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Anoushka Shankar: New Explorations

Another chance to hear sitarist and composer Anoushka Shankar in new collaborations, with electronic music producer Gold Panda and the strings of the Britten Sinfonia.

Another chance to hear Anoushka Shankar, Gold Panda and Manu Delago's performance of The Sitar and the Hang, with the Britten Sinfonia conducted by Jules Buckley, at the 2020 91Èȱ¬ Proms.

Presented by Ian Skelly from the Royal Albert Hall.

Anoushka Shankar sitar
Gold Panda live electronics
Manu Delago percussion
Britten Sinfonia
Jules Buckley conductor

Boundary-crossing, multi-Grammy-nominated sitar player and composer Anoushka Shankar returns to the Proms, showcasing two of her most recent collaborations.

In the centenary year of her father Ravi Shankar’s birth and with the aim of presenting ‘ragas and the sitar in a new light’, she combines recordings of some of his works both with her own sitar improvisations and with live electronics by composer/producer Gold Panda.

Alongside conductor and arranger Jules Buckley, Anoushka Shankar has produced new arrangements of her own pieces for the Britten Sinfonia strings, who are joined by her regular collaborator percussionist Manu Delago. Among them are ‘Wandering Around’, ‘Voice of the Moon’, ‘Land of Gold’ and ‘Chasing Shadows’.

1 hour, 29 minutes

Music Played

  • Gold Panda

    Variations

    Performer: Gold Panda.
  • Manu Delago

    Wandering Around

    Performer: Manu Delago. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Jules Buckley.
  • Anoushka Shankar

    Voice of the Moon

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Jules Buckley.
  • Anoushka Shankar

    Maya

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Jules Buckley.
  • Anoushka Shankar

    Flight

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Jules Buckley.
  • Anoushka Shankar

    Traveller

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Jules Buckley.
  • Anoushka Shankar

    Jannah

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Jules Buckley.
  • Anoushka Shankar

    Chasing Shadows

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Jules Buckley.
  • Anoushka Shankar

    Land of Gold

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Jules Buckley.
  • Giuseppe Torelli

    Trumpet Concerto in D major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Performer: Thomas Klug. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7.

Broadcast

  • Tue 22 Dec 2020 21:00

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