Teacher & Student Resources

For Heike on Valentine’s Day

à la recherche de la paix et de la liberté is a trio by Surendran Reddy for clarinet, voice and piano (1993), dedicated to his long-time, devoted partner, Heike Asmuss, and rededicated to her now in his memory and with love. In this piece, Reddy arranges several well-known South African tunes including ‘Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika’,…...
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A new composition from a 19th-century hymn

Anyone brought up in Lesotho who attends the LEC (Lesotho Evangelical Church) will know the hymnal, Lifela tsa Zione, Songs of Zion. It is one of the oldest hymnbooks in southern Africa, first published in Morija in 1844 with words mainly by Swiss-French missionaries and tunes by early 19th century European composers. Lesotho’s indigenous composers…...
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Summertime in Lesotho

Full summer on the mountain slopes outside Morija, southern Lesotho, summer 2011
Mohapeloa’s Lehlabula (Summer) paints a lazy picture of drifting clouds, warmth, rain, and fertile mountain slopes....
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