Chineke!/ Heyward/ Angel Blue review – belated premiere for forgotten Black composer
Royal Albert Hall, London A suite of reconstructed dance pieces from 1918 by Edmund Thornton Jenkins made a moving start to Chineke!’s Prom, where soprano Angel Blue sang Barber’s nostalgic Knoxville and Dvořák’s Symphony No 8 made a breathless finale Slowly but surely, our perceptions of what a composer looked like in the early 20th century are widening. Chineke! ’s ongoing mission to unearth music by forgotten Blac
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- 23 Aug 2026, 13:51 UTC
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- Erica Jeal
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- Proms 2026
Royal Albert Hall, London A suite of reconstructed dance pieces from 1918 by Edmund Thornton Jenkins made a moving start to Chineke!’s Prom, where soprano Angel Blue sang Barber’s nostalgic Knoxville and Dvořák’s Symphony No 8 made a breathless finale Slowly but surely, our perceptions of what a composer looked like in the early 20th century are widening. Chineke! ’s ongoing mission to unearth music by forgotten Blac
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Chineke!/ Heyward/ Angel Blue review – belated premiere for forgotten Black composer
Royal Albert Hall, London A suite of reconstructed dance pieces from 1918 by Edmund Thornton Jenkins made a moving start to Chineke!’s Prom, where soprano Angel Blue sang Barber’s nostalgic Knoxville and Dvořák’s Symphony No 8 made a breathless finale Slowly but surely, our perceptions of what a composer looked like in the early 20th century are widening. Chineke! ’s ongoing mission to unearth music by forgotten Blac
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