06/07/2015

CD Imaginary Day, track 16: African Drum, organ Stevenskerk Nijmegen

African Drum continues the mysterious mood of night, already provoked by the preceding piece. The upper voice is played by the right hand, alternating between the half-stopped 4' of the great manual and the bourdon 16' and bourdon 8' of the positive. The lower voice is played by the pedal, coupled to the great manual. The left hand plays a drum with an iron gosoeah (a Ghanian bell attached to a stick).


In the years after, I played the piece slower and it became then known as Stillness, also for piano.