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Ladysmith Black Mambazo

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Last broadcast on Sun, 8 Nov 2009, 18:30 on BBC Radio 3.

Synopsis

Aled Jones presents music from a concert given at the Hall for Cornwall, Truro, by multi-Grammy Award-winning a cappella vocal group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, on one of their longest-ever UK tours. They have been hailed by former South African president Nelson Mandela as the country's 'cultural ambassadors'.

Tracklist:

J.S Bach
Mass in B Minor
1 Kyrie Eleison
2 Christe eleison
3 Kyrie eleison
Soprano: Nancy Argenta & Lynne Dawson, Mezzo: Mary Nichols & Carole Hall
Alto: Ashley Stafford, Tenor: Wynford Evans, with The Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
ARCHIV 415 514-2, CD 1, tracks 1-3

Joseph Shabalala
Ncqongqotha
Ladysmith Black Mambazo concert, recorded on 17 October 2009 at the Hall for Cornwall, Truro

Joseph Shabalala
Nomathemba - A Song of Hope
Ladysmith Black Mambazo concert, recorded on 17 October 2009 at the Hall for Cornwall, Truro

Joseph Shabalala
Inkanyezi Nezazi (The Star and The Wiseman)
Ladysmith Black Mambazo concert, recorded on 17 October 2009 at the Hall for Cornwall, Truro

Diana Burrell
Creator of the Stars of Night
Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge directed by Geoffrey Webber with David Currington on cor anglais and Matthew Fletcher on organ
DELPHIAN DCD34075, track 1

Judith Bingham
God Would Be Born in Thee
Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge directed by Geoffrey Webber with Matthew Fletcher on organ
DELPHIAN DCD34075,track 11

Gabriel Jackson
Nowell Sing We
Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge directed by Geoffrey Webber
DELPHIAN DCD34075, track 18

Joseph Shabalala
Hello My Baby
Ladysmith Black Mambazo concert, recorded on 17 October 2009 at the Hall for Cornwall, Truro

Paul Simon and Joseph Shabalala
Homeless
Ladysmith Black Mambazo concert, recorded on 17 October 2009 at the Hall for Cornwall, Truro

Traditional
Amazing Grace
Ladysmith Black Mambazo concert, recorded on 17 October 2009 at the Hall for Cornwall, Truro

Hall for Cornwall, Truro

where we recorded the Ladysmith Black Mambazo concert, on 17 October 2009

Broadcast

  1. Sun 8 Nov 2009
    18:30

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