Chineke! will be performing NNENNA as part of two special concerts at The Africa Center in New York.

We are delighted to invite you to join us for a concert of song, broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 at 13.00h on 8 March 2019, International Women’s Day. This concert forms part of Venus Blazing: Trinity Laban’s year-long celebration of music by female composers.


The concert covers over a century of British song, including rarities and treasures by Maude Valerie White, Liza Lehmann, Amy Woodforde-Finden and Rebecca Clarke. It concludes with recent pieces by Trinity Laban composition professors Soosan Lolavar and Errollyn Wallen. Performers are Trinity Laban students, alumni and staff, including a special guest appearance by Errollyn Wallen herself. There is also one surprise number, to be revealed on the day itself…


The concert has been programmed by Sophie Fuller, Co-Artistic Director of Venus Blazing. During the concert, Sophie Fuller will be in conversation with BBC presenter Sarah Walker, bringing to life the stories behind the composition of the featured works.



If you would like to attend, please email Sophie Harvey at s.harvey@trinitylaban.ac.uk.



Please note that seating is strictly limited, so attendance must be confirmed in advance.



IMPORTANT: All guests MUST be seated by 12.55h, when we will close the doors. The live broadcast will begin at 13.00h promptly. Please note that there will be NO LATE ADMISSION under any circumstances.

The orchestra marks the first Stephen Lawrence Day, held on the anniversary of the teenager's murder in 1993, with a concert of works by BME composers.

Chineke! Orchestra performs Errollyn Wallen's upbeat Concerto Grosso for piano, violin and double bass and Philip Herbert's Elegy, written in memory of Lawrence and featuring an orchestra of 18 string players – one for each year of his life.

Joel Thompson’s emotive work for male chorus and orchestra Seven Last Words of the Unarmed is a setting of the final words of American victims of murder, either at the hands of the police or private individuals.

Beethoven's joyous Eighth Symphony rounds off the evening.

The concert coincides with the release of a new CD on the NMC Recordings label featuring works by seven BME composers, including Wallen and Herbert, whom Chineke! has championed over the past three years.

Performers

Chineke! Orchestra
Repertoire

Errollyn Wallen: Concerto grosso
Philip Herbert: Elegy: In memoriam - Stephen Lawrence
Joel Thompson: 7 Last Words of the Unarmed for male chorus, strings & piano
Interval
Beethoven: Symphony No.8
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