There Cried a Hippo (2015)
for solo piano
Afrikosmos Volume 2: No 11
Dedicated to Brinda Sastry and Balaji Parthasarathy
Composed 2-3 July 2015, Villa Serbelloni, Bellagio
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Score BDE 1282 (Volume 2 Complete)
Duration: 3'20"
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
There Cried a Hippo is a variation on the traditional Nyanga panpipe dance, an abstracted variation in which the harmonies take precedence over the interlocking rhythm and dance movements. The music is presented as an open score: rhythm, duration, dynamics are free.
for solo piano
Afrikosmos Volume 2: No 11
Dedicated to Brinda Sastry and Balaji Parthasarathy
Composed 2-3 July 2015, Villa Serbelloni, Bellagio
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Score BDE 1282 (Volume 2 Complete)
Duration: 3'20"
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
There Cried a Hippo is a variation on the traditional Nyanga panpipe dance, an abstracted variation in which the harmonies take precedence over the interlocking rhythm and dance movements. The music is presented as an open score: rhythm, duration, dynamics are free.
