Michael Blake
FIVE TRADITIONAL ANIMAL POEMS OF THE KHOIKHOI
Bardic Edition BDE552
For SATB choir a cappella.
These animal poems, in a 19th-century translation by the philologist W H I Bleek (1827-75), are taken from his collection Reynard the Fox in South; or Hottentot Fables and Tales (London, 1864):
1. The hyena
2. The hyena addressing her young ones
3. The giraffe
4. The zebra
5. The horse cursed by the sun
The first performance was given by the Brighton Chamber Choir conducted by Guy Richardson on 11 July 1992 in St Augustine's Church, Brighton
Duration 8½ minutes
These animal poems, in a 19th-century translation by the philologist W H I Bleek (1827-75), are taken from his collection Reynard the Fox in South; or Hottentot Fables and Tales (London, 1864):
1. The hyena
2. The hyena addressing her young ones
3. The giraffe
4. The zebra
5. The horse cursed by the sun
The first performance was given by the Brighton Chamber Choir conducted by Guy Richardson on 11 July 1992 in St Augustine's Church, Brighton
Duration 8½ minutes
