Indodana - Stellenbosch University Choir

Indodana - Arranged: Ralf Schmitt / Adapted: André van der Merwe

Traditional isiXhosa Easter Hymn

Stellenbosch University Choir
Conducted by André van der Merwe

[Koko-lkpe]

Who's here in 2024, come let's indulge...oh what a beautiful touchy song..well done Stellenbosch choir..❤

[Serfie]

I first heard Indodana by SUC in 2014 while still at school. It completely absorbed and overwhelmed me, and I made a promise to myself I would sing in this choir. 5 years later, the dream came true, and the journey from that 1st time hearing it finally came full circle by performing this, my favourite piece, in my final year. Thank you SUC for taking my heart and soul to Heaven for 4 years❤️

[zeldahopper]

The director is so passionate and talented. Getting all these voices together is beautiful and so life- giving. God bless you all.

[katlego_johnson]

Surely this is what heaven sounds like 🥺😭❤️

[sihleradebe]

I still say THIS IS EASILY THE BEST CHOIR IN THE WORLD

[johannesneef]

What warmth this music radiates! ❤ God protect Africa!

[rickjames]

This is what Mandela was talking about. This is what South Africa should represent. Unity and excellence.

[markroberts]

What a wonderful sound. I see 'every color of the rainbow' united in creating beauty and bringing peace. Thank you choir. You have enriched my soul today.

[LeMarc]

What an honour it was to perform this arrangement! 🤩 I am going to miss singing this one 🥺

[Llewellyn]

“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”
2 Corinthians 5:21

Thank you Stellenbosch University Choir🥹❤️

[gedenironald]

South Africa's painful past is really one of the greatest contributors in creating people who simply sing from the depth of their souls. People who wrote these song such as this one (Indodana), Tshela moya, Senzeni na and many more, these songs are extremely spiritual and yet very emotional songs and joyful at the same time, they speak of pain and yet great hope and thanksgiving. Our South African choirs literally stands out in the world.

[ChristiaanDB]

Such an honour to have been able to perform this new arrangement 😭❤️

[krlqzzs]

Ngob’umthatile eh umtwana wakho (You took Your own son)
Uhlale nathi hololo helele (Who lived amongst us)
(Repeat)

Indodana ka Nkulunkulu (The Son of God)
Bayi’bethelela hololo helele (Was crucified + [A wordless expression of grief/ a wail])
(Repeat)

Oh Baba!, Baba, Baba Yehova! (Oh Father, Jehovah!)
Baba, hololo, helele (Father! [wailing]) (Repeat)

[mneer]

Music is simply spiritual because it was created by God Himself...im sure he delights when we use our voices to glorify him...now imagine the level of worship up in heaven...😊😊

[chiedzanyamugure]

I’m doing my Masters at Stellenbosch University may God help me so that it comes to pass and I join this big big melodious Choir

[ryanhurst]

When i first sang indodana, i was incapsulated with its beauty and couldnt get enough of it. Of course, thats how discovered the 2014 rendition done by SUchoir, and ever since then i wanted to be a part of this family of voices. Never had i imagined that i would be singing this beautiful new rendition of Indodana, and indeed, with this family of voices♥️ What a blessing, what a joy.

[Patches]

When I joined SUC in 2016, this was the song the "old" choir sang to welcome me and my fellow new members into the choir. The song was the pulse by which my heart became one with this glorious family.

Then this year, when I was able to watch the choir for my first time as an audience member rather than on stage, this song showed me that same pulse was beating strong and eternally. The voices may be different, and the faces may have changed, but the music touched my heart, my soul, in exactly the same way as it did 7 years ago. I still felt as linked to these amazing humans as I did back then; my family and home. These words fail to describe how the full extent of the emotions and cascade of memory this one song can evoke, but for the love I feel for my choir brothers, sisters, and siblings, I will always share my support❤️

[wametokalau]

I love both versions of Indodana by the choir, but the earlier version the alto backing up the soprano solo throughout, really got me in the feels love love love

[luizsakwa]

From Kenya 🇰🇪 with Love. It was the SUC that made me choose to study at Stellies. Proud alumni

[chrispusmutabuuza]

Closest thing to a heavenly choir that we have on Earth.