CD Imaginary Day, track 12: Anyi Bialale, organ St. Willibrorduskerk, Berkel-Enschot

Anyi Bialale is a short religious song from Cameroon. The right hand plays the cheerful melody as a typical African ostinato and a rhythmical counterpoint, which gradually becomes more intense. The left hand plays a number of small Indian bells. At 1:18, the pedal, coupled to the trumpet of the manual, introduces a new motif. It sounds rather like a snarl, gradually swelling, and at the end explodes the entire scene, like an African part which goes out of hand. At the end there seems to be a certain perplexity about what has occurred.