Explore the music of South Africa with this fun and eclectic playlist, featuring classical, jazz and traditional music performed or composed by musicians from Soweto to Capetown.
Tracklist
00:00
Miriam Makeba / Jerry Ragovoy
Pata Pata (arr. Iain Farrington)
Aurora Orchestra
Iain Farrington, conductor
Pumeza Matshikiza, soprano
02:16
Hugh Masekala
Grazing in the Grass
Written by: Philemon Hou / Harry Elston
Henry Franklin, bass
Chuck Carter, drums
Bruce Langhorne, guitar
William Henderson, piano
Al Abreu, tenor saxophone
Hugh Masekela, trumpet
04:58
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Homeless
8:51
Soweto String Quartet
Kwela
From the album, "Zebra Crossing"
12:19
Traditional (arr. Theo Wendt)
Four South African Folktunes
South African Broadcasting Corporation National Symphony Orchestra
Peter Marchbank, conductor
20:12
Abdullah Ibrahim
Chisa
From the Album, "Cape Town Flowers"
Abdullah Ibrahim, piano
George Gray, drums
24:08
Nathan Mdledle
The Click Song (arr. Iain Farrington)
Aurora Orchestra
Iain Farrington, conductor
Pumeza Matshikiza, soprano
26:22
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Different Colors Mean Nothing To Me (Unkulunkulu Wethu)
32:00
W.H. Bell
A South African Symphony: II - Scherzo
South African Broadcasting Corporation National Symphony Orchestra
Peter Marchbank, conductor
38:26
Peter Louis Van Dijk
Horizons
The King's Singers
45:32
Gideon Fagan
Ilala (Tone Poem)
South African Broadcasting Corporation National Symphony Orchestra
Peter Marchbank, conductor
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