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Aaron Azunda Akugbo and the BBC Singers

Serenity

Add to my Calendar 09-10-2025 19:30 09-10-2025 21:30 36 Aaron Azunda Akugbo and the BBC Singers The BBC Singers and Principal Guest Conductor Owain Park join forces with acclaimed Nigerian-Scottish trumpeter Aaron Azunda Akugbo and pianist Dominika Mak. This radiant programme invites audiences into a world of wonder, exploring the trumpet’s capacity for expressive depth: from the shimmer of moonlight to a blaze of sunshine. Featuring works by Deborah Pritchard, Ola Gjeilo, Shruthi Rajasekar and Nico Muhly, Serenity weaves together themes of nature, the heavens, and the eternal. Anchored by the luminous sound of the trumpet – at times soaring, at times intimate – this programme also includes evocative music for choir and piano by Eleanor Daley and Eriks Ešenvalds. There will be one interval. Milton Court Concert Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Milton Court Concert Hall
Silk St
Barbican
London
EC2Y 9BH
England

Programme

Deborah Pritchard – Benedicite
Eleanor Daley – Paradise (Song of Georgian Bay)
Shruthi Rajasekar – Sat on the shore
Claude Debussy – Nuit d’étoiles, L.4
Ola Gjeilo – Serenity (O magnum mysterium)
Nico Muhly – Three Moon Songs
Emily Hazrati – The world turns
~ Interval ~
Eric Whitacre – Her sacred spirit soars
James MacMillan – In Splendoribus Sanctorum
Cheryl Frances-Hoad – Beyond the Night Sky
Lili Boulanger – Nocturne
Eriks Esenvalds – Only in Sleep
Owain Park – Antiphon for the Angels

Performers

Aaron Akugbo – trumpet
Dominika Mak – piano
Owain Park – Conductor

BBC Singers

Programme Note

The BBC Singers and Principal Guest Conductor Owain Park join forces with acclaimed Nigerian-Scottish trumpeter Aaron Azunda Akugbo and pianist Dominika Mak.

This radiant programme invites audiences into a world of wonder, exploring the trumpet’s capacity for expressive depth: from the shimmer of moonlight to a blaze of sunshine. Featuring works by Deborah Pritchard, Ola Gjeilo, Shruthi Rajasekar and Nico Muhly, Serenity weaves together themes of nature, the heavens, and the eternal. Anchored by the luminous sound of the trumpet – at times soaring, at times intimate – this programme also includes evocative music for choir and piano by Eleanor Daley and Eriks Ešenvalds.

There will be one interval.

Aaron Azunda Akugbo holding a trumpet

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