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Lopa Kothari - Tashi Lhunpo Monks in Session

Lopa Kothari presents new music from around the world and a live session from the Tashi Lhunpo monks. They perform music from their new album, 17 Golden Greats.

Lopa Kothari presents music from around the globe and a live session by the Tashi Lhunpo Monks.

Following the occupation of Tibet in 1959 twenty elderly Buddhist monks from Tashi Lhunpo Monastery fled into exile by trekking across the Himalayas to India. Custodians of religious traditions dating back over 500 years, the Monks subsequently rebuilt their Monastery in the Tibetan settlement of Bylakuppe in southern India. There are now over 300 monks living at the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery which is now an important centre for learning and for the preservation of the culture and traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. Seven of these Monks take time out from their three-month concert tour of the UK to join us for an exclusive live session.

Playing music from their new album '17 Golden Greats' (a greatest hits collection compiled from the five albums the Monks have made over the last decade), they will be performing Tibetan chants and mantras, and showing us some of their Tantric Orchestra instruments.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Aliagha Sadiyev

    On D枚rd (Fourteen)

    • Rhythms of Azerbaijani Dances.
    • Felmay.
    • 6.
  • Abelardo Barroso

    Tiene Sabor

    • Cha Cha Cha.
    • World Circuit.
    • 3.
  • Blue Rose Code

    Edina

    • The Ballads of Peckham Rye.
    • Ronachan Songs.
  • Kass茅 Mady Diabat茅

    Toumaro

    • Kirike.
    • No Format!.
    • 5.
  • Dona Onete

    Moreno Morenado

    • Feitica Cabloca.
    • Mais Um Discos.
    • 5.
  • Eleanor Ellis

    Texas Easy Street Blues

    • Comin鈥檃 Time.
    • Patuxent.
    • 10.
  • Eliza Carthy with Imagined Village

    Space Girl

    • Wayward Daughter.
    • Topic.
    • 15.
  • Jabula

    Ithumeleng ba Mamelodi

    • Spirit of Malombo.
    • STRUT.
    • 11.
  • Kapela Maliszow

    Kujawiak I mazurka Kacpra Malisza

    • Warsaw Cross Cultural Festival.
    • Warsaw Cross Cultural Festival.
  • Ladysmith Black Mambazo

    Nom' ungangishiya Zobuya Nini Na Uhlulekile Umakoti (feat. Ella Spira)

    • Music from Inala 鈥 A Zulu Ballet.
    • Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
  • Simo Lagnawi

    Sahara Wiya

    • The Gnawa Berber.
    • World Music Network.
    • 10.
  • Baaba Maal

    Tindo

    • Television.
    • Palm Pictures.
  • Malombo Jazz Makers

    Jikeleza

    • Spirit of Malombo.
    • STRUT.
    • 10.
  • Olcay Bayir

    Penceresi Yola Karsi

    • Neva/Harmony.
    • World Music Network.
    • 8.
  • Shivkumar Sharma

    Dogri Folk Tune

    • Hypnotic Santoor.
    • Chhanda Dhara.
    • 3.
  • Tashi Lhunpo Monks

    Gyalwa Rinpoche Shab 鈥 Ten Sol 鈥 Dep: The Dalai Lama Long Life Prayer

  • Tashi Lhunpo Monks

    Kunrik: All knowing

  • Tashi Lhunpo Monks

    Opening Medley: Long Horns / Mandala Offering / Om Mani Padme Hum 鈥 Mantra

  • Tashi Lhunpo Monks

    Tashi: Blessing

  • Tsering Gyurmey

    Tsawai Lama

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  • Fri 10 Oct 2014 23:00

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