Nathan Amaral

Programme

Pete Letanka: Return to History

Bologne: Allegro, from Symphony No. 1 in G, Op. 11

Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Valse Caprice

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Reunion from Hiawatha Suite

Julian Joseph: Violin Concerto

Jessie Montgomery: Starburst

Errollyn Wallen: Fondant

Ayanna Witter-Johnson: Faiya

Still: Summerland

Shawn Okpebholo: Zoom

Eleanor Alberga: Symphony No. 1 “Strata” (3rd movement, “Mantle”)

Valerie Coleman: 7 O'Clock Shout

YCAT violinist Nathan Amaral joins the BBC Concert Orchestra under conductor Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser at Snape Maltings Concert Hall, taking the solo role in Julian Joseph's Violin Concerto. Closing Britten Pears Arts' Classically Black weekend, the concert celebrates the breadth of music written by Black composers, from Joseph Bologne in eighteenth century France through Samuel and Avril Coleridge-Taylor to living voices including Jessie Montgomery, Errollyn Wallen and Ayanna Witter-Johnson. The evening is recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3.