Description
- Composer: Nkeiru Okoye (1972-)
- Instrumentation (this edition): Piano
- Originally for: Piano
- Work: African Sketches
- Binding:
- ISBN: 9781491135204
- Size: 9.0 x 12.0 inches
- Pages: 16
Description
African Sketches is a four-movement suite inspired by the composer’s childhood years in Nigeria, her father’s homeland. “The Village Children at Play,” captures the children’s joyful energy, “Dusk” is a beautifully gentle memorial to Okoye’s first musical mentor, and “Dancing Barefoot in the Rain” is a scherzo with all the scenic charm of its title. This movement appears as the underscoring in Carnegie Hall’s social media campaign announcing their “CH” monogram. “Drums Calling” is a call-and-refrain between a mother searching for her daughter, and talking drums echoing her calls.
The 12-minute African Sketches make an ideal suite for recitals, and each movement may be performed separately.
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