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5 that are so wonderful they're just out of this world it's like we've known each other forever and it's amazing how both those different worlds are coming together and working as one just 6 just 6 have an incredibly velvety very refined sound to have high and long hats. and there's. a. tremendous perk south africa's largest city the metropolis is full of contrasts. it's a center of crime and wealth. for neighborhoods known as the townships right next door to office towers 4 and a half 1000000 people live here. ok

today johannesburg is playing host to a special encounter. to a capella in some ways from 2 different continents have come together c.l.o. from life 6 germany and just 6 from johannesburg south africa. for a week these 6 women and 6 men will join forces to create a common repertoire. well. each group brings its own musical tradition with it as well as curiosity about the others the singer strums have a broad musical education just 6 learn by ear without sheet music they rely on their musicality and intuition will see as classical repertoire fit with the

african beats of just 6 that's all beautiful because then it's just like how comes on top of what they're doing you know with the rhythm what we do with. it is that you joined us make this very basic and you don't proofread. what. it is a test with. the workshop is being led by markos ditto back from germany an expert on south african vocal music he's here to help bring the groups together we know as a concert student couples are signing on principle they could also do it alone i think my role is just to organize things a bit. there are 3 or 4 really strong players who are contributing ideas and they're brimming with the order to start i've just given them free rein and lots of

space and also. you know. the name c.l. is derived from the swedish word for soul this is the ensembles 1st trip to south africa. and i do think. the women from leipsic visit constitution hill one of the country's most important historical sites once a fort it was later used as a prison. today it's the seat of south africa's constitutional court. the day after they 1st meet the group's give their 1st concert at a music school in soweto. each group introduces itself by singing a piece from its own repertoire it's. 'd

great to see. that. right afterwards they performed their 1st joint arrangement him from the middle ages jazzed up with african beats. a

can you believe that we just did that. the 1st time. i. see. and i have truly arrived there finding the african audiences enthusiasm infectious and some will singing has a long tradition here and is part of everyday life. the next day of rehearsals belongs to separate so to see he's been commissioned by george avila to compose a work that will be rehearsed here for the very 1st time. it's untitled the birth of change. the aircraft. carrier.

the vocalists will later be supported by a full symphony orchestra oh whoa. we're. here they're getting acquainted with the new work which was created on a computer and has never been performed before. you can see. 2 feet. at some point things just click into place the jazz musician and composer tiptoe and the vocalists bring the piece to life. and. i know. i.

was really good with it still i suppose for me to just think since they'll be so much action. it just needs to be this week i'm going to have. that right to ask the and my 1st impression was that it reminded me of many things film music pop music but it also had very rhythmic elements which. a little jazzy to jazz is and i think it's amazing the rhythms that will go on there you know the 2 different sections that with the i think we're going to have a good 10 says into the sand this is really interesting that these 2 or 3 voices are going to fuse together with the orchestra was union there and that's something new for us to sing with a full orchestra ones to reclassify and gunson are quaestors ing. to pose pieces are usually very exciting and arithmetic so i'm enjoying the glover does this music and the opportunity to sing together have really bonded things. it doesn't feel

like we've only known one another for 3 days i sighed haggis and the stillness received. in an instant instinctively the immediate which which is what i hoped it would do certain we're going to have a good term a think it's going to look really organically nothing true intellectual about it the military is easy and the sink beautifully so i think you can embody this piece pretty well. that afternoon c.l.o. pay a visit to the departed museum is south africa's most popular museum and helps visitors understand the effect of the country's past racial segregation. ringback this car was presented to nelson mandela as a gift after his release from prison. the activist who went on to become south

africa's 1st black president is still ever present here as is his fight against the apartheid regime with all of its horrors. one of the most impressive exhibits is the replica of the tiny jail cell where mandela was held in isolation for years. music was also part of the resistance against departed singing together gave protesters a voice but haven't asked for just you know it to here. put it to show i get the feeling that people here express their political opinions through music. and have it as it is 5 and that people here process a lot of their fear. and negative emotions light and mass suffering and pain through music. it's simply giving voice to what they're feeling at that moment of hearts and yet making something positive out of their pain. this

weekend i think that's really one of africa's strengths for africa. and i had already suspected that singing has a completely different meaning here than it does for us in germany and that it brought people together during the apartheid era and gave them strength and was maybe even used to make political statements political statements sic even the spring had music everything and. right now i'm very angry hesitant because i've just seen or been shown how so many personal fates were affected by a party not my idea that richie apartheid could take hammond is in the studio but i'm also thinking about germany. and how there are still racists all over the world and a justice who gives in. so . they're all in cool aiko means freedom to the women from

leipsic are getting a lesson in soon one of south africa's official languages. there was. that the. c.l.o. in just 6 make good use of the break before their next for herself. she shut in . by. one take the stand and i care of. 10 was chanting god did you get here. and that in the inside it was. wrong. because. it was. the.

