The orchestra begins a year of celebrations marking its tenth anniversary with a performance in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, which also hosted its 2015 debut.

Chineke! Orchestra

Matthew Kofi Waldren conductor

RENU (Renu Hossain) tabla

Rapasa Nyatrapasa Otieno nyatiti

Richard Olátundé Baker talking drums

Roderick Williams baritone

Yomi Sode narrator

Shirley J Thompson: Fanfare for Chineke! (World premiere)

Julian Joseph: Carry that sound

Roderick Williams: 3 Songs from Ethiopia Boy

Interval

Song of the Prophets: A Requiem for the Climate

Ayanna Witter-Johnson: Creation (1st movement)

Daniel Kidane: Ruin (2nd movement)

Shirley J Thompson: Recovery (3rd movement)

Roderick Williams: Redemption (4th movement)

James B Wilson: Free-man; Remnants (on texts by Yomi Sode)