TONIGHT! Chineke! Orchestra at @bbc_proms 🎶🎉🎶 ‘Be embraced, all you millions!’ Since the earliest days of the Proms, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony has had a special place in each season – and with its climactic choral ‘Ode to Joy’, it’s one of those works that takes on a new meaning every time it’s played. This year, it’s performed by Chineke! Orchestra – along with Chineke! Voices, conducted by @kevinjohn.edusei. BBC Cardiff Singer of the World @nicolecabell leads a world-class team of solo singers, and opens the Prom with the haunting Lilacs, the heartfelt song-cycle with which George Walker became the first African American composer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. 🎶🎻 Broadcast on BBC Four on Sunday 4 September