Jacques Dünki piano (Ensemble Opera Nova Zürich)
South African première: 27 August 2004; Wits University, Johannesburg; Robert Pickup clarinet, Jill Richards piano
Programme note
I began working on Untitled in August 2000 and it was largely completed in Cape Town the following summer. With a working title of "Fast and Loud", a deliberate departure from previous works, it also turned into my most minimalist piece up to then. It is largely concerned with surface and very little with traditional formal structures; its minimalist surface - finely graded variations of nuance and colour - belies the virtuosity required of both performers. It was commissioned by SAMRO Endowment for the National Arts for Robert Pickup and Jill Richards to whom the piece is dedicated. The first performance was given by Robert Pickup (clarinet) and Jean-Jacques Dünki (piano) on 12 July 2002 in the Basílica Menor San Francisco de Asís, Havana during a tour by the Ensemble Opera Nova Zürich. The South African première was given by Robert Pickup and Jill Richards on 27 August 2004 at Wits University Johannesburg. It lasts about 19 minutes.
