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Wigmore Hall 125: Abel Selaocoe and Bantu Ensemble

Abel Selaocoe and Bantu Ensemble, live from Wigmore Hall’s 125th Anniversary Festival.

As part of Wigmore Hall's 125th Anniversary Festival, a concert by Bantu Ensemble. Since its foundation by Abel Selaocoe in 2022, Bantu Ensemble has woven together rich strands of European classical music, African hymns and songs, jazz and the echoes of ancient ancestral voices to create unique programmes that project universal emotions. 'It’s about things that we can all connect to,' says Selaocoe. The South African cellist and vocalist draws on his own deep experience of music made with his family, at church and in his vast imagination to shape life-enhancing improvisations and exquisite classical interpretations.

Presented live from Wigmore Hall by Martin Handley

Bantu Ensemble
Abel Selaocoe: cello, voice
Alan Keary: bass
Dudu Kouaté: percussion
Fred Thomas: piano

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2 hours, 45 minutes

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Friday19:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor; 1st movement, Moderato

    Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos & Paganini Rhapsody.
    • DG.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos & Paganini Rhapsody.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No 2 in C Minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos & Paganini Rhapsody.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane de la belle au bois dormant (Ma mère l'oye)

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 13.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Shéhérazade, ouverture de féerie

    Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye, Le tombeau de Couperin & Shéhérazade, ouverture de féerie.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 13.

Broadcast

  • Friday19:00
    BBC Radio 3