Slow Dance (2017)
for solo piano
Afrikosmos Volume 1: No 10
Dedicated to Carina Venter
Composed 2 May 2020, Saint-Léger-Magnazeix
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Score BDE 1281 (Volume 1 Complete)
Duration: 1'30"
Recording
Recorded by Antony Gray on 'Michael Blake: Afrikosmos’ (Divine Art DA 21374)
Première
First performance:
Programme note
Slow Dance is a hypnotic dance built on two harmonies, with melodic patterns which are continually permutated. The unusual compound time-signature 6/4 is introduced, like 6/8 but with a dotted crotchet pulse.
for solo piano
Afrikosmos Volume 1: No 10
Dedicated to Carina Venter
Composed 2 May 2020, Saint-Léger-Magnazeix
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Score BDE 1281 (Volume 1 Complete)
Duration: 1'30"
Recording
Recorded by Antony Gray on 'Michael Blake: Afrikosmos’ (Divine Art DA 21374)
Première
First performance:
Programme note
Slow Dance is a hypnotic dance built on two harmonies, with melodic patterns which are continually permutated. The unusual compound time-signature 6/4 is introduced, like 6/8 but with a dotted crotchet pulse.
