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416: Choral Music with the Nathaniel Dett Chorale

May 21, 2024 Luminato Festival Toronto Season 4 Episode 16
416: Choral Music with the Nathaniel Dett Chorale
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416: Choral Music with the Nathaniel Dett Chorale
May 21, 2024 Season 4 Episode 16
Luminato Festival Toronto

For one night only, celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Nathaniel Dett Chorale, Canada’s first professional choir specializing in Afrocentric music, with this must-see performance. “And Still We Sing…Missa Afro-Brasileira: A Syncretism of Voice and Dance” by The Nathaniel Dett Chorale erases the divisions between the sacred, the secular, the popular and the classical. Featuring Measha Brueggergosman-Lee, and BaKari I. Lindsay & The AFeeree Project, this powerful experience of song and dance will leave you deeply moved and forever changed as you experience the rich cultures of Africa and its Diasporas. Host Christine Malec speaks with conductor, Brainerd Blyden-Taylor and Neema Bickersteth.

Singers: Rebecca Singh, Neema Bickersteth, Nadien Godkewitsch, Stefan Read, Christine Malec, and Frannie, the dog.

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For one night only, celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Nathaniel Dett Chorale, Canada’s first professional choir specializing in Afrocentric music, with this must-see performance. “And Still We Sing…Missa Afro-Brasileira: A Syncretism of Voice and Dance” by The Nathaniel Dett Chorale erases the divisions between the sacred, the secular, the popular and the classical. Featuring Measha Brueggergosman-Lee, and BaKari I. Lindsay & The AFeeree Project, this powerful experience of song and dance will leave you deeply moved and forever changed as you experience the rich cultures of Africa and its Diasporas. Host Christine Malec speaks with conductor, Brainerd Blyden-Taylor and Neema Bickersteth.

Singers: Rebecca Singh, Neema Bickersteth, Nadien Godkewitsch, Stefan Read, Christine Malec, and Frannie, the dog.