Chiwele Steals The Limelight

Sponsored by Bifm and the European Union (EU), the show kicked off with a performance by Lala Liu, who offered Mozart's Violin Concerto. Liu was followed by the versatile KTM choir, which delivered three pieces, including Botswana.

Then the Gaborone Music Society choir joined their KTM counterparts to perform Luka Disho's composition Chiwele. The song is based on a popular folk tale about a girl called Chiwele, who refused to join her grandmother when she fled the giant-infested countryside with regrettable consequences. The two choirs were accompanied by the Johannesburg Festival Orchestra.