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 [[Nigel Vermaas]]. 2002. radio documentary of the 2002 performance of ''[[The Sacred Concerts]]'' at [[Spier]].
-A partial programme of the 2001-2002 [[Spier Summer Festival]]'s season programme (pages 37-44), found in the [[ESAT]] research materials, held in the [[Performing Arts Research Collection]] at the [[Africa Open Institute]], University of Stellenbosch. (''The Sacred Concerts'' are listed on page 41 of the programme.)
+A partial programme of the 2001-2002 [[The Spier Summer Festival]]'s season programme (pages 37-44), found in the [[ESAT]] research materials, held in the [[Performing Arts Research Collection]] at the [[Africa Open Institute]], University of Stellenbosch. (''The Sacred Concerts'' are listed on page 41 of the programme.)
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 [[Nigel Vermaas]]. 2002. radio documentary of the 2002 performance of ''[[The Sacred Concerts]]'' at [[Spier]].
-A partial programme of the 2001-2002 [[Spier Summer Festival]]'s season programme (pages 37-44), found in the [[ESAT]] research materials, held in the [[Performing Arts Research Collection]] at the Africa Open Institute, University of Stellenbosch. (''The Sacred Concerts'' are listed on page 41 of the programme.)
+A partial programme of the 2001-2002 [[Spier Summer Festival]]'s season programme (pages 37-44), found in the [[ESAT]] research materials, held in the [[Performing Arts Research Collection]] at the [[Africa Open Institute]], University of Stellenbosch. (''The Sacred Concerts'' are listed on page 41 of the programme.)
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 [[Nigel Vermaas]]. 2002. radio documentary of the 2002 performance of ''[[The Sacred Concerts]]'' at [[Spier]].
-A partial programme of the 2001-2002 [[Spier Summer Festival]]'s season programme (pages 37-44), found in the ESAT research collection. The Sacred Concerts are listed on page 41.
+A partial programme of the 2001-2002 [[Spier Summer Festival]]'s season programme (pages 37-44), found in the [[ESAT]] research materials, held in the [[Performing Arts Research Collection]] at the Africa Open Institute, University of Stellenbosch. (''The Sacred Concerts'' are listed on page 41 of the programme.)
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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	[[Nigel Vermaas]]. 2002. radio documentary of the 2002 performance of ''[[The Sacred Concerts]]'' at [[Spier]].		[[Nigel Vermaas]]. 2002. radio documentary of the 2002 performance of ''[[The Sacred Concerts]]'' at [[Spier]].
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		+	A partial programme of the 2001-2002 [[Spier Summer Festival]]'s season programme (pages 37-44), found in the ESAT research collection. The Sacred Concerts are listed on page 41.

	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-The concerts have formed part of many performances by South African orchestras over the years.
+The items from the concerts have formed part of many musical performances by South African orchestras over the years.
 : A special performance served as the grand finale of the [[Spier Summer Festival]] on 14, 15 and 16 March 2002 at the [[Spier Amphitheatre]] in Stellenbosch. The production was conducted by Professor [[Mike Rossi]] (then Professor of Jazz and Woodwinds at the [[University of Cape Town]]'s [[South African College of Music]]) and produced by [[John Walton]]. The ensemble comprised Cape Town jazz musicians, three opera singers, a tap dancer, and a choir from Langa. A radio documentary about the production was subsequently made and broadcast by [[Nigel Vermaas]] for [[SAFM]].

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 The three concerts that make up the set consist of:
-– Concert of Sacred Music
+– Concert of Sacred Music (premiered on September 16, 1965)
-– Second Sacred Concert
+– Second Sacred Concert (premiered at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York on January 19, 1968)
-– Third Sacred Concert
+– Third Sacred Concert (premiered at Westminster Abbey in London, United Kingdom on October 24, 1973).
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 ==The concerts==
-Duke Ellington’s [[Sacred Concerts]] are a pioneering series of compositions blending jazz, gospel, spirituals, choral music, and tap dance. Ellington famously regarded this monumental, late-career trilogy as the most important music he ever wrote.
+Duke Ellington’s ''[[Sacred Concerts]]'' are a pioneering series of three compositions blending jazz, gospel, spirituals, choral music, and tap dance. Ellington famously regarded this monumental, late-career trilogy as the most important music he ever wrote.
 The three concerts that make up the set consist of:

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	Duke Ellington’s [[Sacred Concerts]] are a pioneering series of compositions blending jazz, gospel, spirituals, choral music, and tap dance. Ellington famously regarded this monumental, late-career trilogy as the most important music he ever wrote.		Duke Ellington’s [[Sacred Concerts]] are a pioneering series of compositions blending jazz, gospel, spirituals, choral music, and tap dance. Ellington famously regarded this monumental, late-career trilogy as the most important music he ever wrote.
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		+	The three concerts that make up the set consist of:
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		+	1965 – Concert of Sacred Music
		+	1968 – Second Sacred Concert
		+	1973 – Third Sacred Concert

	==Translations and adaptations==		==Translations and adaptations==