Canon at the Octave (2015)
Trad. arr. M Blake
for solo piano
Afrikosmos Volume 2: No 1
Dedicated to Grisha Coleman
Composed 24 June 2015, Villa Serbelloni, Bellagio
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Score BDE 1282 (Volume 2 Complete)
Duration: 1'15"
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
Programme note
Canon at the Octave takes the lullaby that opens Volume One and creates a canon at the octave. Canons are regularly found in Bartók's 'Mikrokosmos', and can be found in Xhosa music.
Trad. arr. M Blake
for solo piano
Afrikosmos Volume 2: No 1
Dedicated to Grisha Coleman
Composed 24 June 2015, Villa Serbelloni, Bellagio
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Score BDE 1282 (Volume 2 Complete)
Duration: 1'15"
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
Programme note
Canon at the Octave takes the lullaby that opens Volume One and creates a canon at the octave. Canons are regularly found in Bartók's 'Mikrokosmos', and can be found in Xhosa music.
