Michael Wright: Chineke! makes Proms debut; 2016 BBC Young Musician cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason is soloist; concert includes works by George Walker & Hannah Kendall

 

 

 Sheku Kanneh-Mason

 

 

Michael S. Wright writes:

 

Hi Bill,

I am not sure whether you have seen the listings. Take a note of the following:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/rcrbj5/by/date/2017

 

Wed 30 Aug 2017

Prom 62: Chineke!

 

Royal Albert Hall

 

The UK’s first BME orchestra, Chineke!, makes its Proms debut. 2016 BBC Young Musician winner, cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, is the soloist, and the concert also includes works by composers George Walker and Hannah Kendall.

 

Programme

Hannah Kendall

The Spark Catchers (10 mins)

BBC commission: world premiere

Antonín Dvořák

Rondo in G minor, Op 94 (7 mins)

David Popper

Hungarian Rhapsody, Op. 68 (10 mins)

orch M. Schlegel

George Walker

Lyric for Strings (6 mins)

George Frideric Handel

Julius Caesar – 'Da tempeste il legno infranto' (6 mins)

Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint‐Georges

Au penchant qui nous entrâine (4 mins)

orch Mauricio Rodriguez

George Frideric Handel

Messiah – 'Rejoice greatly'(5 mins)

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Capriccio espagnol, Op 34 (16 mins)

and 

Proms Session: Chineke!

10:00 Tue 22 Aug 2017 Royal Albert Hall

also

Prom 27: Ella and Dizzy: A Centenary Tribute

19:30 Fri 4 Aug 2017 Royal Albert Hall

25 August, Prom 53: Beneath the Underdog: Charles Mingus Revisited

Prom 65: Stax Records: 50 Years of Soul

22:15 Fri 1 Sep 2017 Royal Albert Hall

It is looking promising this year and great to have Chineke! at the Royal Albert Hall..

Kind regards

Mike