As the Flowers Bloom/Ntyilo Ntyilo (2014)
Composer: Kathleen Tagg / Alan Silinga
There are multiple versions of this piece:
Version A for piano and electronics (2014) quoting a small excerpt from President Nelson Mandela’s Inaugural speech.
Version B for 2 pianos (2015)
This work is an original composition that sees into an arrangement of Alan Silinga’s South African standard Ntyilo Ntyilo
Version A for Piano & Electronics (2014)
First Performance April 27th 2014, Spectrum, New York.
Other Performances: National Arts Festival, South Africa and University of Georgia, USA
Version B for 2 Pianos (2015)
First Performance: July 6th, 2015, National Arts Festival, Grahamstown, South Africa
Recording: Kathleen Tagg & Andre Petersen. Where Worlds Collide, Table Pounding Records, 2016
Other Performances: Smith College, Connecticut College, Greenwich House Music School (All USA); Classical NEXT Rotterdam;
UNISA, Endler Hall Stellenbosch, University of Cape Town, Baxter Concert Hall, UPE (All South Africa)
Recording: Where Worlds Collide (Kathleen Tagg & Andre Petersen): Table Pounding Records, 2017
As the Flowers Bloom is Track 4