Music Samples
Samples of the Choir's work can be heard by clicking the links below:
"Siyahamba" originated in South Africa, and is said to have been composed in about 1950 by Andries van Tonder, an elder of the Judith Church. The original composition was in Afrikaans ("Ons marseer nou in die lig van God") and was subsequently translated into Zulu by Thabo Mkize. The version we sing builds to a thundering final climax.
"When I Survey the Wondrous Cross", was written by Isaac Watts and published in 1707. It is significant as an innovative departure from the early English hymn style of only using paraphrased biblical texts, although the first two lines of the second verse do paraphrase St Paul in Galatians 6:14. The final verse, heard here sung by the whole choir, is a favourite.
The title song (by John Barry) from "Born Free" the 1966 feature film starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as Joy and George Adamson, a real-life couple who raised Elsa the Lioness, an orphaned lion cub, to adulthood and released her into the wild in Kenya. The song became a major hit for Matt Monro, who sang it on the soundtrack.
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