Tickey-draai (2018)
for solo piano
Afrikosmos Volume 3: No 8
Dedicated to Lizabé Lambrechts
Composed 14 July 2018, Saint-Léger-Magnazeix (begun); 15 February 2019,, Mostertsdrift, Stellenbosch (completed)
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Score BDE 1283 (Volume 3 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 performance: 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
Tickey-draai is a traditional Afrikaans dance characterised by a tiny step moving in a circle, hence the title which literally means ‘turning on a tickey’ (tickey was the name for a small threepenny piece). Standard phrases from Afrikaans dance music are reimagined as a piece of minimalist music.
for solo piano
Afrikosmos Volume 3: No 8
Dedicated to Lizabé Lambrechts
Composed 14 July 2018, Saint-Léger-Magnazeix (begun); 15 February 2019,, Mostertsdrift, Stellenbosch (completed)
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Score BDE 1283 (Volume 3 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 performance: 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
Tickey-draai is a traditional Afrikaans dance characterised by a tiny step moving in a circle, hence the title which literally means ‘turning on a tickey’ (tickey was the name for a small threepenny piece). Standard phrases from Afrikaans dance music are reimagined as a piece of minimalist music.
