Chineke! Orchestra: Phenomenal Women
The Chineke! Orchestra honours women composers whose powerful music resonates through the ages, ending with a UK premiere of a rediscovered Florence Price work.
Chineke! Orchestra guide us through Eleanor Alberga’s extraordinary, cosmic Jupiter’s Fairground, then to bask in the pastoral beauty of Avril Coleridge-Taylor’s Sussex Landscape.
The centrepiece is Valerie Coleman’s Concerto for Wind Quintet and Orchestra, Phenomenal Women. The piece is a profound tribute to women who have stepped into treacherous spaces, inspired the world, and moved the course of history; shining a bright light and opening doors, especially for women of colour.
Following the interval, the Chineke! Orchestra breaks new ground with the UK premiere of Florence Price’s fourth and final symphony; she never heard it performed during her lifetime.
The work was thought to be lost but was rediscovered in 2009 among a stash of manuscripts in Price’s former summer home. The piece weaves a rich narrative of cultural depth and emotional nuance, celebrating her historic contribution to American music.
It is a privilege for the Chineke! Orchestra to give the floor to these incredible women.
Performers
Chineke! Orchestra
Tatiana Pérez conductor
Meera Maharaj flute
Myfanwy Price oboe
Stephanie Yim clarinet
Daria Phillips bassoon
NIvanthi Karunaratne horn
Repertoire
Eleanor Alberga: Overture, Jupiter's fairground
A Coleridge-Taylor: Sussex Landscape, Op.27
Valerie Coleman: Concerto for wind quintet & chamber orchestra (Phenomenal Women)
Interval
Price: Symphony No.4 in D minor (UK premiere)
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