Recordings

Moment | 2003

In 2000, Palissander toured through Canada with a programme entitled Music of the Spheres. The ancient Greeks believed that one's soul has to be in harmony with the music made by the heavenly bodies as they move through space. We have chosen this idea of harmony, from the title track Moment, as the theme for the CD.

Once again, alone with you for the first time, I hear the harmony of the spheres throuhg the humdrum of everyday life.

Following from the theme of harmony, we devote a portion of the CD to the peace programme that we performed in Norway in 2002 and in Kenya earlier this year (2003). In the peace programme we are joined by four street children (members of the Soccajasco Kids) who have been taught to play African percussion intruments by the prominent Nigerian professor, Meki Nzewi. Meki is also the composer of the focal work of the peace programme, One more voice. A Zulu praise singer, Prof Themba Msimang, a specuial member of our peace ensemble, wrote a praise poem for Palissander.

As peace and harmony are closely entwined, we hope to use Moment to bring a little bit of peace to our common everyday existence, as well as to that of anyone who listens.

Track	Composer/Arranger
Prayer of St Francis	A Pote, arr. R Delgado
Psalm 23	Neil van der Watt
Hot Gates	Christopher Torr, arr. Neil van der Watt
Bawo, Thixo Somandla	Traditional, arr. JSM Khumalo
One More Voice for Peace	Meki Nzewi
Peace	Knut Nystedt
Stille Nag	Franz Gruber
Duo Seraphim	Jakobus Gallus
Missa Hungarica	Emoke Tavasszy
Bogoroditse Devo	Arvo Part
Adiemus	Karl Jenkins
For the longest time	Billy Joel, arr. Neil van der Watt
Ek loop die pad	Zane Cronje, Amanda Strydom
Moment	Laurinda Hofmeyr
Waltzing Matilda	Traditional, arr. Swingle Singers
Rock around the clock	Max C Freedman & Jimmy de Knight, arr. Nicholas Hare