[Ignatius Sancho: An African Man of Letters; Reyahn King et al.; National Portrait Gallery of the U.K. (1997)]
CELEBRATION OF LIFE presented by the Metropolitan Black Police AssociationFriday 17 October 2008, 7:30 pm“Opera lends its voice to the concert for the first time with Alex Wilson’s arrangements of arias by Ignatius Sancho. Sancho was born in 1729 on a slave ship headed from Africa to the West Indies, but was brought by his owner to London as an orphan at the age of two. Self-educated, he was an accomplished writer and composer and the first African in Britain to vote and be published for his works.”
Celebration of Life“Alex Wilson, well known on the UK music scene as a composer, arranger, pianist and educator, will be curating an exclusive performance of music composed by Ignatius Sancho.” Southbank Centre - Royal Festival Hall, Belvedere Road SE1 8XX, £15 (£10 conc) + bkg, 0871 663 2505 http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk [The African composer and author Ignatius Sancho (1729-1780) is profiled at AfriClassical.com]
Metropolitan Black Police Association
Southbank Centre Oct. 17
Ignatius Sancho
African Slave
African Composer
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