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| 1. Arrival at the Lake |
| 2. Travel on the Lake |
| 3. Twilight on the Lake |
| 4. On Safari |
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A kind of symphonic poem, inspired by descriptions of the African landscape.... Hardy projects descriptions of the African landscape contained in his mother's letters onto a sonic landscape... the rhythmically charged, open and immediately engaging music is bright and colourful while still managing to evoke the African landscape through subtle use of pentatonic patterns and interlocking rhythms... the serene, static and most obviously filmic third movement, "Twilight on the Lake", provides effective contrast and relief, evoking as it does the "little noises of the lake, the trees, and all the thousands of little creatures". --Pwyll Ap Siôn, Grammophone Magazine
Four colourful, finely crafted movements that will appeal to a wide age range... --Phil Sommerick, Classical Music Magazine
Colorful, filmic, and open to pleasurable listening at a single sitting. --Howard Smith, Music & Vision
Four colourful, finely crafted movements that will appeal to a wide age range... --Phil Sommerick, Classical Music Magazine
Colorful, filmic, and open to pleasurable listening at a single sitting. --Howard Smith, Music & Vision
CD Description
Blue Letters from Tanganyika is a bright, energetic piece inspired by the adventures of a young woman travelling in East Africa: John's mother. During nearly 2 years spent overseeing schools in an area of Tanzania the size of England, she wrote over 70 letters home describing wild animal encounters, exotic landscapes and countless tales of danger, bravery and the everyday life of a totally unfamiliar environment. Forty years after her return, her son John Hardy was commissioned by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales to write this piece, which they performed at 5 concerts and broadcast several times on BBC Radio 3. Full of exuberant African colours, this beautiful recording by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Grant Llewellyn captures an exotic world of sweltering wild terrain, dangerous journeys through lion country and the calm of twilight over the great lake.
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Orchestral Magic,
By Joffan180 (South Wales, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Blue Letters from Tanganyika (Audio CD)
This album of music composed by John Hardy gripped my attention from the first time I heard it, in fact, I couldn't stop playing it! John's composition skills give everything required to build a clear picture in someone's mind. It's amazing! The depth of feeling that is prominent throughout the album means that you never get bored of it. Studio technology can sometimes cause the sparkle to be lost in a recording, but thankfully this album certainly doesn't seem to have been a victim. The only thing I wish was different is the length of the album. In my opinion, it's too short!
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Blue Letters from Tanganyika,
This review is from: Blue Letters from Tanganyika (Audio CD)
A rich orchestral album that captures the dramatic landscape and weather of Africa. The piece that depicts a thunderstorm especially captures the wild energy of this violent occurrence.
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