Bound objects (2023)
instrumentation
Uhadi (and voice), 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass
duration
5 minutes
1st prize winner of the inaugral South African Strings Foundation Composition Competition
World premiere
22 September 2024 | Endler Hall, Stellenbosch, South Africa | Bronwen Clacherty (uhadi and voice), Annien Shaw (violin), David Bester (violin), Remi Ludick (viola), Babette Roosenschoon (violoncello) and Mariechen Meyer (double bass). Jan-Hendrik Harley (conductor)
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Recording pending (contact the composer for a perusal recording)
programme note
In writing Bound objects, I sought to compose a work for 6 string instruments, as opposed to a work “for uhadi and bowed Western classical strings”. I was particularly interested in taking each instrument on its own, considering its strengths and “weaknesses” and engaging with that which interests me about each instrument (insofar as the relatively limited scope of this short work allows), thereby ‘binding’ these instruments together in my own way.
— Njabulo Phungula
Rehearsals for Bound objects.
