earth the home for saving global ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world ideas to protect the climate and boost green energy solutions by global warming to his theme by a series of global 3000 on d.w. and online. that. get it. over. there. that there are. far far that are similar are wonderful they're just out of this world so it's like

we've known each other forever and it's amazing how both those different worlds are coming together and working as want to by just 6 just 6 have an incredibly velvety very refined sound to have high and long hats. and there's. the sun and the. sun said to. johannesburg south africa's largest city the metropolis is full of contrast. 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. today johannesburg is playing host to a special encounter. 2

a capella and some mills 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. hope to. each group brings its own musical tradition with it as well as curiosity about the others this ng years from have a broad musical education just 6 learn by ear without sheet music they rely on their musicality and intuition will see a 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're going to do with. it is that you giant mess she'll make this very basic. you don't proofread. what. is it that. the workshop is being led by marcus ditto back from germany an expert on south african vocal music he's here to help bring the groups together we know isn't going to stick to the couples for 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 border to start i've just given them free reign and lots of space and also talking about 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 it's. 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. heat of south africa's constitutional court. the day after they 1st meet the group's give their 1st concert at a music school in so what. each group introduces itself by singing a piece from its own repertoire it's. 'd great to. get. that.

right afterwards they perform their 1st joint arrangement him from the middle ages jazzed up with african beats. her. can you believe that you just did that you.

see i have truly arrived. they're finding the african audiences enthusiasm infectious unsellable singing has a long tradition here and is part of everyday life. that. the next day of rehearsals belongs to separate so to see he's been commissioned by george of ella to compose a work that will be rehearsed here for the very 1st time. it's untitled the birth of change. our am. i am. there. the vocalists will later be supported by a full symphony orchestra oh walk. her out of.

here they're getting acquainted with the new work which was created on a computer and has never been performed before. you can see the little. thing. at some point things just click into place the jazz musician and composer to pose and the vocalists bring the piece to life was. i know there. was. was so there really is with it still is supposed to feel for me that you think something will be so much action. it just needs to be this michael is 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 were a little jazzy to them. in jazz he 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 to see as into the sand this is really interesting that these 2 or 3 voices are going to fuse together with the orchestra was union van something new for us to sing with a full orchestra. gunson a quaestors ing the piece to pose pieces are usually very exciting and arithmetic so i'm enjoying our does this music and the opportunity to sing together have really bonded us. it doesn't feel like we've only known on another for 3 day aside haggis and the stimulus received it. in. instinctively the media

which which is what i hoped we would do circle we're going to have a good time i think it's going to look really organically nothing true intellectual about it the military is easy and the scene curiously so i think you can embody this piece pretty well. that afternoon c.l.o. pay a visit to the parted museum is south africa's most popular museum and helps visitors understand the effect of the country's past racial segregation. ringback 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 i haven't asked for just you know it to. 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 zick. it's simply giving voice to what they're feeling at that moment about what's there and yet making something positive out of their pain . this weekend i think that's really one of africa's strengths for africa interested 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 akiva music everything and by man. 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 yeah majority apartheid could take how many reasons but i'm also thinking about germany. and how there are still racists all over the world and a justice who gives in. so it. means freedom to the women from leipsic are getting a lesson in soon one of south africa's official languages. there was that the.

was. c.l.a and just 6 make good use of the break before their next for herself. she should. stand by. and take the stand and the care of the. head was trying to get to get here. and that in the end it did and it was. wrong. in. 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 simple to see for the 1st time. the. 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 they were still there invited to a broadway the south african name for barbecue. it's a color. tradition that brings people and cultures together. if. korea. c.n.n.

and just 6 have a lot to talk about music their everyday lives and snippets or to tease composition . you know what happened in that so of all is described by music as new school stiff new school new haven for something different. look with the same instruments with the same kinds of musicians but it's just the perspective that there is teens i mean i'm a very young guy i'm 28 years old now and in that 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 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 . the. thing. to eat meat for. her her her 2 busy busy. thank you.

c.l.r. now feeling completely at home with the african being. aware. that . they could really come back and. say. thank. you to. this irish ballad about the tragic death of a young girl is complemented and interwoven with african rhythm. it's just.

the. way the only. the. 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. where. 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 rose is among the forms. and we have this but hearing the sweet voice sometimes it's more so beautiful. and

i felt by human teeth their voice is a so deep and velvety but they can sing high tune. they're very colorful and have an incredible versatility and it gets back to they're able to sing classical material but also jazz and soul gestations. how that comes together is really nice and very flexible. to some jazz and all those things so it really mixes very well with what we're doing you know it's been quite a fun process. there are so many great moments when we tried out new things we worked on material we didn't cover in south africa.

no murder. i. stated. old truths. i. wasn't findus is just not i think they complement each other extremely well there's this powerful african rhythms and these powerful african voices and system and when we have this crystal clear highly precise sound of c.l.o. this mix is really fascinating and because it brings together different worlds united in sound and even proceed leviton for playing with you finances.

only a few hours are left until the big concert time for a final rehearsal. this inger's 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 . see i. feel. like i. feel like i. did i think this kid love better than methodes. and this is a really telling to deal with this he said and it's jimmy had the ability.

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i. except that. except. 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 they'd be good but if i didn't put it it would have been so it's a sheet of the or let's just be like so the end of the week that's exactly what we had to do with. the studio. to balance out we were all nervous and wanted to unleash our artistic energy when we were tense before the big day but now we're happy because everything worked out so well. this is a big mistake i'm going to tell you that a lot of different things going on orchestra just makes. you know it was good we hope the audience enjoyed it to get to be bigger and doesn't deliver you know we had a son of this movie it was so moving. i know 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 i thought about that.

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