Music for Mandela: Minnesota Orchestra in South Africa
Preview: Season 10 Episode 1 | 31s
Minnesota Orchestra's South Africa tour honors Nelson Mandela with musical diplomacy.
Minnesota Orchestra's South Africa tour honors the centenary year of Nelson Mandela’s birth. Music Director Osmo Vänskä leads performances in Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria, Johannesburg and Soweto, the township at the center of the anti-apartheid movement. Musicians visit schools, teach, rehearse side-by-side and collaborate with South Africans in this historic musical and cultural exchange.
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Music for Mandela: Minnesota Orchestra in South Africa
Preview: Season 10 Episode 1 | 31s
Minnesota Orchestra's South Africa tour honors the centenary year of Nelson Mandela’s birth. Music Director Osmo Vänskä leads performances in Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria, Johannesburg and Soweto, the township at the center of the anti-apartheid movement. Musicians visit schools, teach, rehearse side-by-side and collaborate with South Africans in this historic musical and cultural exchange.
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Clip: S10 Ep1 | 2m 14s | Students of Cape Music Institute welcome Minnesota Orchestra's brass quintet. (2m 14s)
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Clip: S10 Ep1 | 1m 46s | The Minnesota Orchestra plays the first concert by a major American orchestra in Africa. (1m 46s)
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Clip: S10 Ep1 | 5m 9s | Dr. Makaziwe Mandela honors her father, former South African President Nelson Mandela. (5m 9s)
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Clip: S10 Ep1 | 6m 32s | Minnesota Orchestra visits Elsie's River, a township outside Cape Town. (6m 32s)
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Clip: S10 Ep1 | 8m 57s | Minnesota Orchestra spent time at the University of Pretoria (8m 57s)
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Clip: S10 Ep1 | 8m 46s | Minnesota Orchestra, Minnesota Chorale and the Gauteng Choristers perform in Soweto (8m 46s)
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Clip: S10 Ep1 | 1m 30s | Soprano Goistemang Lehobye performs Harmonia Ubuntu, composed by Dr.Bongani Ndodana Breen (1m 30s)
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