Soweto Gospel Choir at Symphony Hall

Soweto Gospel Choir gave a remarkable performance at Symphony Hall on Friday night. They were tired, as I mentioned in another post, at the end of a long tour, but no one in the audience could possibly have guessed. After the concert - singing, dancing, drumming and all - several members went from the stage straight out into the hallway and into the departing crowd while still in stage garb with boxes of CDs to sell. Money from these sales goes to Nkosi’s Haven/Vukani (translates to: Arise, Do Something!) a charity set up by the Choir to benefit AIDS orphanages unfunded by public or private money - they did well in Boston, but they are not finished: Nkosi’s Haven/Vukani.

Here's Christopher Blagg's review in The Boston Herald.

The Choir performed with the wings open at Symphony Hall. I couldn't resist:

   
A view from stage right (that's not an ironing board onstage, that's a keyboard)


A view from stage left