Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Cedille Records Free Download: 'Sowande: II. Nostalgia' from 'African Suite' by Chicago Sinfonietta with Paul Freeman, Founder & Conductor


This week's free download:
SOWANDE: ll. Nostalgia

from African Suite


This week’s Cedille Chicago Presents (on 98.7 FM WFMT in Chicago and wfmt.com everywhere, Wednesday nights, 10 pm Central time) features the Chicago Sinfonietta and its pioneering founding Music Director, Maestro Paul Freeman, with selections from all 6 of the orchestra’s Cedille albums. 

Under the visionary leadership of Maestro Freeman, the Chicago Sinfonietta, founded in 1987, quickly established itself as the nation’s most diverse orchestra, not only in its personnel, but also in its programming. 

A prime example is the group’s 3-volume set of Cedille recordings titled African Heritage Symphonic Series. This week’s free download comes from Volume I of the series, making that our CD of the Week (25% off the regular price, this week only). The selection, aptly titled “Nostalgia,” is the 2nd movement of Nigerian composer Fela Sowande’s 1930 African Suite.

This week's CD OF THE WEEK:

(25% OFF the regular price)
African Heritage Symphonic Series, Volume I
...Please remember that the download code is FREEDWNLD
(It's the same every week!)

[Fela Sowande (1905-1987) Nigerian composer, organist and professor, and Maestro Paul Freeman (b. 1936) are featured at AfriClassical.com]
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