Lyceum Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Soweto Gospel Choir Sunday 6 September 2009, 7.30pm Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield Two time Grammy Award winners, Soweto Gospel Choir return to the UK with a programme featuring choir and audience favourites from the past six years. Expect earthy rhythms, rich harmonies, energetic percussion and a touch of humour. Add to this, dynamic dancing and vibrant, colourful costumes, and the mix is explosive. This young dynamic choir performs both traditional and contemporary music, adding its own unique feel and interpretation to both. Soweto Gospel Choir feature some old favourites - such as This Little Light Of Mine and Mbube (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) - and a number of new songs, including their own version the Andrea Crouch classic Oh! It’s Jesus. Plus there are several tracks from their new album Grace, released in June this year. With a repertoire of world, gospel and spiritual classics sung in English, Zulu, Xhosa, Venda, Afrikaans and Sotho, the 24 inspirational singers, drummers and dancers of Soweto Gospel Choir deliver an uplifting and moving show that effortlessly shifts gear between driving drums and dances to the sublime beauty of African acapella harmonies. Since their visit to the UK last year, it's been a busy 12 months for the Choir: • They received their third Grammy Award nomination in December 2008 for Best Contemporary World Music for their album Live At The Nelson Mandela Theatre • In February the Choir became the first South African group to perform at the Academy Awards, when they sang Down To Earth, the Gabriel/Newman Oscar-nominated song, with John Legend • In March they were nominated for three SAMAs (South African Music Awards), for their CD and DVD, Live At the Nelson Mandela Theatre, winning the Award for Best Duo or Group • On 9 May the Choir had the honour of performing at the Inauguration of South Africa’s new President • On July 18 2009 the Choir were part of a stellar line-up in New York, alongside Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Wyclef Jean, Queen Latifah and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s 91st birthday. Don't miss this rare opportunity to see one of the world's greatest gospel groups perform in Sheffield. Tickets: £15.50 - £22.50 (discounts available) Book online Box Office: 0114 249 6000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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