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Proms 2017 Prom 62: Chineke!

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Prom 62: Chineke!
22:15 Wed 30 Aug 2017 Royal Albert Hall
The UK’s first majority 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.
The UK’s first majority 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.

Performances & Interviews

Dvořák – Rondo in G minor
02:08
Dvořák – Rondo in G minor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason performs Dvořák’s Rondo in G minor at the 2017 Proms
Oct '17BBC Four
Handel: Messiah – 'Rejoice greatly' (excerpt) (2017)
02:32
Handel: Messiah – 'Rejoice greatly' (excerpt) (2017)
Trinidadian soprano Jeanine De Bique joins Chineke! to perform Handel's 'Rejoice greatly'
Oct '17BBC Four
Chineke!: the best bits (2017)
03:30
Chineke!: the best bits (2017)
The UK’s first majority BME orchestra, Chineke!, makes its Proms debut.
Sep '17BBC Four
Hannah Kendall: The Spark Catchers (excerpt) (2017)
01:59
Hannah Kendall: The Spark Catchers (excerpt) (2017)
The Spark Catchers takes its inspiration and title from a Lemn Sissay poem.
Sep '17BBC Four
Naomi Alderman and Chi-chi Nwanoku
28:00
Naomi Alderman and Chi-chi Nwanoku
What's it like to make your art in the moment?
Apr '17BBC Radio 4
Chi-chi Nwanoku and Yinka Shonibare
28:00
Chi-chi Nwanoku and Yinka Shonibare
Double bass player Chi-chi Nwanoku meets the artist Yinka Shonibare in his studio.
Apr '17BBC Radio 4

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About This Event

Hailed by critics as ‘fresh’ and ‘brilliant’, the UK’s first majority BME orchestra Chineke! makes its Proms debut in a programme including works by Pulitzer Prize-winning George Walker and young British composer Hannah Kendall, whose The Spark Catchers takes inspiration from the urgent energy of Lemn Sissay’s poem of the same name.

Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, winner of the 2016 BBC Young Musician competition, soprano Jeanine De Bique and conductor Kevin John Edusei all make their Proms debut here.

There will be no interval

Please note that this event contains an update to the concert programme from that in BBC Proms 2017 Festival Guide

Broadcast on BBC Four, 8 September

Image: Kevin John Edusei © Marco Borggreve

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