In Goema Style (2020)
for solo piano
Afrikosmos Volume 2: No 9
Dedicated to Athol Fugard
Composed 2 January 2020 ("2nd New Year"), Saint-Léger-Magnazeix
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Score BDE 1282 (Volume 2 Complete)
Duration: 1'10"
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
Further performances: 22 September 2022; Chisholm Recital Room, Cape Town; Antony Gray piano
(South African première); 21 June 2023; Goldsmiths College London; Antony Gray piano
(UK première)
Programme note
In Goema Style - the goema is a hand drum as well as a hybrid musical style - evokes the rhythm of Cape minstrel music, performed especially around 'second new year' (2 January) in the Cape.
for solo piano
Afrikosmos Volume 2: No 9
Dedicated to Athol Fugard
Composed 2 January 2020 ("2nd New Year"), Saint-Léger-Magnazeix
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Score BDE 1282 (Volume 2 Complete)
Duration: 1'10"
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
Further performances: 22 September 2022; Chisholm Recital Room, Cape Town; Antony Gray piano
(South African première); 21 June 2023; Goldsmiths College London; Antony Gray piano
(UK première)
Programme note
In Goema Style - the goema is a hand drum as well as a hybrid musical style - evokes the rhythm of Cape minstrel music, performed especially around 'second new year' (2 January) in the Cape.
