Chineke! Orchestra: Romeo and Juliet
With their timeless stories brought to life in music, Shakespeare-inspired works by Coleridge-Taylor and Prokofiev bookend this concert of sweeping emotion.
The concert opens with Coleridge-Taylor’s Othello Suite, brimming with vivid colour and theatrical flair.
Originally composed for a production of Shakespeare’s Othello, the Suite distils the drama, romance and tension of the play into five evocative movements.
Next is Richard Thompson’s The Shadow of Dawn, a song cycle exploring themes of race, emotion and nature inspired by the works of African American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Love, fate and tragedy collide in Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet – an orchestral masterpiece that brings Shakespeare’s enduring story vividly to life.
Performers
Chineke! Orchestra
Stephanie Childress conductor
to be announced soprano
Repertoire
Coleridge-Taylor: Othello Suite, Op.79
Richard Thompson: The Shadow of dawn - song cycle
Interval
Prokofiev: 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
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Dates & times
29 Jan 2027, 7.30pm
Run time
1 hour and 45 minutes (approx)
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