Movements

The text of African Sanctus is taken from the Latin Mass and Anglican Liturgy (The Lord's Prayer).

The scored music works in synergy with field recordings made by the composer in Egypt, Sudan, Uganda and Kenya (1969-73).

1. AFRICAN SANCTUS
Acholi Bwala dance, North Uganda

2. KYRIE: CALL TO PRAYER
Mu'azzin from the Muhammad Ali Mosque, Cairo

3. GLORIA: BRIDE OF THE NILE
Egyptian wedding, Luxor
Islamic prayer school, East Sudan

4. CREDO: SUDANESE DANCES
Courtship dances, Kiata trumpet dance
Koranic recitations, Marra mountains

5. LOVE SONG: PIANO SOLO
Hadandua cattle boy with Bazenkop harp
Desert bells, East Sudan

6. ET IN SPIRITUM SANCTUM
Frogs, Zande refugees of South Sudan

7. CRUCIFIXUS: RAIN SONG
Dingi Dingi dance, rains & thunder
"Rain Song" by Latigo Oteng, Uganda

8. SANCTUS: BWALA DANCE
Bunyoro madinda xylophone
Acholi Bwala dance, Uganda

9. THE LORD'S PRAYER
Lamentation, Lake Kyoga, Uganda
The Offertory (in English)

10. CHANTS
Masai milking song, Kenya
Song of the river, Karamoja, Uganda
Turkana cattle song, Luo ritual burial dance, Kenya

11. AGNUS DEI
Hadandua war drums in the desert, Sudan

12. CALL TO PRAYER: KYRIE (reprise)
Mu'azzin from the Muhammad Ali Mosque, Cairo

13. FINALE & GLORIA
Acholi Bwala dance, North Uganda

14. DONA NOBIS PACEM (optional)
A Hymn for World Peace (short or long version)