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Anoushka Shankar: New Explorations

Sitarist and composer Anoushka Shankar returns to the Proms presenting new collaborations – with electronic music producer Gold Panda, and with the strings of the Britten Sinfonia.

Live from the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Proms:
Anoushka Shankar, Gold Panda and Manu Delago perform 'The Sitar and the Hang', with the Britten Sinfonia conducted by Jules Buckley.

Presented by Ian Skelly live 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’.

2 hours, 29 minutes

Music Played

  • Manu Delago

    Wandering Around

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia.
  • Anoushka Shankar

    Voice of the Moon

    Performer: Manu Delago. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia.
  • Anoushka Shankar

    Maya

    Performer: Anoushka Shankar. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia.
  • Anoushka Shankar

    Flight

    Performer: Anoushka Shankar. Performer: Manu Delago.
  • Anoushka Shankar

    Traveler

    Performer: Anoushka Shankar. Performer: Manu Delago.
  • Anoushka Shankar

    Jannah

    Performer: Anoushka Shankar. Performer: Manu Delago.
  • Anoushka Shankar

    Chasing Shadows

    Performer: Manu Delago. Performer: Anoushka Shankar.
  • Anoushka Shankar

    Land of Gold

    Performer: Anoushka Shankar. Performer: Manu Delago.
  • Sir Stephen Hough

    Piano Sonata No 2, 'Notturno luminoso'

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • In the Night.
    • HYPERION.
    • 7.
  • William Walton

    Variations on a theme by Hindemith

    Performer: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Hyperion CDA67986.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.
  • Dominique Le Gendre

    The Little Things that Matter

    Performer: Stella McCracken.

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Broadcast

  • Fri 4 Sep 2020 19:30

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