BBC Proms 2021 : Chineke! Orchestra

Chineke! Orchestra , , Royal Albert Hall Britain’s only majority Black and ethnically diverse orchestra Chineke! returns for its fourth appearance at the Proms, celebrating diversity in composers as well as performers. Programme Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast – overture (11 mins) Fela Sowande African Suite(23 mins) Florence Price Piano Concerto in One Movement (20 mins) Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Symphony in A minor (35 mins) Performers Jeneba Kanneh-Mason piano Chineke! Orchestra Kalena Bovell conductor About This Event The Chineke! Orchestra returns for its fourth visit to the Proms, celebrating diversity in composers as well as performers. Black British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s overture to his popular cantata based on the tale of a Native American leader quotes the spiritual ‘Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen’. There are further meetings of African and European musical styles