David Fanshawe

Title: David Fanshawe
Description: During the week of May 3-9, 2010, SUNY Oneonta and the Catskill Choral Society sponsored a unique of festival of bringing awareness of the plight of refugees in Sudan, especially the Darfur region, which soon after became the country, South Sudan. On Saturday and Sunday, the Catskill Choral Society and CCS Girl Choir, Greater Plains and Center Street choirs, SUNY Oneonta Chamber Singers and World Percussion Ensemble, soprano Lorraine Hinds, joined English composer, narrator, and pianist David Fanshawe for two performances of African Sanctus, a multi-movement musical mass setting incorporating sounds from the African continent recorded during Fanshawe’s early field research, and set to original music from the western tradition. This interview reveals some of Fanshawe’s inspiration for the piece and includes a discussion of then President Barack Obama’s Kenyan heritage and the sounds captured in his father’s village incorporated in the piece. The interview is conducted by conductor Timothy Newton.
Contributor (Interviewer): Kitchen Table Conversations
Date of interview: 2010-05-03; Greg Mukai (Part 1)
Duration (Extent): 27M48S
Type: Sound
Creator: Timothy Newton