Brighton & East Sussex Youth Orchestra

Peter Davison conductor
Braimah Kanneh-Mason violin

Farrenc Overture No 1 in E minor
Coleridge-Taylor Violin Concerto in G minor Op.80
Mussorgsky Night on a Bare Mountain
Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Suite Op.71a

Brilliant violinist Braimah Kanneh-Mason – second oldest of the seven super-talented siblings - joins players of Create Music's Brighton & East Sussex Youth Orchestra in the Violin Concerto by the Black-British composer Samuel Coleridge Taylor. A dramatic concert overture by the French composer-pianist Louise Farrenc prefaces two popular pieces animated in Disney’s Fantasia.

Braimah is a passionate advocate for equal opportunity and diversity in music education and is a Cultural Ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda and a Junior Ambassador for Music in Secondary Schools Trust. He has been a mentor at Sistema England, Junior Music Works and a mentor for consecutive years for the Antigua and Barbuda Youth Orchestra.  Through playing and presenting Braimah has an episode in the BBC series In the Studio, has co-presented a radio programme for Classic fm and recorded as a soloist for BBC Radio 3

Brighton & East Sussex Youth Orchestra is part of Create Music  - Lead Organisation for the Sussex Music Hub. The orchestra meet for weekly rehearsals during term-time, setting itself the challenge to perform great music of the classical repertoire. The orchestra’s Artistic Director is Pete Davison, composer and conductor, who is supported by a team of tutors who give their time and experience to working with the orchestra on all types of repertoire.

Find out more about Create Music's inclusive orchestra at the Brighton Festival Film Unit event