Fantasia on One Note (1977)
Arrangement of Purcell for broken consort
Instrumentation: flute/piccolo, bass clarinet/clarinet in Bb, percussion(1 player: marimba, glock, bells), harpsichord, guitar, violin, cello
African Notebook No 5
Unpublished
Duration: c. 3 minutes
Première
First performance: Sunday 25 September 1977; Market Theatre, Johannesburg; Moonchild, Michael Blake conductor.
Programme note
My arrangement of the Purcell ‘Fantasia’ is punctuated by bells playing the repeated C, while exploring figuration found in some traditional African musics such as mbira music which I had been studying in the mid-1970s. This was one of several preliminary etudes for a future African-based cycle of compositions called ‘African Journal’.
Arrangement of Purcell for broken consort
Instrumentation: flute/piccolo, bass clarinet/clarinet in Bb, percussion(1 player: marimba, glock, bells), harpsichord, guitar, violin, cello
African Notebook No 5
Unpublished
Duration: c. 3 minutes
Première
First performance: Sunday 25 September 1977; Market Theatre, Johannesburg; Moonchild, Michael Blake conductor.
Programme note
My arrangement of the Purcell ‘Fantasia’ is punctuated by bells playing the repeated C, while exploring figuration found in some traditional African musics such as mbira music which I had been studying in the mid-1970s. This was one of several preliminary etudes for a future African-based cycle of compositions called ‘African Journal’.
