Competition Programs July 4-14, 2018 The Open Competition Category O2 / Block 1 Children´s Choirs / Mixed Boys Choirs 05.07.2018 14:00 The Desmond Abernethy Hall (Pretoria Boys High School) 1 ) Choice Children's Choir Harare, Zimbabwe Conductor: Gwati Bright 1 Hope Masike, arr. Bright Gwati: Ndinewe 2 Trad. Scotland, arr. Jay Rouse: May the Road Rise Up 3 Carol Bayer Sager, David Foster, Richard Page: Thankful 4 Spiritual, arr. Mark Hayes: Dry Bones 2 ) Lynnwood Primary School Choir Tshwane, Gauteng, South Africa Conductor: Jeanmari van Papendorp 1 Franco Prinsloo: Gloria 2 Trad. Sesotho, arr. Jeanmari van Papendorp: Hakeleje/Modimo 3 Andy Beck: Sisi Sote 4 Jim Papoulis: Gnothi Safton 3 ) Kinderchor der Deutschen Oper Berlin Berlin, Germany Conductor: Christian Lindhorst 1 Robert Schumann: Romanzen für Frauenstimmen op. 91 - 3. Der Wassermann 2 György Orbán: Mundi renovatio 3 Kurt Bikkembergs: The Maiden and the Sea 4 Stephen Schwartz: We beseech Thee 4 ) Bronberg Children's Choir Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa Conductor: Daleen De Kock 1 Stephanie Mabey: Meet the Mormons - Glorious 2 Niel van der Watt: Laat ons skyn 3 Jay Althouse: Cantar! 4 Trad. Kenya, arr. Shawn L. Kirchner: Wana Baraka The Open Competition Category O2 / Block 1 Children´s Choirs / Mixed Boys Choirs 05.07.2018 14:00 The Desmond Abernethy Hall (Pretoria Boys High School) 5 ) Laerskool Constantiapark Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa Conductor: Annelie van Rooyen 1 Betsie Schaap: Jubilate! Jubilate! 2 Chris Lamprecht: Groot Makietie op Groot Marico 3 Selga Mantse: Where Have you Been Brother 4 Grant McLachlan: Come, Colours Rise 6 ) Somerset College Preparatory School Senior Choir Somerset West, Western Cape, South Africa Conductor: Christelle Leuvennink 1 Trad. Spiritual, arr. Robert Shaw: Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit 2 Trad. isiZulu: Sesivuma Sigiya 3 Steffan Nilsson, arr. Lars Wallenäs: Gabriellas Sång 4 Pentatonix, arr. Marc A. Brymer: Sing 7 ) Guozijian Middle School Choir Beijing, China Conductor: Huan Gao 1 Zoltán Kodály: Egyetem, Begyetem 2 Stephen Leek: Rainbird 3 Camille Saint-Saëns: Ave Maria 4 Qiao Qing, Nan Shu: Fly the Kite The Open Competition Category O9 / Block 1 Mixed Choirs 05.07.2018 11:00 Musaion (University of Pretoria) 1 ) Huguenot High School Choir Wellington, Western Cape, South Africa Conductor: Johann Enslin 1 Marc Hafso: Gloria 2 Antoni Schonken: Heimat-vers vir my lovely 3 Martin Nystrom, Jan de Wet, arr. Renette Bouwer: Soos'n Wildsbok 4 Niel van der Watt: Bly van die taaibos weg 2 ) Rheinberger Chamber Choir Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa Conductor: Gert Pottas 1 H. Pieter van der Westhuizen: Sing tot eer van die Here 2 Josef Gabriel Rheinberger: Meditabor 3 Hester van der Westhuizen: Requiem for the Victims of Crimes and Violence in South Africa - Dies Irae 4 Trad. Spiritual, arr. Linda Twine: Sit Down, Servant 3 ) Harmonious Chorale Ghana Accra, Ghana Conductor: James Varrick Armaah 1 Jean-Philippe Rameau: La nuit 2 J. Rosamond Johnson, arr. Roland Carter: Lift Every Voice and Sing 3 George Mensah Essilfie: Mema M'aniso 4 James Varrick Armaah: Aseda Nka Nyame 4 ) Frank Pietersen Music Centre Combined Choir Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa Conductors: Arno Jones & Mariska April 1 John Bokwe: Vuka, Vuka, Debora! 