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

By Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 31 August 2017
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“The Trinidadian soprano had an electric onstage presence”
Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 30 August 2017
Programme
Kendall, The Spark Catchers (BBC commission; world premiere)
Dvořák, Rondo in G Minor (1891 version), Op.94
Popper, Hungarian Rhapsody (orch M Schlegel)
Walker, Lyric for Strings
Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: Da tempeste
Chevalier de Saint-George, Au penchant qui nous entrâine
Handel, Messiah HWV56: Rejoice Greatly O Daughter of Zion
Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio espagnol, Op.34
Performers
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Cello
Jeanine De Bique, Soprano
Chineke! Orchestra
Kevin John Edusei, Conductor
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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
Black legacies explored by Chineke! at the Royal Festival Hall
Mark Pullinger, 19th October
Chineke! Orchestra returns to the Royal Festival Hall with a programme that explores the legacy of black composers, as well as marking Beethoven's 250th anniversary. 
***11
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Antonín DvořákCapriccio espagnol, Op.34Chineke! OrchestraDavid PopperGeorge Frideric HandelGeorge WalkerGiulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: Da tempesteHannah KendallHungarian RhapsodyJeanine De BiqueJoseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-GeorgeKevin John EduseiLyric for StringsMessiah HWV56: Rejoice Greatly O Daughter of ZionNikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-KorsakovRondo in G Minor (1891 version), Op.94Sheku Kanneh-MasonThe Spark Catchers
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Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres
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”.