The African Concert Series London - Online Edition 2020
As
a follow up to last year’s highly successful concert series of African
music at the October Gallery and at The Africa Centre, award-winning
pianist Rebeca Omordia has now organised a week of similar concerts for
Lockdown on the African Series Facebook page. This will feature
performances by well-known and established artists from Nigeria, the UK,
Morocco and America performing classical music from Africa.
The
series will begin with Nigerian/Ghanaian composer and pianist Fred
Onovwerosuoke and his wife flautist Wendy Hymes playing African Art
music direct from St Lous USA; followed by Nigeria’s leading tenor Jo
Oparamanuike, accompanied by Babatunde Sosan, the third in his family to
be organist at Christ Church, Lagos, who will stream from Nigeria; then
comes South African virtuoso bass player Leon Bosch playing music
featured on his CD The South African Double Bass; Glen Inanga streaming
Nigerian piano music from the Cayman Islands; acclaimed Moroccan pianist
Marouan Benabdallah playing piano music from the Arab world streaming
from Hungary; and finally from London, Rebeca Omordia herself concluding
the series, playing Nigerian music from her highly acclaimed CD EKELE.
The complete African Concert Series, Online Edition 2020 is as follows:
22 June - African Art Music for Flute, Wendy Hymes flute, Fred Onovwerosuoke, piano
23 June - African Art Song, Jo Oparamanuike, tenor, Babatunde Sosan, piano
24 June - The South African Double Bass, Leon Bosch, double bass
25 June - Nigerian Odyssey: Piano Music from Nigeria, Glen Inanga piano
26 June - Woodwind Quintets by African Composers, IMI Chamber Players
27 June - Arabesque: Piano Music from the Arab World, Marouan Benabdallah, piano
28 June - Organ Recital, Babatunde Sosan,organ
29 June - EKELE: Piano Music by African Composers, Rebeca Omordia, piano
The
music will be streamed live or pre-recorded especially for this
programme and it will be broadcast live on The African Concert Series Facebook page on the scheduled dates at 6pm (GMT+1) London time.
With thanks and best wishes,
Eni Fashanu
Fourchiefs Media Classical
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