Video Information

• Choir: Cape Town Youth Choir
• Piece: Emarabini
• Arranger:  Leon Starker
• Conductor:  Leon Starker
• Voices:  SATB and soloists
• Genres: A cappella, Traditional, xhosa
• Cape Town Youth Choir (formerly Pro Cantu): "Emarabini"
  Conductor: Leon Starker
  Arr. Leon Starker
  Soloists: Kate Farquharson & Hlumelo Marepula
  Performed at Hugo Lambrechts Auditorium, Cape Town (16th July 2013) in a joint con...  moreCape Town Youth Choir (formerly Pro Cantu): "Emarabini"
  Conductor: Leon Starker
  Arr. Leon Starker
  Soloists: Kate Farquharson & Hlumelo Marepula
  Performed at Hugo Lambrechts Auditorium, Cape Town (16th July 2013) in a joint concert with the Whiffenpoofs of Yale
  
  Emarabini
  South African Traditional
  
  "This is a traditional Xhosa song about an orphan. The song asks "who will look after this child, for it is truly without parents?" eMarabini is sung with a new meaning today as South Africa's orphan population continues to increase due to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The feeling behind this song is driven by a sense of hope rather than despair; as it was sung to win past struggles, it is now sung to overcome present struggles as well."
  Program notes from "Up To Our Ears" on http://listentolydia.wordpress.com/
  
  Website: www.ctyc.co.za
  Facebook: www.facebook.com/CapeTownYouthChoir
  Twitter: @capetownchoir
  
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