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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2022 - One Hundred and Twenty Seventh Season - Prom 56: The South African Jazz Songbook
Performance Date28 August 2022
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersSiyabonga Mthembu,
ESKA - vocals,
Soweto Kinch - saxophone,
Theon Cross - tuba
Secondary PerformersHans Vroomans - piano,
Robinson Khoury - trombone,
Marlon Witbooi - drums,
Rok Mol,
Nico Schepers - trumpets,
Leo Janssen,
Sjoerd Dijkhuizen - tenors,
Peter Tiehuis - guitar
Orchestra or BandMetropole Orkest
ConductorsMarcus Wyatt
Set List'Tete and Barbs in My Mind', D Pukwana, arr. M Wyatt (Siyabonga Mthembu),
'MRA', C Columbus, D Pukwana, arr. C McGregor, M Wyatt, orch. M Wyatt (Robinson Khoury, H Vriimans),
'Anegl Nemali', D Pukwana, arr. M Wyatt (Soweto Kinch, Peter Tiehui, Rik Mol),
'Bombella', A Ibrahim, arr. M Campbell (Hans Vroomans, Leo Janssen, Peter Tiehuis),
'The Click Song', Qongqothwane, M Makeba, arr. M Wyatt (ESKA, Theon Cross),
'Age of Inner Knowing', B Mseleku, arr. A Mkhize, orch. V Mkizwana, M Campbell (Hans Vroomans, Sjoerd Dijkhuizen),
'Lakutshoni Ilanga', M Davashe, A Slainga, arr. L Moholo, M Wyatt (Siyabonga Mthembu, ESKA, Theon Cross),
'Bantu', Z Ngqwana, arr. M Wyatt, orch. M Campbell (Soweto Kinch, Hans Vroomans, ft. Theon Cross)
INTERVAL
'Connected', arr. M Wyatt (ESKA, Hans Vroomans),
'Stimela', H Masekela, arr. D Cousins (Siyabonga Mthembu, ESKA),
'Yakhal 'Inkomo', W Mankunku, arr. A Mkhize, orc. V Mkizwana (Soweto Kinch, Marlon Witbooi, Robinson Khoury, Nico Schepers),
'Diphororo', J Gwangwa, arr. M Wyatt, M Van Campbell (Siyabonga Mthembu, Robinson Khoury),
'Annake Tassau', M Wyatt, arr. M Campbell (Siyabonga Mthembu, ESKA, Theon Cross, Marlon Witbooi)
ENCORE
'Dear Africa', M Feza, J Dyani, arr. M Wyatt (Siyabonga Mthembu, ESKA, Theon Cross, Soweto Kinch)
Performance NotesCelebrated South African trumpeter, conductor and SAMA Award-winner Marcus Wyatt leads the Metropole Orkest in a showcase of the best of South African jazz – a cross-section of a vibrant and strikingly diverse scene.

There will be music by artists including ‘father of South African jazz’ Hugh Masekela, Cry Freedom’s Jonas Gwangwa, genre-crossing composer Abdullah Ibrahim, the Blue Notes’ Dudu Pukwana and Johnny Dyani, and saxophonist Winston Mankunku.

Vocalist Siyabonga Mthembu – lead singer of Shabaka and the Ancestors and performance art band The Brother Moves On – makes a special appearance, together with Mercury Prize-nominated singer ESKA and Sons of Kemet tuba player Theon Cross.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2022/26),
Programme (RAHE/1/2022/ ),
Digital Photographs
URLhttps://rah.chorus.thirdlight.com/link/tzgrzpp77ktf-3qhe2o
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2022/81BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2022 - One Hundred and Twenty Seventh Season - Prom 56: The South African Jazz Songbook28 August 2022
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work12629BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2022 - One Hundred and Twenty Seventh Season69
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2195Metropole Orkest; 1945-; Dutch orchestra
DS/UK/8476Eska (fl 2013); English singer-songwriter
DS/UK/4525Kinch; Soweto (1978-); British jazz alto saxophonist, rapper
DS/UK/23951Wyatt; Marcus (1971-); South African trumpter, composer, producer
DS/UK/23952Mthembu; Siyabonga; South African jazz singer, musician
DS/UK/23953Cross; Theon (fl.2015-); British tuba player, composer
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