Chineke! Chamber Ensemble return for the second engagement with the acclaimed African Concert Series. Founded by award winning Nigerian-Romanian pianist Rebeca Omordia in 2019, this programme aims to educate audiences about the cultures of Africa through its music.
Chineke! deliver a programme of works by Black composers Errollyn Wallen, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Florence B Price, Ignatius Sancho, Matthew Evan Taylor, Joseph Boulogne and Valerie Coleman.
REPERTOIRE
Errollyn Wallen NNENNA
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Blue/s Form I Plain Blue/s
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Blue/s Form II Just Blue/s
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Blue/s Form III Jettin' Blue/s
Trevor Weston Bop
Ignatius Sancho Minuets 4 and 11
Florence B Price Two Folksongs in Counterpoint - Drink to me with thine own eyes and Shortnin' Bread
Joseph Bologne Quartet No 3 in G minor
Matthew Evan Taylor Let's Meet at the Horizon
Valerie Coleman Red Clay and Mississippi Delta
The performances will be streamed from the concert hall in London’s Africa Centre on The African Concert Series Facebook and YouTube channels.