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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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Release date:

2 hours, 14 minutes

On radio

Wed 29 Jan 2025 19:30

Broadcast

  • Wed 29 Jan 2025 19:30