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Chineke! Orchestra play Britten, Beethoven, Daniel Kidane

Chineke! Orchestra open the newly refurbished Queen Elizabeth Hall at London's Southbank Centre with music by Coleridge-Taylor, Britten, Beethoven and a new work by Daniel Kidane.

Chineke! Orchestra's inaugural concert caused a sensation at the Queen Elizabeth Hall at London's Southbank Centre. That was in 2015, just before the Hall closed for refurbishment and now Europe's first majority black and minority ethnic orchestra is back for the Queen Elizabeth Hall's re-opening. Their programme includes Beethoven's joyful Symphony No. 4, Coleridge-Taylor's Ballade for orchestra in A minor and Britten's The Building of the House Overture, the work he chose to conduct at the QEH's opening in 1967.

Chineke! Orchestra have commissioned new music for this evening by Daniel Kidane. Dream Song sets words from Martin Luther King's 'I have a dream...' speech and tonight's premiere is 50 years to the day since King's funeral in 1967.

Presented by Sarah Walker.

Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade for orchestra in A minor, Op.33
Daniel Kidane: Dream Song (World premiere)
Britten: Overture, The Building of the House, Op.79

Interval
Sarah Walker talks to the Director of Music at the Southbank Centre, Gillian Moore, about the legacy of the Queen Elizabeth Hall, including music by Steve Reich (Different Trains) and a recording of Purcell's Celebrate this Festival from the hall's opening concert in 1967, conducted by Britten.

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major Op.60

Roderick Williams (baritone)
Chineke! Chorus
Chineke! Orchestra
Anthony Parnther (conductor)

Photo: (c) Mark Allan.

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Mon 9 Apr 2018 19:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Ballade in A minor, Op.33

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.

  • Daniel Kidane

    Dream Song

    Performer: Roderick Williams. Ensemble: Chineke! Orchestra.

  • Benjamin Britten

    The Building of the House, Op.79

    Ensemble: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.

  • Henry Purcell

    Celebrate this Festival, Z321 (excerpts)

    Singer: Heather Harper. Singer: James Bowman. Singer: John Shirley鈥怮uirk. Choir: Ambrosian Singers. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • DECCA.

  • Steve Reich

    Different Trains (America, Before the War)

    Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • NONESUCH.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No.4 in B flat major, Op.60

    Orchestra: Chineke!. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.

  • Richard Strauss

    September (Four Last Songs)

    Singer: Anna Netrebko. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • R Strauss: Vier Letzte Lieder/Ein Heldenleben, Op.40.
    • DG.
    • 1-4.

  • Lili Boulanger

    D'un soir triste

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Boulanger: Faust Et Helene Etc. - Soloists/CBSC/大象传媒 Phil./Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
    • CHAN9745.
    • 3.

  • Charles Gounod

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • CHANDOS.

Broadcast

  • Mon 9 Apr 2018 19:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3