Wemba's Dream

Join Wembley Park and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for the second edition of Wemba's Dream - a free performance of music, dance, poetry and carnival arts.
Pairing full, live symphony orchestra comprising more than 50 players with spoken word, contemporary music, and exhilarating dance, Wemba's Dream: Join the Journey brings together the best of Brent through a unique site specific performance in Wembley Park, all centred around the theme of murmurations - the swooping mass of starlings swirling in the skies as they migrate from one place to another, on a journey. And it all takes place in a car park in Brent, a somewhat unusual location for the RPO, but completely fitting with their ambition to embed the Orchestra in a diverse community, as part of a wider mission to be a truly inclusive and contemporary international orchestra for the modern age.

Featuring brand-new music from contemporary composer Dani Howard, Wemba's Dream: Join the Journey combines a live symphony orchestra with local performance groups to create a one-of-a-kind immersive audiovisual experience. Joining the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for a multi-dimensional event that will explore the theme of journeys will be Brent based Mahogany Carnival Arts, spoken word collective WordUp, the Sujata Banerjee Dance Company and singer-harpist and Wembley Park Live Academy graduate Aoife O’Dea. There will also be a performance of Lord Kitchener’s “Sugar Bum-Bum”, to mark the centenary of the Calypsonian’s birth.