BBC Proms 2023 - Prom 61 - Chineke! perform Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony (320kbps .mp3)


Live at the BBC Proms: Chineke! Orchestra conducted by Anthony Parnther in music by Valerie Coleman, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Haydn and Beethoven.

01. Coleman, Valerie - Seven O’Clock Shout
01a. Introduction to BBC Proms 2023 - Prom 61
02. Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel - Four Noveletten for String Orchestra, Op. 52
02a. Introduction to Four Noveletten
03 Haydn - Trumpet Concerto in E flat major
03a. Introduction to Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto in E flat major
04. Price, Florence - Adoration [encore]
04a. BBC Proms 2023 - Prom 61 - Interval
Poet Yomi Sode, author of a collection called Manorism, has collaborated with Chineke! Orchestra in the past. He joins Linton Stephens to discuss his writing and his interest in music.
05. Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson - Sinfonietta No. 1 – Rondo
06. Beethoven - Symphony No. 4 in B flat major
06a. Introduction to Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4

Aaron Azunda Akugbo (trumpet)
Chineke! Orchestra
Conductor Anthony Parnther

Europe’s first majority Black and ethnically diverse orchestra returns to the Proms with Beethoven’s joyful Fourth Symphony and Haydn’s exuberant Trumpet Concerto. On a mission to champion change and celebrate diversity in classical music, Chineke! also showcases music by pioneering Black British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and his American namesake, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson. Plus there’s an opportunity to hear Valerie Coleman’s pandemic anthem, Seven O’Clock Shout.

Presented by Linton Stephens, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Broadcast: 31 August 2023