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Sowande's African Suite gets the audience's feet tapping
The delightful African Suite by the Nigerian Fela Sowande is one of a number of works by black composers included in the 2021 season of 大象传媒 Proms. Conceived in the 1940s, the Suite brings the colours and rhythms of West-African music to a European string orchestra. The Chineke orchestra is conducted by Kalena Bovell in the final, fifth movement of the Suite.
[Image: Chineke orchestra at the 2021 大象传媒 Proms. Credit: Mark Allan/大象传媒]
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