Imibala Yenjabulo

Imibala yenjabulo - Afrikanische Suite Nr.18 is comprised 4 parts:

The Colours of Happiness 

1. Desired Departure

2. Illuminated Inside

3. Infinite Fountain

4. Splendid Surprise

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The composer Sören Sieg says: 'Imibala yenjabulo in Xhosa means The Colours of Happiness. I wrote this suite for the famous recorder player Meng-Heng-Chen who had invited me to Taiwan for a workshop and two concerts that were dedicated to my works. (They subsequently performed together.)

'Three things were important for me in writing this piece. First, it was meant to be a real concert piece, so I did not spare with challenges for the two instrumentalists. Second, I wanted to use the complex texture and the large compass the piano offers without drowning out the recorder part that is still supposed to be the leading voice. I chose the soprano recorder in the third and fourth movements as it is not so easily predominated. I also wanted to paint the colours of happiness as I experienced them in Africa, the joyful impatience before starting the journey, the inner illumination through a great love, the meditative contemplation of a never-ending waterfall and the sudden happiness of being surprised'. 

Score: 28 pages. 2 parts @ 9 & 18 pages respectively.