Chineke! Orchestra

Chineke! Orchestra are at Butterworth Hall on Thursday 26 November, their first Coventry date in some time. The night is conducted by Tatiana Pérez-Hernández, with Brazilian guitarist Plinio Fernandes joining in for the Rodrigo.

The programme opens with Stravinsky's Suites No.1 and No.2 for Small Orchestra, described as jubilant, bright miniatures that grew out of his earlier Easy Pieces. From there, the evening shifts to Joaquín Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez, with Fernandes on guitar. The Latin American thread carries through the rest of the bill: Colombian composer Eliana Echverry's Symphonic Lullabies, and Adolphus Hailstork's Symphony No.1, which draws on African American influences.

On the podium is Pérez-Hernández, a Colombian conductor who was recently appointed Fellowship Conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. The whole thing sits within One World Warwick, a celebration of the University of Warwick's global community. If you're keen on the background before the music starts, there's a pre-concert talk by Helen Martin in the Studio at 5.45pm.

The concert starts at 7pm and runs for an hour and 35 minutes, including an interval. Tickets are £47.50, with a student and under-26s price of £15.50, and parties of ten or more get one ticket free.