Ostinato with Cross-rhythms (2018)
for solo piano
Afrikosmos Volume 2: No 3
Dedicated to Sandile Ngidi
Composed 21-28 May 2018, Saint-Léger-Magnazeix
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Score BDE 1282 (Volume 2 Complete)
Duration: 1'05"
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
Ostinato with Cross-rhythms gives the young player two further challenges: a legato right hand melody against a staccato ostinato left hand, and introduces cross-rhythm with 2:3.
for solo piano
Afrikosmos Volume 2: No 3
Dedicated to Sandile Ngidi
Composed 21-28 May 2018, Saint-Léger-Magnazeix
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Score BDE 1282 (Volume 2 Complete)
Duration: 1'05"
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
Ostinato with Cross-rhythms gives the young player two further challenges: a legato right hand melody against a staccato ostinato left hand, and introduces cross-rhythm with 2:3.
