Thoko Ea Tlhōlo (1991 recording)

(In Praise of Man’s Victory Over Ignorance)

R29.00

Catalogue No
JPM 092
Scoring
choir SATB
Edition
Joshua Pulumo Mohapeloa Critical Edition
Category

At 122 bars and several changes of key and time signature, Mohapeloa sets the benchmark in Thoko Ea Tlhōlo (published 1947)  for a new kind of multi-sectional competition song in southern Africa. The text celebrates a recent victory over a great enemy – a reference to World War II – and the hope of freedom this gives to nations in ‘the land of Africa’. The Manzini Adult Choir, Swaziland (conductor not specified) sings it on a live recording made by the SABC in December 1991 during the Old Mutual Festival at the Standard Bank Arena, Johannesburg. This historic recording was re-issued by ACE in 2014 as Track 29 on the CD African Choral Legacy: Historic Recordings of Joshua Pulumo Mohapeloa.