| Description | Interview with Todd Matshikiza discussing his early life, his influences, and his musical ‘King Kong’, which is based on the life of the heavyweight boxer Ezekiel Dhlamini.
Track 1: Recording setup, 0.26 mins
Track 2: Introduction by Todd Matshikiza, 0.16 mins
Track 3: A man sings an African song, accompanied by a drum, 0.31 mins
Track 4: Todd Matshikiza talks about memories brought back by the song, which reminds him of dances from the Cape Town province, and rhythms in the song, 0.59 mins
Track 5: Todd Matshikiza talks about his childhood memories, growing up in a musical family, his parents’ education and work,1.23 mins
Track 6: A choir sings an African song, 0.58 mins
Track 7: Todd Matshikiza talks about lack of 'racialism' in his home town of Queenstown, then experiencing racialism when he went to school in Johannesberg; the inspiration for musical King Kong, and talks about the lack of any theatrical training in South Africa (1.38)
Track 8: Todd Matshikiza talks about Johannesberg and says why it’s the ideal place to set a musical or ‘township jazz show’ because the streets are full of music,1.57 mins
Track 9: A man sings a song from ‘King Kong’, accompanied by brass and woodwind, 0.49 mins
Track 10: Todd Matshikiza talks about how King Kong’s life story inspired the theme song, 0.48 mins
Track 11: A solo piano plays tune from King Kong; a man sings part of the King Kong theme song, accompanied by orchestra, 0.32 mins
Track 12: Todd Matshikiza talks about segregation in South Africa and tells how a friend lent him a piano, 0.43 mins
Track 13: A woman sings a song with chorus ‘When Love Comes Along’, accompanied by an orchestra (0.41)
Track 14: Todd Matshikiza talks about making changes to ‘King Kong’, the difficulties in getting a producer and orchestrator, he would have liked to have found an African orchestrator; he discusses his love of African rhythms and improvisation and sings an example of tune, 2.57 mins
Track 15: Todd Matshikiza plays African song ‘The Fight’ on the piano and sings and talks about improvisation; a trumpet player improvises with a piano, 2.01 mins
Track 16: An unidentified man talks about the audience reaction to King Kong and the cast’s hopes for its success, as the first African musical, 0.58 mins
Track 17: Todd Matshikiza talks about his reasons for coming to England to learn the techniques of musical writing, orchestration, and composition, 1.40 mins
Track 18: Todd Matshikiza talks about how he composes; he says that he is not conscious of African or Western influences when he writes; he talks about the Western harmonies in King Kong’s death song and plays a song on the piano, 1.57 mins
Track 19: A man sings a song from ‘King Kong’, accompanied by male chorus, 1.39 mins
Track 20: Todd Matshikiza says ‘I love people…it’s going to be a wonderful world’, 0.35 mins
Total: 23.39 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF571E0551280 |