Prom 62: Chineke! Orchestra's late night

Par Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 31 août 2017

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“The Trinidadian soprano had an electric onstage presence”

Critique faite à Royal Albert Hall, Londres, le 30 août 2017

Kendall, The Spark Catchers (BBC commission; world premiere)

Dvořák, Rondo in G Minor (1891 version), Op.94

Popper, Rhapsodie hongroise (orch M Schlegel)

Walker, Lyric for Strings

Haendel, Jules César en Egypte (Giulio Cesare in Egitto), HWV 17: Da tempeste

Chevalier de Saint-George, Au penchant qui nous entrâine

Haendel, Messiah HWV56: Rejoice Greatly O Daughter of Zion

Rimski-Korsakov, Capriccio espagnol, Op.34

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Violoncelle

Jeanine De Bique, Soprano

Chineke! Orchestra

Kevin John Edusei, Direction

L'éclatant succès du Chineke! Orchestra à la Philharmonie

Jean-Pierre Rousseau, 26th September

La phalange qui fête ses dix ans d'existence a remporté un triomphe dans un programme original et ô combien enthousiasmant, en belle compagnie – avec Sheku et Isata Kanneh-Mason, Tai Murray et Roderick Cox.

*****

Collaboration, innovation and defiance: Chineke! at the BBC Proms

Eleanor Knight, 5th September

Jonathon Heyward steps in to conduct Chineke! in two UK premieres and Shostakovich's rip-roaring Tenth Symphony.

****1

Chineke! gives world premiere of Joan Armatrading's First Symphony

Alexander Hall, 24th November

Chineke! Orchestra likes to do things differently and this concert, conducted by Andrew Grams, pairs symphonies by Tchaikovsky and the singer-songwriter-guitarist Armatrading.

***11

A mixed bag of treats from Chineke! at the BBC Proms

Alexander Hall, 1st September

No hard hitters or big beasts in this colourful potpourri from the remarkable Chineke! Orchestra, conducted by Anthony Parnther, but a chance to savour both the unknown and the familiar.

****1

Bold, brash and Bacchic: Chineke! Orchestra undimmed as ever

Alexander Hall, 25th February

The Chineke! Orchestra always aims at mixing the old and familiar (Beethoven, Ravel) with lesser-known corners of the repertory (Coleridge-Taylor, Walker). Anthony Parnther conducts with Kenneth Thompkins as soloist.

***11

Kalena Bovell conducts Chineke! in inspired performance of Hailstork

Timothy Robson, 14th December

The excellent program opened with Coleridge Taylor's Ballade and also included favorites by Haydn and Dvořák.

***11

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Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres

Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres is a Bristol-based film composer and classical electronic artist. Alexandra's passion in scoring and as a performer lie in the duality between the classical and electronica worlds, moving picture and her love for the piano. Her music has been described by The White Room Magazine as “majestic, at times monumental…the force and vastness of nature”.

Prom 62: Chineke! Orchestra's late night with Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Jeanine De Bique