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World
premiere
with Isango Ensemble
OSEANA KUNST-
& KULTURSENTER
OSEANASALEN
Thursday 30 May
at 19:00
Isango Ensemble will
also perform
SS Mendi - Dancing
the Death Drill
Saturday 01 June to
Tueday 04 June,
see p. 26.
T IC KET
Standard: 430
Senior: 387
Under 30: 190
FiB Fordel: 344
BT Fordel: 322
FEST I VI T I ES
St. Matthews Passion
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Bach's grand work in South
African dress.
The picture is from Isango Ensemble's perfor-
mance of The Magic Flute at Oseana in 2018.
In 2018, the South African ensemble touched
and inspired the Festival audience with A Man
of Good Hope and The Magic Flute. In 2019, they
guest Oseana with a partially staged version
of Bach's St. Matthews Passion, performed
with great vocal splendour and full marimba
orchestra. It will be the first time the ensemble's
edition of Bach's ethereally beautiful passion
is performed.
Isango Ensemble has performed for full houses
all over the world, and has won several inter-
national awards, especially for their innovative
interpretations of Western plays and music.
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Isango Ensemble
Mark Dornford-May director
Mandisi Dyantyis musical director
St. Matthew’s Passion
– Ivangeli ngokubhalwe nguMateyu
Arranged by Johann Sebastian Bach,
Mandisi Dyantyis and Mark Dornford-May
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750)
St. Matthews Passion, BWV 244
Produced by Isango Ensemble
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