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Moody and atmospheric that sounds almost like the soundtrack to a film about the life of one of the greatest human beings ever to live on the planet.Indeed I would love to see some enterprising modern dance company interpret this.
Opening with a movement called Robben-Island we experience the longing and frustration of the young Nelson enduring the day after day tedium of being incarcerated, the "numbing despair" is captured by a solitary drum's relentless beat as if marking the slowness of time
The second movement "Hunting" is an exciting jazz driven piece with the excellent use of the percussion as " characters" chasing each other around underlined by the vivid cello of Maria Kliegel
The African roots are heard in the dialogue between the drum and the cello in the movement called "Metamorphosis" it symbolises the hope as did Mandela himself. There is a restrained excitement about a future that will be so different to the past.
The finale, Lullaby, utilises a native tune and is a gentle evocation of all things peaceful; restful. A peace without fear, without further struggle. If only this were a dream fulfilled.
The work is not the easiest to absorb and needs time and patience and several repeated listenings. It is a very honourable work that deserves greater recognition than it has, as yet, received
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