{"id":171285,"date":"2020-11-06T16:28:48","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T14:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/chineke-orchestra-dame-evelyn-glennie\/"},"modified":"2020-11-06T16:28:48","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T14:28:48","slug":"chineke-orchestra-dame-evelyn-glennie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/chineke-orchestra-dame-evelyn-glennie\/","title":{"rendered":"Chineke! Orchestra &amp; Dame Evelyn Glennie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/london.eventful.com\/events\/chineke-orchestra-dame-evelyn-glennie-\/E0-001-133829275-5?utm_source=apis&#038;utm_medium=apim&#038;utm_campaign=apic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Chineke! Orchestra &#038; Dame Evelyn Glennie<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>A Nigeria Event on 2021-02-21 00:00:00<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/whats-on\/festivals-series\/classical-season\/classical-season-202021\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Part of Classical Season 2020\/21<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The orchestra combines with percussion and double bass to perform a London premiere.<\/p>\n<p><em>Across the Divide<\/em> is a concerto written for percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie and double bassist Chi-chi Nwanoku OBE (who is also the founder of Chineke!).<\/p>\n<p>Its composer, Jill Jarman, draws on both classical and jazz in her work.<\/p>\n<p>This concerto is about communication and how we convey meaning without words. It brings the \u2018background instruments\u2019 of the orchestra to the fore.<\/p>\n<p>It was inspired by Chi-chi Nwanoku\u2019s story of how, as a child staying with her family in Nigeria, she would sometimes wake in the night to the sound of distant drumming.<\/p>\n<p>This was the traditional means of relaying messages between villages: to herald a birth, celebrate an event or to warn of danger.<\/p>\n<p>Another London premiere in this concert is James B Wilson&#39;s <em>Free-Man<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The piece was commissioned by St George&#39;s Bristol in May 2019. It commemorates the actions of Dr Paul Stephenson and others who campaigned to end racial discrimination during the 1963 Bristol Bus Boycotts. <\/p>\n<p><p>The concert also includes four giants of British music of the late 19th and early 20th century: Coleridge-Taylor, Elgar, Holst and Vaughan Williams.<\/p>\n<p>The work of this generation of composers paints a soundscape of the Britain of their day. It takes in the bustle of urban London and the romance of the countryside.<\/p>\n<p>In this performance, it displays the virtuosity of the string players in orchestral and solo configurations.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/london.eventful.com\/venues\/south-bank-centre-elizabeth-hall-\/V0-001-000329317-8?utm_source=apis&#038;utm_medium=apim&#038;utm_campaign=apic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">South Bank Centre &#8211; Elizabeth Hall<\/a><br \/>\nBelvedere Road<br \/>\nCamberwell, United Kingdom<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/add-your-event\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Add your <em>Nigeria<\/em> event for free here<\/a> on MyZA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chineke! Orchestra &#038; Dame Evelyn Glennie A Nigeria Event on 2021-02-21 00:00:00 Part of Classical Season 2020\/21 The orchestra combines with percussion and double bass to perform a London premiere. Across the Divide is a concerto written for percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie and double bassist Chi-chi Nwanoku OBE (who is also the founder of Chineke!). 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