Soweto Gospel Choir
South Africa’s Most Heavenly Voices
Soweto Gospel Choir ★★★★ Gluttony Back for a longer season than last years triumph at the Royal Croquet Club, the choir did not disappoint. Thankfully is was not exactly the same show as last year, but the incredible energy and power remained intact. This was a show dedicated to Nelson Mandela and his presence was...
If you’ve been to a Fringe before – in Adelaide, Edinburgh or otherwise – chances are you’ll have seen the Soweto Gospel Choir. If not on stage, then on the streets, in variety galas, or you’ll have heard about them from friends. They’re an arts festival mainstay and an indefatigable company, with Grammys and more...
The Advertiser / Adelaide Now Feb 28, 2018 Rating: ★★★★★ Gluttony — The Flamingo SINCE 1976, Soweto has signified youth, protest and pride in language and culture. On this occasion, the Soweto Gospel Choir honoured Nelson Mandela in an inspirational concert of song, story, music and dance. All 18 sing and dance. Many play instruments...
From the moment the darkness is pierced by a soaring female voice and the rhythm of a single drumbeat, you know you won’t be disappointed by the Soweto Gospel Choir. ★★★★ This choir, from the township of Soweto in Johannesburg, is well-established, with a reputation for passionate and energetic musical interpretation. Comprising a 16-strong combination of...
Ministers of the cloth will be forgiven for breaking the Eleventh Commandment – thou shall not covet thy neighbour’s congregation – as they see the crowds snaking round from St George’s and heading for Queensferry Street. But they’d be better sharing in the Soweto Gospel Choir’s spiritual warmth than wringing their hands because an hour...
Soweto Gospel Choir start Gardens Arts Festival with a bang Soweto Gospel Choir gave stellar vocal performances in the first show of Hamilton’s Gardens Arts Festival. It’s not often choirs draw this sort of crowd, but the Soweto Gospel Choir is arguably one of the most popular vocal groups worldwide. It has won two Grammy...
Soweto Gospel Choir Canberra Theatre. 10 July 2014 and touring nationally. Singing-and-dancing troupes from exotic locations fall more or less, I find, into two classes: those from whom inner joy and vitality exude in song and movement, and those from whom it doesn’t. Perhaps not coincidentally, the skill, the range, the ability to have us...
Soweto Gospel pays tribute to Madiba MARCH 25 2014 BY JESSE STARITA FOR THE LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR The beautiful harmonies born in a Johannesburg, South Africa, township 12 years ago delivered a soul-stirring two-hour set last night before 1,500 congregants at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. In the hands of the peerless Soweto Gospel...
CHRIS CHIVERS – VICAR OF JOHN KEBLE CHURCH, LONDON. CAPE TIMES Every detail of Mandela memorial at Westminster Abbey was magnificently judged, says Chris Chivers. London – It was not the first time that the South African flag had flown from the tower of Westminster Abbey. That happened in 1994 when a great service welcomed...
Concert Review: Soweto Gospel Choir at Montreal Jazz Festival Exuding a joy that can’t be faked The Soweto Gospel Choir is nothing less than an international treasure. Since making its performance debut in Cape Town in 2003, during the first of Nelson Mandela’s “46664” concerts to raise awareness about AIDS/HIV, the South African choir has...
