Experience the electric atmosphere of a Chineke! Prom first-hand, as Europe’s first majority Black and ethnically diverse orchestra returns to the Royal Albert Hall with Beethoven’s joyful Fourth Symphony and Haydn’s exuberant Trumpet Concerto.
On a mission to champion change and celebrate diversity in classical music, Chineke! also showcases music by pioneering Black British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and his American namesake, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson. Plus there’s an opportunity to hear Valerie Coleman’s pandemic anthem, Seven O’Clock Shout.
Programme:
Valerie Coleman: Seven O’Clock Shout
Coleridge-Taylor: Four Noveletten
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E flat major
Interval
Perkinson: Sinfonietta No. 1 – Rondo (3rd mvt)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major
Chineke! Orchestra
Aaron Azunda Akugbo: Trumpet
Anthony Parnther: Conductor