bongani ndodana
composer and conductor


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
compositions
 
 
orchestra
 
 

opera
 
 

chamber music (solo and small ensemble works )
 
 

choral music


 
 
 
 

orchestra:

      Symphony No. 1 "Heroes"
      2 movements. String orch. Premiered in July 1998, St Andrew's Chapel at the Standard Bank National Arts Festival Grahamstown So.Africa. Ndodana conducting members of Cape Town Opera orchestra

      Symphony No. 2  "Umuntu Wa Bantu"
      45 min.; 5 movements. (2+2+2+2;2211;1,2perc,strings) Orchestra and Sop and Alt. Chorus. Texts "Veni Creator" and excerpts from the  Presidential Inauguration address by Nelson Mandela of May 10, 1994. Commissioned by Madam Walker Theater Center for the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra with funding from Ford Foundation/Africa Xchange and Lilly Endowment. Premiered July 1998, Madam Walker Theatre Indianapolis. Stanley de Rusha conducting the ICO.

      Vela Zulu
      choral-symphony ca 1h40 min, (2+3+3+;4321;hrp,timp,4perc,satb chorus,strings) Texts by Prof Themba Msimang, commissioned by the Playhouse Company of Durban, November 1999, premiere  2001. SATB soloists and chorus, large orchestra.

      African Kaddish
      ca 7. Large Orchestra. Commissioned by SAMRO for the National Youth Orchestra of South Africa. Premiere July 2001.

      The hero lives again
      ca 9 min.  Large orchestra and narrator, based on poems by South African writer, Zakes Mda.  May 1999.

      uNandi
      7 min. Soprano and Orchestra, text by the composer. Premiered at the 1999 Mass Choir Festival, Johannesburg, conducted by Richard Cock.

      Vespers
      Soprano and chamber orchestra (rev. version). Original version premiered in August 1996 Endler Hall, Stellenbosch. Composer conducting.  Excerpts  choreographed by Lindi Raizenburg for Cape Town City Ballet as the ballet piece Episodes.

      Scenes of Grahamstown
      string orch.  Excerpts  choreographed by Lindi Raizenburg for Cape Town City Ballet as the ballet piece Episodes.

      Mass
      ensemble.(012+0,0000,perc,2vln,11) Dance score, choreography by R.Taylor. Premiered October 1998 du Maurier Theatre Harbourfront Centre, Toronto. Composer conducting.

      My Granddaddy wore no shoes
      ensemble(1111;0000;1perc;strings). Dance score, Choreography Germaul Barnes. Commissioned by Barnes through funding from the City of Phoenix Arts Commission, Arizona. Performed TG Barr Elementary, Phoenix AZ, April 1999. 
       
       
       
       


 
 
 

opera:

      Themba and Seliba
      Chamber opera with libretto by Gwyneth Lloyd. Commissioned by Co-Opera with funding from the Grahamstown Foundation and Nedbank Arts & Culture Trust. Premiered  December 1996, 1820  Settlers Monument Theatre, Grahamstown. Also, July 1997 National Arts Festival Fringe.

      Uhambo -The Pilgrimage
      Opera-Oratorio base on Guy Butler's Pilgrimage to Dias Cross. Members of Cape Town Opera and Orchestra, July 1998 Standard Bank National Arts Festival, Grahamstown Festival, under the direction fo the composer. Ded. to Guy Butler.

      Umuntu: "Threnody and Dances"
      Monodrama commissioned by the National Arts Council of South Africa. Libretto by the composer. Premiered March 2001with Linda Bukhosini (soprano) at the Auditorium of the SABC Studios in Durban. 
       
       


 
 
 
 
 
 

chamber music:

      Three Miniatures on Motherhood
      Soprano and string quartet.  First performed in Munich and Innsbruck, 2001.

      Zulu Dances for Octet
      (fl,cl,bsn,trp,trb,perc,vln,cb); Written for the Cuttime players of Detroit, MI.

