Call and Response (2015)
for solo piano
Afrikosmos Volume 2: No 4
Dedicated to Barbara Ruben and Pierre Sauvage
Composed 5 April 2015, Villa Serbelloni, Bellagio
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Score BDE 1282 (Volume 2 Complete)
Duration: 1'20"
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
Call and Response is cast in the centuries old, universal call and response form. The melody uses a six-note scale A-B-C-D-E-G and something akin to bow harmony to accompany the responses. A new rhythmic device is also introduced: syncopation.
for solo piano
Afrikosmos Volume 2: No 4
Dedicated to Barbara Ruben and Pierre Sauvage
Composed 5 April 2015, Villa Serbelloni, Bellagio
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Score BDE 1282 (Volume 2 Complete)
Duration: 1'20"
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
Call and Response is cast in the centuries old, universal call and response form. The melody uses a six-note scale A-B-C-D-E-G and something akin to bow harmony to accompany the responses. A new rhythmic device is also introduced: syncopation.