i. know it's winter in south africa it feels like summer. half. the singers have come to this university campus outside johannesburg to rehearse the new composition together with the orchestra. germany's national youth orchestra is taking advantage of its summer tour through south africa to rehearse birth of change with seppo to see for the 1st time. you. want to move.

to. the composer once his music to entertain people 1st and foremost but with this piece he also hopes to create a tribute to society's unsung heroes the cleaning ladies the janitors and the bakers . birth of changes to have its world premiere at the beethoven fest in september in the german city of bonn 6. the vocalists are struggling to make themselves heard over the powerful sound of the orchestra. after the rehearsal they're invited to a broadway the south african name for barbecue. it's

a cult. a tradition that brings people in cultures together. is. very weak. and just 6 have a lot to talk about music their everyday lives and composition. you know what happened in that sort of all is described by music as new school stiff new school this new haven for something different. look with the same instruments with the same kinds of musicians but it's just a perspective that that is changed i mean i'm a very young guy i'm 28 years old now and i believe that if anything since i have the kids of composing i should be reflecting on the times of today and it's our duty as composed as i had to to to really put say a covenant and feel of what we experience as young people.

almost a week of intensive or her skills is capped off with a concert at the university of pretoria. in this arrangement a traditional norwegian wedding march gets an african twist. your . be. the eat. eat. oh. the her. her her 2.

thank you. c.l. are now feeling completely at home with the african beats. 0. 2 0 . 0. 0. 00000 and. then. through. this irish ballad about the tragic death of a young girl is complemented and interwoven with african rhythm.

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4 weeks later the singers have come to bonn germany's former capital for the annual beethoven fest. it celebrates the city's famous son the composer and pianist live it from beethoven. how'd you like to live near i mean it's so peaceful it's nice i like it so much. but. i guess the 1st thing they do after getting up is sing. i've never seen them warm up or prepare they just ready to go. we find that really inspiring it gives us the confidence to really go for it it's only. like instead of that also

that i like to think of it as. the roses among the thorns because we're. and we have no registers but hearing the sweet voice and. so beautiful. and teeth their voice is a so deep and velvety but they can sing high tune. they're very colorful and happen incredible versatility bands in a good suspect they're able to sing classical material but also jazz and soul jessica she saw. how that comes together is really nice and the very flexible. to some jazz and all those things so it really mixes very well with what we do and you know it's been quite a fun process. there were so many great moments when we tried out new things we worked on material we didn't cover in south africa.

well. i was. told the truth. i. wasn't finn does it's not i think they complement each other extremely well my nose there's a powerful african rhythms and he's powerful african voices and system and when we have this crystal clear highly precise sound of c.l.o. horn taking this mix is really fascinating the wind because it brings together

different worlds united in sound and even proceed leviton for trade with you finances. only a few hours are left until the big concert time for a final rehearsal. the singers have spent 5 days practicing the material including birth of change the work commissioned by d.w. . the conductor is brandon phillips a south african who will moving forward oh. please . i. see i. feel. that.

i'm excited i think the scale of better the thoughts and in this is a really telling to deal with these issues and stream you had people of today. the big moment has arrived at the concert with the premier of a simple it's a tities composition. i i i. i. i. i i. i. i. i i i i. i i i i i.

i. i i i i. i. the. musicians get a rousing reception. their concert was

a huge success. and the composer couldn't be happier. i played for us so that it would but if i didn't put it it would have been to the teaching of the or and i just feel like a bit of the week that's exactly what we had to do with. the studio. at this. event we were all nervous and wanted to unleash our artistic energy finally we were tense before the big day but now we're happy because everything worked out so well. this is a bit basic i'm going to tell you kept a lot of different things going on the struggle just see us say yeah you know it was a lot and we hope the audience enjoyed it to get to be big and dozens of it over you know we had us all up to speed it was so moving. and this was

a really profound experience. and after all the hard work this last week and in south africa we can just let loose and have fun. and.

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