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Oorspronklik

Giles Swayne. Epitaph And Refrain Op.89. Score. Sheet Music. Flute, French Horn, Viola, Harp. FLT. HN. VLA. HARP. Giles Swayne.

Vertaling

Giles Swayne. Grafskrif en weerhou Op.89. Telling. Sheet Music. Flute, French Horn, Viola, Harp. FLT. HN. VLA. HARP. Giles Swayne.

Oorspronklik

Giles Swayne wrote this piece to commemorate the life of his brother-in-law, Nii Sackey Codjoe, who came to England from Ghana as an illegal worker. Sackey's goal was to make money to give himself a better future in his home country, but he was made redundant with the result that his life fell apart. He gambled and drank away all the money he had saved, and eventually died of heart failure. Sackey's story is all too common, but none the less tragic for that. He left no children, and his warmth and laughter were blotted out by a world for which he was not adequately equipped, leaving nothing behind. Nobody except a handful of kind Ghanaian church people came to his cremation, which was paid for by the hospital where he died. In the piece, a simple 25-bar refrain is gradually transformed, recurring four times. These four refrains are interspersed by four episodes, which give a musical portrait of aspects of Sackey's life and character. After the fourth refrain comes the final section, Valediction, in which we hear his pulse. represented by flute, horn and viola. falter and cease, while the harp quietly plays the melody of a hymn which was a favourite of Sackey's. "Rock of ages cleft for me, Let me hide myself in thee.

Vertaling

Giles Swayne het hierdie stuk van die lewe van sy broer-in-law, Nii Sackey Codjoe, wat van Ghana na Engeland gekom het as 'n onwettige werker te herdenk. Sackey se doel was om geld te maak vir homself 'n beter toekoms in sy eie land, maar hy was oorbodig gemaak met die gevolg dat sy lewe val uitmekaar. Hy gedobbel en gedrink weg al die geld wat hy gespaar het, en uiteindelik gesterf van hartversaking. Sackey se storie is al te dikwels nie, maar een van die minder tragiese vir daardie. Hy het geen kinders nie, en sy warmte en lag is uitgewis deur 'n wêreld waarvoor hy nie voldoende toegerus, niks agterlaat. Niemand behalwe 'n handvol van soort Ghanese kerk mense na sy verassing, wat betaal is deur die hospitaal waar hy gesterf het. In die stuk, word geleidelik 'n eenvoudige 25-bar refrein omskep, herhalende vier keer. Hierdie vier weerhou word afgewissel deur vier episodes, wat gee 'n musikale portret van aspekte van Sackey se lewe en karakter. Na die vierde refrein kom die finale artikel, afskeid, waarin ons hoor sy pols. verteenwoordig deur die fluit, horing en altviool. wankel en verdwyn, terwyl die harp rustig speel die melodie van 'n lied wat 'n gunsteling van Sackey se. "Rots van die Eeue gesplete vir my, Laat my in U.