New Podcast Episode: ’n Namagowab lied van die lier Have a listen to our latest podcast episode featuring Franco Prinsloo’s powerful new choral work commissioned for Afrikaans 100, ’n Namagowab lied van die lier. This special composition was created in collaboration with three acclaimed Afrikaans poets, Veronique Jephtas, Lynthia Julius and Alwyn Roux, celebrating the richness of Afrikaans in three distinct varieties. In this episode, you’ll hear insights from the poets and composer as they...
Haven’t found the perfect Mother’s Day gift yet? We’ve got you covered! In this episode, we’re diving into one of Pretoria’s most heartwarming annual events – the Vox Chamber Choir’s Mother’s Day Choral Festival, taking place on Sunday, 11 May 2025 at 15:00 at NG Universiteitsoord, Pretoria. Treat your mom (and yourself!) to an unforgettable afternoon of live choral music featuring performances by Vox Chamber Choir, Veni Cantare, and Quava Vocal Group. It’s a celebration filled with harmony,...
Musicians of the brand new oratorio, Lig van Waarheid, composed by South African composer, Franco Prinsloo talk about their experience bringing this brand new Christmas Oratorio to life.
In hierdie aflewering van Chatter Vox gesels die komponis, Franco Prinsloo met die orrelis, Isabelle van Rensburg oor haar ervaring om die splinternuwe kersfeesoratorium, Lig van Waarheid uit te voer.
Vox Chamber Choir is going on tour to the beautiful Western Cape from 25 June 2022 to 03 July 2022! In this episode, members of the choir describe their favourite works from our tour repertoire, and share their personal stories about being part of Vox Chamber Choir.
Visual artist, actor and word artist Stephanie Gericke (Nana Maria) in conversation with Chatter Vox about her recent collaboration with Vox Chamber Choir. Stephanie created the new album art for Franco Prinsloo and Vox Chamber Choir's release, Bly By My. A setting of the famous poem by South African poet, Antjie Krog. Guest: Artist, Stephanie Gericke Visual art: Stephanie Gericke Featured poem: Bly By My by Antjie Krog Music composed by Franco Prinsloo Performed by Vox Chamber Choir
Cantata “Modimo” - Composed by Franco Prinsloo (Text scored from Biblical texts) In this cantata for mixed voices, composer Franco Prinsloo created a libretto from sections taken from the bible, addressing the preservation of our natural world through unity and love. This is a directive that humanity often outright rejects. The cantata starts with the creation of the world, depicted in Genesis 1, the text taken from the seTswana bible. This is accompanied by piano only, in a strictly rhythmic...
Terrella: I. Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? -A choral chant composed by Franco Prinsloo on geomagnetic music composed by Amanda Cole and conceived by Michaela Gleave. (Artists from Australia) Terrella is a self-generating music app that ‘plays’ the Earth’s magnetic field. Using live data from geomagnetic monitoring stations across the planet, the project tunes in to the frequencies of the Earth, ‘listening’ to fluctuations in the magnetic field and turning it into mus...
Walvisnota - Composed by Franco Prinsloo (Poetry: René Bohnen) This piece was the prescribed work for the 2017 ATKV Applous competition for Advanced Mixed High School Choirs. The work opens with the choir imitating the song of a whale. Creating shimmering textures using only basic vowels. The notes glide and slide from one to the other creating this haunting whale song effect. The main theme is slowed down and its voicing divided within the groups creating an oceanic soundscape by slowly man...
RED LIST: AB-AF - Composed by Franco Prinsloo (Text: South African Red List of Critically Endangered Flora) “RED LIST: “AB-AF" is an Alphabetical list of the first fifty critically endangered South African plant species for mixed choir and percussion composed by Franco Prinsloo. The work was commissioned by marimba and percussion specialist, Magdalena de Vries. The fifty scientific names of critically endangered local plant species are listed vocally by the choir. In this work, each plant is ...
Terrella: I. Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? - A choral chant composed by Franco Prinsloo on geomagnetic music composed by Amanda Cole and conceived by Michaela Gleave. (Artists from Australia)Terrella is a self-generating music app that ‘plays’ the Earth’s magnetic field. Using live data from geomagnetic monitoring stations across the planet, the project tunes in to the frequencies of the Earth, ‘listening’ to fluctuations in the magnetic field and turning it into music.This project is a collaboration between artist Michaela Gleave, composer Amanda Cole, and programmer Warren Armstrong. Graphic design by Olivia King. It was initially released as part of the Freestate Arts Festival, in three languages, English, Afrikaans and SeSotho.Evocative of the scale and majesty of the natural world, Terrella looks to the core of the Earth and out to the very edge of space. Audible as a shifting mesh of sound, Terrella responds to fluctuations in the Earth’s magnetic field, generating an electrically charged soundscape reminiscent of this immense natural phenomenon. Increasing and decreasing in strength according to real-time changes in the Earth’s magnetic field,Terrella operates by applying variations in three-dimensional vector data to scalable musical parameters. Referencing the flow of electrons and force of the solar wind, the sounds generated are sculpted by magnetic activity and intensity, ebbing and flowing across time and space.South African composer Franco Prinsloo collaborated with artist Michaela Gleave and composer Amanda Cole by juxtaposing a newly composed choral chant with the live generated sound-world of Terrella. The composer uses the title of a famous painting by French artist Paul Gauguin Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? (French: D'où venons-nous? Que sommes-nous? Où allons-nous?) to create a meditative, slow chant of clusters, inviting the audience to contemplate the philosophical nature of the text within the soundscape of Terrella. The sound presented in this performance is generated in real time by the Terrella Application based on data observed at the Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory located near Pretoria, South Africa.Composer: Amanda ColeComposer: Franco PrinslooVisual Artist: Michaela GleaveProgrammer: Warren ArmstrongVoice over artists: Chris ValePerformed by Vox Chamber Choir.
Inspired by the iconic poem by Afrikaans poet DJ Opperman, Vuurbees, the Vox Chamber Choir with composer and conductor, Franco Prinsloo, presents this “creative expression of advocacy for environmental protection”. In our very first sound note, we explore South African Composer and conductor of Vox Chamber Choir, Franco Prinsloo's setting of Afrikaans poet, D.J Opperman poem, Vuurbees. This forms part of a series of short soundclips about the human impact on our planet. Music Composed...