Minuetto No. 2 from Minuets Cotillons & Country Dances composed by an African (arr. Uchenna Ngwe).

Recorded remotely by Decus Ensemble in lockdown as part of #HiddenSoundsExperiment in May 2020:

Rowland Sutherland (flute)
Uchenna Ngwe (oboe)
Max Welford (clarinet)
Dave Oxley (french horn)
Lois Au (bassoon)
Ruby Aspinall (harp)
Tania Passendji (violin I)
Sarah Daramy-Williams (violin II)
Wei Wei Tan (viola)
Samara Ginsberg (cello)
Nathan Knight (double bass)

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Ignatius Sancho: Minuetto No. 2

Recorded remotely by Decus Ensemble in lockdown as part of #HiddenSoundsExperiment in May 2020:

Tania Passendji (violin I)
Sarah Daramy-Williams (violin II)
Wei Wei Tan (viola)
Samara Ginsberg (cello)

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Chevalier de Saint-Georges: String Quartet in C Major Op. 1 No. 1 (1st movement)

Arrangement of 'They Will Not Lend Me a Child' from 24 Negro Melodies for piano by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (arr. Ruby Aspinall and Nathan Knight). 

Recorded remotely by Decus Ensemble in lockdown as part of #HiddenSoundsExperiment in May 2020:

Nathan Knight (double bass)
Ruby Aspinall (harp)

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: They Will Not Lend Me a Child

Recorded remotely by Decus Ensemble in lockdown as part of #HiddenSoundsExperiment in May 2020:

Rowland Sutherland (flute and shaker)
Uchenna Ngwe (oboe and shaker)
Max Welford (clarinet and shaker)
Dave Oxley (french horn and shaker)
Lois Au (bassoon and shaker)
With kind permission from Internation Opus Publishers

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Justinian Tamusuza: Abaafa Luli for Wind Quintet

Yannick Hiwat: Angri Si Skapu

Recorded remotely by Decus Ensemble in lockdown as part of #HiddenSoundsExperiment in May 2020

Rowland Sutherland (flute)
Uchenna Ngwe (oboe)
Max Welford (clarinet)
Dave Oxley (french horn)
Lois Au (bassoon)
Ruby Aspinall (harp)
Tania Passendji (violin I)
Sarah Daramy-Williams (violin II)
Wei Wei Tan (viola)
Samara Ginsberg (cello)
Nathan Knight (double bass)
Yannick Hiwat (Wurlitzer and MiniMoog Model D)

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Yannick Hiwat: Angri Si Skapu

Introduction to the Hidden Sounds Experiment EP.

This short track by Decus Ensemble Artistic Director Uchenna Ngwe, gives a brief outline of the project. We strongly recommend listening to this first to help understand some of what you'll be hearing on the tracks. 

Listen and enjoy!

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