Wana Baraka - Kenyan Traditional | Cape Town Youth Choir
"Wana Baraka" - Kenyan Traditional
Arranged by Shawn Kirchner
Performed by the Cape Town Youth Choir
Hugo Lambrechts Auditorium, Cape Town (21 August 2022)
Conducted by Leon Starker
Lyrics and Translation:
Swahili:
Wana baraka wale waombao
Yesu mwenyewe alisema.
Alleluya!
Wana amani wale waombao
Yesu mwenyewe alisema.
Alleluya!
Wana furaha wale waombao
Yesu mwenyewe alisema.
Alleluya!
Wana uzima wale waombao
Yesu mwenyewe alisema.
Alleluya!
English:
They have blessings, those who pray
Jesus himself said so.
Alleluia!
They have peace, those who pray
Jesus himself said so.
Alleluia!
They have joy, those who pray
Jesus himself said so.
Alleluia!
They have well-being, those who pray
Jesus himself said so.
Alleluia!
From the arranger:
A joyful setting of a Kenyan folk hymn. Many layers combine little by little to form intricate musical structures that are inspiring to hear, and musically satisfying to sing. Beginning “as if from a distance” with a low ostinato in the bass, the infectious melody is first heard by the baritones. In the second verse, the altos layer in a harmony about the baritones while the sopranos add a hovering descant note. Things really start to “get cooking” in the third verse, when the second sopranos take over the melody and the tenors echo immediately in canon while the altos and baritones initiate a rhythmic countermelody, all above the steady bass ostinato. The only thing to add is at this point is an antiphonal descant in first sopranos and tenors at the chorus. Verse four changes textures, presenting a men’s choir and women’s choir in full antiphonal exchanges, before a final chorus returns to the jubilant many-layered chorus.
BACKGROUND:
Wana Baraka has been one of the great, unexpected joys of my life. I learned the source folk hymn at a church conference in Pennsylvania in 1994, when I was touring the country with a vocal quartet. A few of the other conference participants had just returned from a trip to Africa, where they had learned Wana Baraka from the Kenyan delegation at a youth agricultural conference. They had learned it very carefully, so it was passed intact in true oral tradition, without errors in melody or Swahili! Our quartet immediately began performing it for the remainder of our national tour, and our rudimentary 4-part arrangement was the springboard for my eventual SSATBB choral arrangement. That came about in 1998 when, inspired by an ACDA convention, I decided that I should start writing some choral music “for real.” The premiere, if one could call it that, was at a folk festival later that summer in Oregon, when I spent an hour teaching the arrangement by rote, and we had a ball.
Another great Kenya connection has happened through my friend, Philip Odhiambo Munyasia, an expert gardener and community developer. I met him in 2008 while he was interning at Ecology Action in northern California. Since we had not been able to locate an original songwriter in Kenya, I wanted to have some way that the energy of Wana Baraka could return “full circle” and benefit Kenya in some way. So, the songwriter portion of Wana Baraka royalties have now been cycling back into Philip’s work in Kitale, Kenya with his organization OTEPIC. He and his colleagues have transformed their rural community to an inspiring degree, and currently are building a large training center to transmit innovative techniques and permaculture philosophy throughout their whole region.
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Arranged by Shawn Kirchner
Performed by the Cape Town Youth Choir
Hugo Lambrechts Auditorium, Cape Town (21 August 2022)
Conducted by Leon Starker
Lyrics and Translation:
Swahili:
Wana baraka wale waombao
Yesu mwenyewe alisema.
Alleluya!
Wana amani wale waombao
Yesu mwenyewe alisema.
Alleluya!
Wana furaha wale waombao
Yesu mwenyewe alisema.
Alleluya!
Wana uzima wale waombao
Yesu mwenyewe alisema.
Alleluya!
English:
They have blessings, those who pray
Jesus himself said so.
Alleluia!
They have peace, those who pray
Jesus himself said so.
Alleluia!
They have joy, those who pray
Jesus himself said so.
Alleluia!
They have well-being, those who pray
Jesus himself said so.
Alleluia!
From the arranger:
A joyful setting of a Kenyan folk hymn. Many layers combine little by little to form intricate musical structures that are inspiring to hear, and musically satisfying to sing. Beginning “as if from a distance” with a low ostinato in the bass, the infectious melody is first heard by the baritones. In the second verse, the altos layer in a harmony about the baritones while the sopranos add a hovering descant note. Things really start to “get cooking” in the third verse, when the second sopranos take over the melody and the tenors echo immediately in canon while the altos and baritones initiate a rhythmic countermelody, all above the steady bass ostinato. The only thing to add is at this point is an antiphonal descant in first sopranos and tenors at the chorus. Verse four changes textures, presenting a men’s choir and women’s choir in full antiphonal exchanges, before a final chorus returns to the jubilant many-layered chorus.
BACKGROUND:
Wana Baraka has been one of the great, unexpected joys of my life. I learned the source folk hymn at a church conference in Pennsylvania in 1994, when I was touring the country with a vocal quartet. A few of the other conference participants had just returned from a trip to Africa, where they had learned Wana Baraka from the Kenyan delegation at a youth agricultural conference. They had learned it very carefully, so it was passed intact in true oral tradition, without errors in melody or Swahili! Our quartet immediately began performing it for the remainder of our national tour, and our rudimentary 4-part arrangement was the springboard for my eventual SSATBB choral arrangement. That came about in 1998 when, inspired by an ACDA convention, I decided that I should start writing some choral music “for real.” The premiere, if one could call it that, was at a folk festival later that summer in Oregon, when I spent an hour teaching the arrangement by rote, and we had a ball.
Another great Kenya connection has happened through my friend, Philip Odhiambo Munyasia, an expert gardener and community developer. I met him in 2008 while he was interning at Ecology Action in northern California. Since we had not been able to locate an original songwriter in Kenya, I wanted to have some way that the energy of Wana Baraka could return “full circle” and benefit Kenya in some way. So, the songwriter portion of Wana Baraka royalties have now been cycling back into Philip’s work in Kitale, Kenya with his organization OTEPIC. He and his colleagues have transformed their rural community to an inspiring degree, and currently are building a large training center to transmit innovative techniques and permaculture philosophy throughout their whole region.
YouTube Playlists:
🎵 African Choir Music: PLAYLIST: African Choir Music - Cape ...
🎵 Hymns, Spirituals, Gospel music and Songs of Praise: PLAYLIST: Songs of Praise : Hymns, Sp...
🎵 Sacred Choir Music: PLAYLIST: Sacred Choir Music - Cape T...
🎵 Covers of Popular Songs: PLAYLIST: Covers of Popular Songs - C...
🎵 International Choir Music: PLAYLIST: Secular Choir Music - Cape ...
Stream our music:
🍎 Apple Music: http://bit.ly/ctyc-itunes
🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4e1wK...
Social Media:
🌍Website: http://www.ctyc.co.za
📘Facebook: Facebook: CapeTownYouthChoir
🐤Twitter: Twitter: capetownchoir
📸 Instagram: Instagram: capetownyouthchoir
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YOUR HELP.
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💖 For more info, please visit:
💖 PATREON: Patreon: ctyc
💖🎁🏆✨🎉 BECOME A PATRON 💖🎁🏆✨🎉
We want to say a BIG THANK YOU to our Patrons on Patreon:
Gert Starker
Emeric Martin
Lesley Holmes
Gabriele Patterson
Winston Travis
Rykie Leeuw
Dr. Frank Wendrich
Dave Gallelli
Richard Logan
Ann Lund
#kenya #swahili #africa
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