Piece started in Italy 2003, PerugiaWritten for 8 saxophones, The saxophone octet “Electroshocks” tells about thoughts, thinking, mind. The piece is a counterpoint in the way J.S. Bach composed his Fugue. In some way unorthodox, I handled the rules for the Fugue and...
La Poupée Délaissée (1921) after the painting by Suzanne Valadon She is turning away from the woman, spurningthe matronly touch of soft white Turkishtoweling, she twists, leaning toward the mirror,left arm the fulcrum, attempting to see clearlyher image there. She’s...
I knew going to Civitella would be partly about missing my family, and partly about reconnecting with my work. In my “normal” life I usually have 15 minutes here, an hour there, little windows of time to do my creative work. I honestly wasn’t sure if...
from these I am growing no nearerto what secret eluded the children– Derek Walcott, ‘Sainte Lucie’ Somewhere in some dark decadestands my father without work,unknown to me and my brotherdeep in the Paarl winter and a school holiday.As the temperature drops, he,my...
