Unevensong (2020)
for solo piano
Afrikosmos Volume 5: No 10
Dedicated to Christopher Fox
Composed 27 August - 23 November 2020, Saint-Léger-Magnazeix
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Score BDE 1285 (Volume 5 Complete)
Duration: 3'30"
Recording
Recorded by Antony Gray on 'Michael Blake: Afrikosmos’ (Divine Art DA 21374)
Première
First performance: 21 August 2021; Le Genesteix Concerts, Azat-le-Ris, France; Antony Gray piano
Further performance: 22 September 2022; Chisholm Recital Room, Cape Town (South African première); Antony Gray piano; 21 June 2023; Goldsmiths College London; Antony Gray piano (UK première)
Programme note
Unevensong is characterised by a repetitive melody in uneven rhythms, with an accompaniment that is sometimes in different key.
for solo piano
Afrikosmos Volume 5: No 10
Dedicated to Christopher Fox
Composed 27 August - 23 November 2020, Saint-Léger-Magnazeix
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Score BDE 1285 (Volume 5 Complete)
Duration: 3'30"
Recording
Recorded by Antony Gray on 'Michael Blake: Afrikosmos’ (Divine Art DA 21374)
Première
First performance: 21 August 2021; Le Genesteix Concerts, Azat-le-Ris, France; Antony Gray piano
Further performance: 22 September 2022; Chisholm Recital Room, Cape Town (South African première); Antony Gray piano; 21 June 2023; Goldsmiths College London; Antony Gray piano (UK première)
Programme note
Unevensong is characterised by a repetitive melody in uneven rhythms, with an accompaniment that is sometimes in different key.
