The Chineke! Wind Quintet comprises players of the Chineke! Orchestra and the ensemble is delighted to bring a varied programme of wind repertoire to the Shaldon Festival. Highlights include the music of African-American composers William Grant Still (Summerland, 1935) and Valerie Coleman (Red Clay & Mississippi Delta, 2016). Both works speak to the Black experience in the American South, and are presented alongside music from Gyorgy Ligeti, Paul Hindemith, Maurice Ravel.
Programme:
Ligeti: Six Bagatelles
William Grant Still: Summerland
Paquito D'Rivera: Lecuoneras (Solo Clarinet)
Paul Hindemith: Klein Kammermusik
Interval
A. Marquez: Danza de Mediodia (for Wind Quintet)
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin (arr. Jones)
G. Silvestrini: Le Ballet Espagnol (Solo Oboe)
Valerie Coleman: Red Clay and Mississippi Delta