Chineke! Orchestra
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Chineke! Orchestra: Arabic Symphony
Performers
Chineke! Orchestra
Fawzi Haimor conductor
Armand Djikoloum oboe
Axelle Fanyo soprano
Repertoire
Valerie Coleman: Umoja - anthem of unity
Osman: The Shepherd's song for oboe & strings
Ravel: Shéhérazade
Interval
Kareem Roustom: Ramal
The Ayoub Sisters: Arabic Symphony (London premiere)
Chineke! Orchestra: Hailstork + After Dark
Performers
Chineke! Orchestra
Tatiana Pérez conductor
Plínio Fernandes guitar
Repertoire
Stravinsky: Suite No.1 for chamber orchestra; Suite No.2 for chamber orchestra
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar & orchestra
Interval
Eliana Echeverry: Canalete (World premiere)
Adolphus Hailstork: Symphony No.1
After Dark: Samba Café – Chineke! Orchesta
Performers
Players from Chineke! Orchestra
Braimah Kanneh-Mason violin
Plínio Fernandes guitar
Repertoire
Sérgio Assad: Valseana
Reis: Xodó da Baiana
Sérgio Assad: Menino
Piazzolla: Nightclub 1960; Café 1930 from L'histoire du tango
Paganini: Andante larghetto; Rondo from Terzetto in D
Chineke! Orchestra: Romeo and Juliet
Performers
Chineke! Orchestra
Stephanie Childress conductor
to be announced soprano
Repertoire
Coleridge-Taylor: Othello Suite, Op.79
Richard Thompson: The Shadow of dawn
Interval
Prokofiev: Selection from Romeo and Juliet, Op.64; Montagues and Capulets (The dance of the knights); The young Juliet; Masks (Romeo and Mercutio masked); Dance (Dance of the five couples); The balcony scene; Friar Laurence; The death of Tybalt; Romeo at Juliet's Tomb (Juliet's funeral); The death of Juliet from Romeo and Juliet
While you're with us
Jeppe Hein: Appearing Rooms
A summer favourite returns to our site with water fountains to splash around and cool down in.
Thinking
Fountains
Water cascades and spouts over Klaus Weber’s bronze figures.
Modified Social Benches
Benches that challenge the space and distance we place between one another.
William Pye's Zemran
Pye’s beautiful stainless steel sculpture sits overlooking the Thames.