Desired Departure from Cadiz by Chris Orton and Sören Sieg

This is the first movement of my African suite No. 18: Imibala yenjabulo, which in Xhosa means The Colours of Happiness. I wrote this suite for Meng-Heng Chen who had invited me to Taiwan in July 2016 for a workshop and two concerts that were dedicated to my works. We played the premiere in the concerts on July 2 in Hsinchu and July 3 in New Taipei City.
Three things were important for me in writing this piece. First, it was meant to be a real concert piece, so I did not spare challenges for the two instrumentalists - only a few people will be able to play it at first sight. Second, I wanted to use the complex texture and the large compass the piano offers without drowning out the recorder part that is still supposed to be the leading voice. For this reason, I chose the soprano recorder in the third and fourth movements: it is not so easily predominated. And of course, I wanted to paint the colors of happiness how I experienced them in Africa. This first movement is about the joyful impatience before starting the journey!

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Sören Sieg learned 7 instruments, published 200 columns, 13 books, 11 theater plays and countless musical works that were premiered on five continents. For 18 years he toured with his a cappella group LaLeLu. He lives as a freelance composer, editor, pianist author, and playwright in Hamburg and Warsaw. This year his first symphonic works premiered in Spain and Switzerland.