Chineke! Orchestra

Chineke! Orchestra

• Joseph Young, conductor
• Njioma Chinyere Grievous, violin

Carlos Simon (n. 1986)
Four Black American Dances

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875 – 1912)
Concerto per violino in sol minore, Op. 80
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Florence B. Price (1887 – 1953)
Sinfonia n. 1 in mi minore

Europe's first symphonic ensemble composed mainly of musicians from Afrodescendants and other ethnically underrepresented communities, the Chineke! Orchestra reaffirms with this concert its mission to give voice to the talents of these communities and to rewrite the canon of classical music with a more inclusive and global perspective. An invitation to listen, rediscover and acknowledge the richness and variety of voices that make up the history of symphonic music.

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