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

Jonathon Heyward conducts Chineke! Orchestra
© BBC | Andy Paradise
Jonathon Heyward conducts Chineke! Orchestra
© BBC | Andy Paradise
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“Fanfare for Uncommon Times echoes Shostakovich in its portrayal of the martial and the sardonic”
Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 5 September 2025
Coleridge-Taylor, The Bamboula, Op.75
Coleman, Fanfare for Uncommon Times (UK premiere)
Lee III, Visions of Cahokia (UK premiere)
Shostakovich, Symphony no. 10 in E minor, Op.93
Chineke! Orchestra
Jonathon Heyward, Conductor
Chineke! gives world premiere of Joan Armatrading's First Symphony
***11
A mixed bag of treats from Chineke! at the BBC Proms
****1
Bold, brash and Bacchic: Chineke! Orchestra undimmed as ever
***11
Kalena Bovell conducts Chineke! in inspired performance of Hailstork
***11
Black legacies explored by Chineke! at the Royal Festival Hall
***11
If music be the food of love, play on Chineke!
****1
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