The BARAKA World Music Choir
is a mixed a cappella choir with approx. 30 singers, conducted by Rainer Dost and was founded in october 2002.
BARAKA’s program is a many-voiced expedition into often unusual, sometimes contemplative, sometimes stirring ways of singing from all continents.
Everything the globe offers, from the north pole to the south pole and all along the equator:
chants for several voices from Africa, Latin America, Europe, Asia, ... in Portuguese, Zulu, Gaelic, English, Italian, Japanese or German.
The BARAKA
choir is named after the movie by director Ron Fricke from 1992.
BARAKA
is a word originally taken from the Sufi language and means blessing
.
Reviews:
The singers (of the Baraka choir) had a lot of variety to offer
and the excited audience called for an encore.
(Südkurier 06/2007)
A choir with 30 voices that took the audience on a manifold expedition across the chants and cultures of the world.
(Südkurier 12/2006)
Have a listen:
Bajo el sol de Bogotá (Leon Gieco)
Elegia ai caduti (Pippo Pollina)
En fillant ma quenouille (Canada)
