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30 Aug 2017, Royal Albert Hall
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Proms 2017 Prom 62: Chineke!

Prom 62
Prom 62: Chineke!
22:15 Wed 30 Aug 2017 Royal Albert Hall
The UK’s first majority BME orchestra, Chineke!, makes its Proms debut. 2016 Â鶹ԼÅÄ Young Musician winner, cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, is the soloist, and the concert also includes works by composers George Walker and Hannah Kendall.
The UK’s first majority BME orchestra, Chineke!, makes its Proms debut. 2016 Â鶹ԼÅÄ Young Musician winner, cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, is the soloist, and the concert also includes works by composers George Walker and Hannah Kendall.

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Hailed by critics as ‘fresh’ and ‘brilliant’, the UK’s first majority BME orchestra Chineke! makes its Proms debut in a programme including works by Pulitzer Prize-winning George Walker and young British composer Hannah Kendall, whose The Spark Catchers takes inspiration from the urgent energy of Lemn Sissay’s poem of the same name.

Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, winner of the 2016 Â鶹ԼÅÄ Young Musician competition, soprano Jeanine De Bique and conductor Kevin John Edusei all make their Proms debut here.

There will be no interval

Please note that this event contains an update to the concert programme from that in Â鶹ԼÅÄ Proms 2017 Festival Guide

Broadcast on Â鶹ԼÅÄ Four, 8 September

Image: Kevin John Edusei © Marco Borggreve