2 Koos Kombuis, arr. Alna Smit: Lisa se Klavier 3 Trad. America, arr. James Erb: Shenandoah 4 Richard Rodgers, arr. David Blackwell: Blue Moon The Open Competition Category O9 / Block 1 Mixed Choirs 05.07.2018 11:00 Musaion (University of Pretoria) 5 ) Sängerkreis Hildburghausen Hildburghausen, Germany Conductor: Yvonne Unger 1 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Abschied vom Walde 2 Orlando di Lasso: Echo 3 Rudolf Mauersberger: Unsterblich duften die Linden 4 Alwin Michael Schronen: Puer natus in Bethlehem The Open Competition Category O9 / Block 2 Mixed Choirs 05.07.2018 14:30 Musaion (University of Pretoria) 1 ) Kgosi Mampuru Il Unitas DCS Choirs Tshwane, Gauteng, South Africa Conductor: Cornelius Z. M. Molopyane 1 Georg Friedrich Händel: Judas Maccabäus - Rejoice, o Judah & Hallelujah Amen 2 Franz Josef Haydn: The Creation - The marv'lous work 3 Bulelani Lamani: Ekuqibeleni 4 Joshua Mohapeloa: Bonyeli 2 ) Hoërskool Waterkloof gemengde koor Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa Conductor: Stefan Els 1 Jan Magne Førde: Festfanfare 2 Finlandia, arr. Alan Troy Davis: Be Still in my Soul 3 Awie Van Wyk: Groentesmous 4 Arr. Stefan Els: The Rainmaker 3 ) Wanheng Olympic Love Art Chorus of Hengyang Hunan, China Conductor: Shan Liu 1 Hyo Won Woo: Mo Li Hua (Jasmine Flower) 2 Alexandru Pascanu: Chindia 3 Yohanes Budi Susanto: Luk Luk Lumbu 4 Liu Xiaogeng: Snail Picking Song 4 ) University of Western Cape Creative Arts Choir Belleville, Western Cape, South Africa Conductor: Sibusiso Njeza 1 Trad. isiXhosa, arr. Michael Barrett, Ralf Schmitt, ad. Sibusiso Njeza: Indodana 2 Ēriks Ešenvalds: Only in Sleep 3 Weziwe Vandala Moya: Lijulwe Lajinga 4 Trad. South Africa, arr. Sibusiso Njeza: Kugiywa kamnandi eAfrika The Open Competition Category O9 / Block 2 Mixed Choirs 05.07.2018 14:30 Musaion (University of Pretoria) 5 ) Choeur Des Seraphins Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo Conductors: Jules Ngbangala Bopele & Alphonsine Ekomba Atta 1 Yves Ndonga: Okondzi nzambe 2 Kizito Maledi: Yeleya 3 Vital Adzobo: Koba 4 Trad. South Africa: Ngahlulele 6 ) Laudate Choir Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, South Africa Conductor: Thea Möller 1 Chris Lamprecht: Aan U kom 'n Lofsang toe 2 Chris Lamprecht: Wie het ek buiten U 3 Awie Van Wyk: Kaapse Kanarie wat so geelkeel sing 4 Trad. isiZulu: Ukuthula 7 ) Amazwi Kantu Choir Atteridgeville, Gauteng, South Africa Conductor: Michael Lekoloane 1 Qinisela Sibisi: Ngiyakholwa 2 Polumo Mamabolo: Thuto 3 Michael Lekoloane: Ke llela Moya 4 Michael Lekoloane: Ntata rona ya Magodimong 8 ) Tswelopele Chorus Tshwane, Gauteng, South Africa Conductor: Siyabonga Dlamini 1 Georg Friedrich Händel: Music, Spread Thy Voice Around 2 Lunga Dlamini: Ngenze Ngibemnene 3 Phelalani Mnomiya: Baba Sixolele 4 Alfred Khumalo: Nkosi Busis'i Afrika The Open Competition Category O9 / Block 2 Mixed Choirs 05.07.2018 14:30 Musaion (University of Pretoria) 9 ) URCSA Melodi Ya Tshwane Choir Tshwane, Gauteng, South Africa Conductors: Motsepe Phahlane & Mlalo Leuba 1 Giuseppe Verdi, transcr. Bernard Dewagtere: Libiamo ne'lieti calici 2 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Laudate Dominum 3 Qinisela Sibisi: Siyakudumisa 4 Soweto Gospel Choir: Emarabini/Nkomo Ka Baba 10 ) Voices of the World Pretoria, South Africa Conductor: Xolani Gqasana 1 T. R. Curnick, transcr. Dzunisani Mabunda: Hlala nami, litshonile ilanga 2 Trad. isiXhosa, arr. William Kirkpatrick: He Hideth My Soul - A Wonderful Saviour 3 P.B. Mamabola: Bosele 4 Giuseppe Verdi: Libiamo ne'lieti calici 11 ) Urcsa Light