      An African Rainsong
      (duo for alto saxophone and piano)

      Rituals for Forgotten Faces - No. 5
      (fl,ob,cl,bsn,hr,tru,tro,perc,mar,2vln,vla,vc,db)
      concerto grosso in 2 movements for marimba and 13 instruments, an Ensemble Noir commission.

      Rituals for Forgotten Faces  - No. 1, 
      solo piano. Premiered by Jill Richards in Pittsburgh October 1999

      Rituals for Forgotten Faces  -No. 2 "A joy"
      solo piano. Premiered by Jill Richards in Pittsburgh October 1999

      Rituals for Forgotten Faces - No. 3
      solo piano. 

      Rituals for Forgotten Faces - No. 4a
      string quartet, an Ensemble Noir commission.

      Rituals for Forgotten Faces - No. 4b
      string quartet, an Ensemble Noir commission.

      Rituals for Forgotten Faces - No. 6
      sextet 

      The Lamentations of Jeremiah The Prophet
      Soprano and ensemble. Premiered July 1995, Beethoven Auditorium, Fringe Festival of Standard Bank National Arts Festival. (score has been withdrawn by the composer)

      The Sun, The Moon, The Rain
      string quartet. Premiered Chicago Cultural Center's Cassidy Theatre; August 1997 ded. to Ishbel Sholto-Douglas.

      Ceremonies and Tongues
      piano, vln, vc. in two movements. Commissioned by the National Arts Council for the Egoli trio.  Ded to Jill Richards, February 1998. Premiered WITS Hall Johannesburg.
       

      Sonatina for Clarinet
      clr and piano. Premiered July 1995, Beethoven Auditorium, Fringe Festival of Standard Bank National Arts Festival.

      Alleluias
      ensemble. Premiered July 1995, Beethoven Auditorium, Fringe Festival of Standard Bank National Arts Festival.
      (score withdrawn by the composer)

      Noupoort Fragments
      string quartet, October 1998

      The year of the Famine
      Song cycle for Bass Bar and piano (for Abel Motshoadi)  written January 1999, premiere August 2001.

      Dialogue for Cello and Piano
      Premiered Chicago Cultural Center's Cassidy Theatre; August 1997 ded to Itamar Cohen

      Jerry and Dirk's Anniversary
      Harpsichord. March 1998

      Five Preludes after Shakespeare
      piano. August 1996 Beethoven Auditorium, Grahamstown.

      Pas de deux sauvage
      2 pianos. Commissioned by South African Music Rights Org. (SAMRO) for Jill Richards and Michael Blake. Premiered on European recital tour, August 1999.

      But There Went Up A Mist...
      organ. Premiered by Gerrit Jordaan, 1998; recorded by Obelisk Music.

      The Garden
      organ.  February 1999 
      (can be performed as 2nd  movement to But There Went Up...)

      A Mari Usque Ad Mare
      organ. February 1999
      (can be performed as 3rd  movement to But There Went Up...)

      Lives in Letter Beads
      piano. Commissioned by SAMRO for the South African Society of Music Teachers. January 2000

      Visions (in 2 parts)
      solo flute/violin.  Written  for Wendy Hymes, Feb 2000.

      Flowers in Sand (in 2 parts)
      piano. February 2000 for Lucius Weathersby.
       
       
       


 
 

choral

      Sharpville Gloria
      Written for Canta Nova of Hannover, Germany, Matt Schuermann, director.

      Lamentatio (Part 1)
      Written for the choir of Wadham College, Oxford. Lawrence Schaffer, director.

      Haec Dies
      satb, written in Jerusalem 1997

      There is no Rose of such Virtu
      ssaattbb. For the Rhodes Chamber Choir, conducted by Christopher Cockburn, August 1996

      Rain song
      sa, commissioned by Juanita Lamprecht, first performed Port Elizabeth UPE Cultura 1996.

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