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Clare Loveday: 48 km north​-​west of Kokstad

from meander by Duo Montagnard

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48 km north-west of Kokstad is the small town of Cedarville in the heart of the East Griqualand farming district of KwaZulu-Natal. One of the most powerful images of this area is the long dust farm roads, not only used by farm traffic such as tractors and trucks but also as routes for people without transport walking to railway stations, church meetings or nearby towns. This work takes its inspiration from this landscape and traditional Zulu walking songs, a style of guitar playing and singing. It is not indigenous to East Griqualand, but is evocative of walking these long roads through the undulating foothills of the Drakensberg, the sounds shifting with a passing breeze, disappearing and emerging as the road rises and falls.

Clare Loveday is a Johannesburg-based composer. Striving to convey through music the complications of life in a post-colonial society, her works have been described by critics in turn as “obstinate and fierce, big-boned and raw,” “subtle” and “elusive.” She is best known for her ‘straight’ saxophone compositions and interdisciplinary collaborations and has worked with a number of award-winning artists including Gerhard Marx and Nandipha Mntambo. Her works have been performed on four continents, including at the ISCM World New Music Days, Juilliard, the Royal College of Music in London and Festival d'Automne à Paris. She lectured music theory and composition for many years at Wits University and was awarded a Doctorate of Music in 2009. For more information, see www.clareloveday.co.za

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from meander, released June 11, 2018

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Duo Montagnard (Joe Murphy, saxophone and Matt Slotkin, guitar) was formed in 2002 and has performed over 300 concerts in 50 states, eight Canadian provinces, and twenty countries on six continents. The duo has commissioned, premiered and recorded more than thirty works for guitar and saxophone. ... more

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