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Programme Notes for
‘Karoo Landscape’
This is written for flute (doubling alto flute) and
percussion (vibraphone, temple blocks and bongos) and was written in
2011. The title is derived from having lived the
Karoo region of South Africa since September 2007.
Lasting just over 5 minutes, the piece opens with
flute and temple blocks alternating with accelerating and decelerating phrases
respectively. Later, the vibraphone and flute are in
similar dialogue. A fast rhythmic section follows
with the flute initially taking the main melodic idea with bongo accompaniment, but later the
vibraphone takes up the melody. The ideas are developed before the initial phrases are
heard. The piece ends calmly with alto flute and
vibraphone, played with a cello bow.
Malcolm
Dedman
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Programme Notes for
‘Five Bagatelles’
Five
Bagatelles for flute and piano was written in
1982 and minor revisions were made in 2011. The total duration is 11.5
minutes.
The five movements represent music from different
regions of the world, without specific reference to any one country or region, with the
exception of the final movement which draws on Javanese
Gamelan.
The first movement is the most Western; the second is
based on 3 notes in the flute and three chords in the piano, suggesting drum rhythms,
possible African; the third is an exotic piece for flute solo; the fourth suggests an Arabic
style and the fifth, which is the most extended, draws on various aspects of the
Gamelan.
Malcolm Dedman
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Programme Notes for
'Mavrud
II'
MAVRUD
II, like I,
is loosely based on rãg Dipak, whose character is Fire. The relationship
is not strict, though the
opening is an unmeasured exploration of the notes, rather like the
alãpof
rãg. Thereafter Mavrud II goes its own way, though with some reference to rãg
techniques.
Dr. Clement Jewitt
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