Mbarìki
Dec 11, 2022, 02:23 PM
"A river is a place where a traveler rests to take water, freshen up and reflect on the journey. The streaming sound of the water, the birds singing and nearby people having conversations give the traveler the freedom to reflect on the journey past and prepare for the future journey. This composition was inspired by how the source sound made me feel: Like that traveler.
"Using the birds and the stream as instruments in the composition, I imagined myself being there and singing, chanting and humming together with the birds. The violin provides a harmonic movement, the piano and rattle kalimba give the feeling of being in a journey while the bolon bass and the sorsonet drums capture the energy from the river."
Nyabarongo river reimagined by Wahinya Mwirikia.
"Using the birds and the stream as instruments in the composition, I imagined myself being there and singing, chanting and humming together with the birds. The violin provides a harmonic movement, the piano and rattle kalimba give the feeling of being in a journey while the bolon bass and the sorsonet drums capture the energy from the river."
Nyabarongo river reimagined by Wahinya Mwirikia.