Sonic Lansdcapes | Chanda Bupe Lupambo

This programme invites the listener into a rich and evolving sonic landscape shaped by South African voices and perspectives. John Joubert’s Piano Sonata, Op. 24, opens with a work of structural clarity and emotional depth, laying a foundation that is both rooted and searching. The vibrant immediacy of Alexander Johnson’s Jazz Impromptus Nos. 2 and 3 follows, blurring the boundaries between classical form and improvisatory spirit. In Ramon Alexander’s Louwskloof se mense, heard here in Cornèl Engelbrecht’s transcription, the programme turns toward a more explicitly local narrative, evoking place, memory, and community.

The journey concludes with Bill Evans’ Peace Piece—a work of luminous stillness that offers both resolution and reflection. In this context, it serves as a quiet commentary: a moment of introspection after a programme that celebrates complexity, identity, and the modern South African soundscape.

Performer

Piano: Chanda Bupe Lupambo