Zimbe!
Come Sing the Songs of Africa!
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SKU: AP.12-0571533248
Come Sing the Songs of Africa!. Arranged by Alexander L'Estrange. Choral Extended Work; Larger Works; Performance Music Ensemble. Faber Edition. Multicultural; Secular; World. Book. Faber Music #12-0571533248. Published by Faber Music (AP.12-0571533248).ISBN 9780571533244. English.
Zimbe! is a 40-minute work for SATB chorus, children's choir and jazz quintet with percussion, by the UK composer Alexander L'Estrange.
It is a vibrant sequence of twelve African and gospel songs, charting a day in the life of an African village. There are simple children's playground songs from Ghana and Zimbabwe, a Xhosa lullaby for mothers of the victims of Apartheid, a rousing drinking song, and music used on religious occasions. Zimbe! will also provide an exciting new repertory piece for choral societies who may be looking for a follow-up to the world-influenced works of David Fanshawe and Karl Jenkins. The addition of the children's choir enables choirs to forge, or renew, relationships with local school or community choirs.