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Chineke! Orchestra celebrates a decade

Chineke! launches a year of birthday celebrations at London's Southbank Centre - the orchestra gave their first-ever concert at the same venue, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, in 2015.

Chineke! launches a year of birthday celebrations at London's Southbank Centre - the orchestra gave their first-ever concert at the same venue, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, in 2015. Tonight's programme from Europe's first majority Black and ethnically diverse orchestra features several of the works they've premiered over the past 10 years.

Shirley J. Thompson: Fanfare for Chineke! (world premiere)
Julian Joseph: Carry that Sound
Roderick Williams: Ethiopia Boy
Song of the Prophets - A Requiem for the Climate:
Ayanna Witter-Johnson: Creation (1st movement)
Daniel Kidane: Ruin (2nd movement)
Shirley J. Thompson: Recovery (3rd movement)
Roderick Williams: Redemption (4th movement)
James B. Wilson: Free-man
Daniel Kidane: Dream Song

Roderick Williams (baritone)
Renu Hossain (tabla)
Rapasa Nyatrapasa Otieno (nyatiti)
Richard Ol谩tund茅 Baker (talking drums)
Chineke! Orchestra
Conductor Matthew Kofi Waldren

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Music Played

  • Shirley Thompson

    Jubilate - Fanfare for Chineke!

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Kofi Waldren.

  • Julian Joseph

    Carry That Sound

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Kofi Waldren.

  • Roderick Williams

    Three Songs from Ethiopia Boy

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Kofi Waldren. Singer: Roderick Williams.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Spiritual Suite

    Performer: Michelle Cann.
    • Revival.
    • Curtis Studio.
    • 7-9.

  • Ayanna Witter-Johnson

    Song of the Prophets: A Requiem for the Climate

    Composer: Daniel Kidane. Composer: Shirley Thompson. Composer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Rapasa Nyatrapasa Otieno. Performer: Richard Olatunde Baker. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Kofi Waldren.

  • James B. Wilson

    Free-man

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Kofi Waldren.

  • Daniel Kidane

    Dream Song

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Kofi Waldren.

  • Robert Schumann

    Dichterliebe, Op. 48: (arr. for viola & piano)

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Frank Dupree.
    • A Poet's Love, Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Schumann: Dichterliebe.
    • harmonia mundi.

Broadcast

  • Wed 29 Jan 2025 19:30
    91热爆 Radio 3