Bow Songs

string quartet

(1996)

based on South African protest songs and dances from No Easy Walk to Freedom

       Protests & Lullaby

       Release & Celebration

 

      Bow Songs was premiered on October 15, 2000 by the Hofstra String Quartet, Monroe Hall, Hofstra University, Hemsptead, NY.    

Zulu bow songs and traditional South African protest songs from "No Easy Walk to Freedom"

setting of traditional South African protest songs taken from the opera No Easy Walk to Freedom, based on the life of President Nelson Mandela