22:15 Wednesday 30 August 2017 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall
Hannah Kendall: The Spark Catchers BBC commission: world première
Antonín Dvořák: Rondo in G minor, Op 94
David Popper: Hungarian Rhapsody, Op. 68 (orch M. Schlegel)
George Walker: Lyric for Strings
George Frideric Handel: Julius Caesar – 'Da tempeste il legno infranto'
Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint‐Georges: Au penchant qui nous entrâine
George Frideric Handel: Messiah – 'Rejoice greatly'
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol, Op 34
Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
Jeanine De Bique soprano
Chineke!
Kevin John Edusei conductor
Hailed by critics as 'fresh' and 'brilliant', 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 BBC Young Musician competition, soprano Jeanine De Bique and conductor Kevin John Edusei all make their Proms debuts too.
Royal Albert Hall
Hannah Kendall: The Spark Catchers BBC commission: world première
Antonín Dvořák: Rondo in G minor, Op 94
David Popper: Hungarian Rhapsody, Op. 68 (orch M. Schlegel)
George Walker: Lyric for Strings
George Frideric Handel: Julius Caesar – 'Da tempeste il legno infranto'
Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint‐Georges: Au penchant qui nous entrâine
George Frideric Handel: Messiah – 'Rejoice greatly'
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol, Op 34
Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
Jeanine De Bique soprano
Chineke!
Kevin John Edusei conductor
Hailed by critics as 'fresh' and 'brilliant', 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 BBC Young Musician competition, soprano Jeanine De Bique and conductor Kevin John Edusei all make their Proms debuts too.
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