— The Musical Times
UNOFFICIAL New Music, the artisan's workshop not the sausage-factory, catwalk or gilt-edged securities type of new music.
— Michael Finnissy
Music not of place, but of time. Blake is not unsure of who he is and where he lives. He is not obsessed with Africa, nor is he chained to ‘the West’. He is perhaps the first South African composer to be unselfconsciously an African composer. His are the blueprints and stratagems of a new cosmopolitan South African sound.
— The Musical Times
UNOFFICIAL New Music, the artisan's workshop not the sausage-factory, catwalk or gilt-edged securities type of new music.
— Michael Finnissy
— The Musical Times
UNOFFICIAL New Music, the artisan's workshop not the sausage-factory, catwalk or gilt-edged securities type of new music.
— Michael Finnissy
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"This is one heck of a ride into a host of Africanisms, something truly different, truly engaging - sonic African food for the soul, one might say." (Fanfare)
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Ukukhalisa Umrhubhe (2013)
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Internationales Chor- und Orchesterfestival Kassel
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"This is one heck of a ride into a host of Africanisms, something truly different, truly engaging - sonic African food for the soul, one might say." (Fanfare)
Read More
Listen
Upcoming Performances
Ukukhalisa Umrhubhe (2013)
South African premiere: 28 November 2023
ISCM World New Music Days, Johannesburg
Cara Stacey (umrhubhe)
Symphony (2022)
First performance: 8 December 2023
Internationales Chor- und Orchesterfestival Kassel
Kyiv Symphony Orchestra
Arjan Tien (conductor)
