Antony Gray
Afrikosmos

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Release date: 14/Apr/2023

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Disc 01

01. "Spotted Dikkop And Black Cuckoo"

02. "Linong Tsa Lesiba (Song Of The Birds)"

03. "African Doves (Homage To Messiaen)"

04. "If I Had Wings I Could Fly (Bearb. Von Michael Blake)"

05. "Walking Song (Homage To Percy Grainger)"

06. "Stroll To The Spaza Shop (Homage To Stanley Glasser)"

07. "Chorale (Homage To Mmm)"

08. "Lyric Piece (Homage To Grieg)"

09. "Call And Response"

10. "Ntsikana's Bell (Bearb. Von Michael Blake)"

11. "John Knox Bokwe's Plea Of Africa"

12. "Heaven's Bow"

13. "iKos'tina"

14. "Variations On A Flute Tune"

15. "Emerging Melody"

16. "Stickfighting Song"

17. "Herding Song"

18. "Threshing Song"

19. "To Comfort A Child (Lullaby)"

20. "You Are A Real Rascal"

21. "Canon At The Octave"

22. "Wedding Song"

23. "Night Music"

24. "Self Delective Song"

25. "Latshon'ilanga (The Sun Has Set)"

26. "Song For The Evening (Bearb. Von Michael Blake)"

27. "Unevensong"

Disc 02

01. "Dance In Seakhi Rhythm (Homage To Bart¢k And JP Mohapeloa)"

02. "Chaconne In Mbaqanga Style"

03. "In Goema Style"

04. "Tickey-Draai"

05. "Daar Kom Die Alibama"

06. "Diary Of A Dung Beetle"

07. "Scents Of Childhood 1 (Homage To Robert Schumann)"

08. "Scents Of Childhood 2 (Homage To Robert Schumann)"

09. "Scents Of Childhood 3 (Hoamge To Schuman & Puccini)"

10. "Interlocking Hands"

11. "Changing Times With Repeating Patterns"

12. "Five Finger Patterns"

13. "Weave"

14. "Distant Cowbells"

15. "Lusikisiki"

16. "Giyani"

17. "There Cried A Hippo"

18. "Reedpipe Dance"

19. "Four-Note Patterns"

20. "Slow Dance"

21. "Lebombo Bone"

22. "Broken Line"

Disc 03

01. "The Music Flows Jolly As It Won't Stop Forever (Perpetuum Mobile)"

02. "March (Homage To Stefan Wolpe)"

03. "Message From The Nduna (Homage To Gy?rgy Kurtág)"

04. "Ituri Rain Forest (Homage To JSB)"

05. "Reflection (Homage To Eric Satie)"

06. "Two Modes Interlocking"

07. "In The Hexatonic Mode"

08. "Major-Minor"

09. "Patterns In A Heptatonic Field"

10. "Keep Left, Pass Right"

11. "Geyser Off! Hat On!"

12. "Stay On Path"

13. "The Seven Steps"

14. "Ostinato With Cross Rhythms"

15. "Smoke And Mirrors"

16. "Postcards From South Africa"

17. "Une Sonnerie Pour G D"

18. "High Fives"

19. "Supermoon (Homage To Henry Cowell)"

20. "Sefapanosaurus"

21. "Thirds"

22. "Variations On 4ths And 5ths"

23. "Fifths"

24. "Seventh Must Fall"

25. "Haiku"

26. "Freedom Day Variation"

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Blake: Afrikosmos is an album by Antony Gray, released in 2023. The album is a classical 3-CD. -

Inspired by Bartók's 'Mikrokosmos' and by the indigenous music from various parts of Africa, South African composer Michael Blake created this magnum opus - like Bartok's work, in varying degrees of difficulty for young players and experts alike. The recording was made in June 2021 at the Menuhin Hall, Cobham, Surrey by pianist Antony Gray, whose recent Divine Art albums of piano works by Saint-Saëns have met with great success and glowing reviews. The idea of writing an African response to Bartók's Mikrokosmos has a long genesis, first approached in 2003 with a piece for young players called "iKos'tina". The African response follows a similar format to Bartók's, with six volumes, each one roughly following a similar format focusing on rhythm and texture, character pieces, dances, pieces exploring a mode or scale, folksong arrangements and variations, transcriptions and homages. The African response aims to represent a broad picture of African music and the composer's heritage. Most pieces are written in a neo-African style, reflecting the composer's own compositional aesthetic, which has drawn on African musical material and aesthetics. The pieces use African five and six note scales, harmonies based on the overtone series, polyrhythm, interlocking, cyclic form, etc. Some pieces are cutups or collages of existing music, some use graphic notation, and some require the pianist to whistle or click their fingers as percussive accompaniment.

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