of Hope Choir Ekurhuleni, South Africa Conductor: Sydney Masetlhe 1 Joshua Pulumo Mohapeloa: Molelekeng 2 Shalati Joseph Khosa: Chunchani Mindzwalo 3 S. T. Masethle: Modimo Wa Paloko 4 Trad. isiXhosa, arr. Mbuso Ndlovu: Skhand'amayeza The Open Competition Category O14 / Block 1 Senior Choirs 05.07.2018 19:30 The Desmond Abernethy Hall (Pretoria Boys High School) 1 ) Choir of Guangzhou Pearl River Piano Art Center Guangzhou, China Conductor: Wenhua Tao 1 Xixian Qu: Gu xiang zhi lian (Nostalgia for my Homeland) Homeland) 2 Rubu Yong: Si hai (Inner Mongolia Folk Song) 3 Weidong Meng: Hong yan (Wild Swans) 4 Jianqiang Xu: Gui yuan tian ju (Returning to my Village-Tranquility After Uproariousness) 2 ) Shengzhi Veteran Cadres Choir of Henan Henan, China Conductors: Huang Wanxing & Wang Kai 1 Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky: The Golden Cloud Stayed Up For The Night 2 Georges Bizet: Dance of Bohemia 3 Chen Guoquan: Evening Bell Ringing at the Nanping Hill 4 Yin Qing: Sky Road 3 ) Lingzhisheng Choir Chongqing, China Conductor: Ling Jiang 1 Hongnian Yang: Echoes in Green Valley 2 Sulkhan Fyodorovitsh Tsintsadze, arr. Ren Ce: Marino 3 Trad. America, arr. James Erb: O Shenandoah 4 Ying Ju Wu: Frog 4 ) Shenzhen Luohu Sound of Harmonies Choir Shenzhen, China Conductor: Ya Qin Liu 1 Guo Quan Chen: Dragonboat Melody 2 Z. Randall Stroope: Lamentations of Jeremiah 3 Ming Yao: Night Blossom 4 De Jian Hou: Legend of the Dragon The Open Competition Category O14 / Block 1 Senior Choirs 05.07.2018 19:30 The Desmond Abernethy Hall (Pretoria Boys High School) 5 ) The Elegance Choir of Ludao Shuangfeng Community Chengdu, Sichuan, China Conductor: Cheng Xiaoyi Ai 1 Li Qingzhu: I Live at the Upstream of Yangtze River 2 Chang Yingzhong: The Picture of Snow-Covered Landscape 3 Bob Chilcott: Shenandoah 4 Liu Yanping: Back to my Mama's Home 6 ) Aiyue Female Chorus of Sichuan Culture Center ChengDu, China Conductor: Xi Zhu 1 Yu Wu Dai: Lily of the Valley 2 Se Enke Bayar: Nadam Fair 3 Xi Xian Qu: Pasturage Song 4 Ying Zhong Chang: Cradle of Pandas 7 ) Chongqing Shi Guangnan Women's Choir Chongqing, China Conductor: Bin Feng 1 Qiu Jiacuo: Drolma 2 Roc Chen: Jiu Er 3 Brendan Graham, Rolf Løvland, arr. Roger Emerson: You Raise me Up 4 Trad. China, arr. Liu Yanping: Visiting Her Parents The Open Competition Category O16 / Block 1 Musica Sacra with accompaniment 05.07.2018 11:00 St. Alban´s Cathedral 1 ) Jeppe High School for Girls Choir Kensington, Gauteng, South Africa Conductor: Johan Bester 1 Zoltán Kodály: Ave Maria 2 Benjamin Britten: There Is No Rose 3 Benjamin Britten: Ada lay i-bounden 4 Linda Spevacek: A Choral Flourish 2 ) Drakondale Girls Choir School Cedara, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa Conductor: Ronel Laidlaw-Perks 1 Georg Friedrich Händel, ad. Judith Hawthorn: Messiah - And the Glory of the Lord 2 Benjamin Britten: There Is No Rose 3 Sandra Milliken: Laudate eum solo et luna 4 Franco Prinsloo: On that Holy Night 3 ) Columbus International Children's Choir Powell, OH, USA Conductor: Tatiana Kats 1 Johann Michael Haydn: Missa St. Aloysii - Kyrie 2 Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky: Dostoino est 3 Tim Sarsany: Gelobet sei Gott 4 Imant Raminsh: Missa brevis in c minor - Agnus Dei 4 ) Epworth Preparatory School Senior Choir Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa Conductor: Anne Duthie 1 Linda Spevacek: A Choral Flourish 2 Xabier Sarasola: Pater noster 3 Louis Bourgeois, H.