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Blake: The Philosophy of Composition / Gauwerky, Vandewalle

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Details

Composer
BLAKE, MICHAEL
Artist
Gauwerky, Vandewalle
Format
CD
Label
Wergo
Released
May 11, 2018
Catalog #
WER73612
UPC
4010228736120

About

Michael Blake is South African composition’s most important link to the American and British experimental traditions of the second half of the 20th century. It is a connection that derives as much from the composer’s temperament and aesthetic sensibility, as from more conscious decisions relating to the socio-political positioning of composition. As regards the former, Blake’s affinity with composers like Charles Ives and John Cage precedes his mature engagements with these composers through an embrace of certain qualities of openness relating to musical structure and material that can be heard throughout the works recorded on this album. Blake’s “song without words” demonstrates deconstruction, playfulness, irregularity, irony and a postmodern referential sensibility. Apart from “song without words,” which was written in 1972, the seven other works recorded on this album date from between 2008 and 2016, a period of mature compositional activity bookended by the composer’s retirement to the village of Hout Bay near Cape Town late in 2008, and relocation to France in 2015.

Tracklist 11 tracks

  1. 1 The Philosophy of Composition 10:26
    Track
    1
    Title
    The Philosophy of Composition
    Duration
    10:26
    Composer
    Michael Blake
    Performer
    Friedrich Gauwerky, Daan Vandewalle
  2. 2 The Richter Scale 02:13
    Track
    2
    Title
    The Richter Scale
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Michael Blake
    Performer
    Friedrich Gauwerky
  3. 3 I. Allegro misterioso 05:30
    Track
    3
    Title
    I. Allegro misterioso
    Duration
    05:30
    Composer
    Michael Blake
    Performer
    Friedrich Gauwerky, Daan Vandewalle
  4. 4 II. Scherzo 02:21
    Track
    4
    Title
    II. Scherzo
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Michael Blake
    Performer
    Friedrich Gauwerky, Daan Vandewalle
  5. 5 III. Fluente 04:13
    Track
    5
    Title
    III. Fluente
    Duration
    04:13
    Composer
    Michael Blake
    Performer
    Friedrich Gauwerky, Daan Vandewalle
  6. 6 IV. Adagio 05:02
    Track
    6
    Title
    IV. Adagio
    Duration
    05:02
    Composer
    Michael Blake
    Performer
    Friedrich Gauwerky, Daan Vandewalle
  7. 7 A Fractured Landscape 08:50
    Track
    7
    Title
    A Fractured Landscape
    Duration
    08:50
    Composer
    Michael Blake
    Performer
    Daan Vandewalle
  8. 8 Connectivity 01:35
    Track
    8
    Title
    Connectivity
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Michael Blake
    Performer
    Friedrich Gauwerky, Daan Vandewalle
  9. 9 Pentimenti 12:59
    Track
    9
    Title
    Pentimenti
    Duration
    12:59
    Composer
    Michael Blake
    Performer
    Friedrich Gauwerky
  10. 10 Song Without Words 06:10
    Track
    10
    Title
    Song Without Words
    Duration
    06:10
    Composer
    Michael Blake
    Performer
    Friedrich Gauwerky, Daan Vandewalle
  11. 11 Seventh Must Fall 04:12
    Track
    11
    Title
    Seventh Must Fall
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    Michael Blake
    Performer
    Daan Vandewalle