Marvel Studios joins the Films in Concert universe with premiere of Black Panther. Royal Albert Hall
Black Panther will become the first Marvel Studios movie to get the Films in Concert treatment at the Royal Albert Hall when the orchestral extravaganza arrives at the venue in May.
The European premiere of Black Panther in Concert on Saturday 27 May will feature the 2018 film screened in full, accompanied by Chineke! Orchestra performing Ludwig Göransson’s Oscar®-winning score live on stage.
The show is the headline event of the venue’s 2023 Films in Concert programme, which will also include performances of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.
Matthew Todd, Interim Director of Programming and Engagement at the Royal Albert Hall, said: “We’re delighted to announce the European premiere of Black Panther in Concert. This dynamic and progressive movie changed the landscape of superhero movies, and the chance to experience it in this auditorium, with that stunning score...
The European premiere of Black Panther in Concert on Saturday 27 May will feature the 2018 film screened in full, accompanied by Chineke! Orchestra performing Ludwig Göransson’s Oscar®-winning score live on stage.
The show is the headline event of the venue’s 2023 Films in Concert programme, which will also include performances of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.
Matthew Todd, Interim Director of Programming and Engagement at the Royal Albert Hall, said: “We’re delighted to announce the European premiere of Black Panther in Concert. This dynamic and progressive movie changed the landscape of superhero movies, and the chance to experience it in this auditorium, with that stunning score...
- 1/17/2023
- by Music Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Music
London contemporary orchestra The Chineke! has been accused of “woke nonsense” after it refused to play the UK national anthem at the time of the Queen’s mourning.
During a performance in Switzerland during Queen Elizabeth II’s mourning period, The Chineke! did not play God Save the King during their set.
As per an email seen by Daily Mail, the orchestra’s founder and artistic director Chi-chi Nwanoku wrote: “The Chineke! Orchestra is full of non-British musicians and many who are the direct result of their ancestors being enslaved.
“We will not play the national anthem in Lucerne.”
The orchestra consists of 62 musicians who have ethnically diverse roots.
Reportedly, the organisers of the Lucerne Festival in central Switzerland had suggested that the orchestra should begin its performance with the national anthem, however, the idea was rejected by Nwanoku.
“I would be extremely uncomfortable imposing it on people who are...
During a performance in Switzerland during Queen Elizabeth II’s mourning period, The Chineke! did not play God Save the King during their set.
As per an email seen by Daily Mail, the orchestra’s founder and artistic director Chi-chi Nwanoku wrote: “The Chineke! Orchestra is full of non-British musicians and many who are the direct result of their ancestors being enslaved.
“We will not play the national anthem in Lucerne.”
The orchestra consists of 62 musicians who have ethnically diverse roots.
Reportedly, the organisers of the Lucerne Festival in central Switzerland had suggested that the orchestra should begin its performance with the national anthem, however, the idea was rejected by Nwanoku.
“I would be extremely uncomfortable imposing it on people who are...
- 10/10/2022
- by Peony Hirwani
- The Independent - Music
A member of the British period instrument classical music ensemble, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and a chamber player and soloist as well, double bass musician Chi-Chi Nwanoku is world renowned in the classical music world. A brilliant artist with a genuinely vibrant and infectious personality, documentary filmmaker Barrie Gavin’s compelling documentary portrait of the effervescent and indomitable Ms. Nwanoku, explores her career and her life, recounting the hurdles and triumphs she faced growing up as a mixed-race child, scaling the international musical establishment. Now Chicago Black Cinema House will screen "Tales from the Bass Line" on Monday...
- 2/5/2015
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
A member of the British period instrument classical music ensemble, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and a chamber player and soloist as well, double bass musician Chi-Chi Nwanoku is world renowned in the classical music world. A brilliant artist with a genuinely vibrant and infectious personality, documentary filmmaker Barrie Gavin’s compelling documentary portrait of the effervescent and indomitable Ms. Nwanoku, explores her career and her life, recounting the hurdles and triumphs she faced growing up as a mixed-race child, scaling the international musical establishment. Now Chicago Black Cinema House will screen "Tales from the Bass...
- 1/15/2015
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
Too many films, a record number, will be screening at this year's 18th annual Black Harvest Film Festival at the Gene Siskel Film Center in downtown Chicago running from Aug 3-30 so I intend, in this piece, to highlight just the documentaries. And among them are filmmaker Barrie Gavin's wonderful and quite moving film Chi-chi: Tales from the Bass Line about double bass player classical musician Chi-chi Nwanoku which chronicles her truly inspiring life and career. Also playing at the festival this year are John Paley's film Ballplayer Pelotero about the murky and opportunistic baseball industry in the Dominican Republic where young and...
- 7/12/2012
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
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