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BBC Singers: This love between us

Live from Milton Court in London, the BBC Singers and Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin perform a concert celebrating Indian culture, with the world premiere of Awaaz by Soumik Datta.

The BBC Singers and Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin present a programme celebrating the rich heritage of Indian classical music with Soumik Datta, alongside the work of Bach.

Written for the same western orchestration as Bach’s triumphant Magnificat with sitar and tabla, Reena Esmail’s This Love Between Us is a piece about unity. Its seven movements juxtapose the words of seven major religious traditions of India, and specifically how each of these traditions approaches the topic of unity and kindness.

The texts come either straight from canonical religious writings or from poets who write through the lens of their religion. At the heart of the programme is the world premiere of Soumik Datta’s BBC Commission, weaving Indian classical music, Bengali folk, Tagore and Partition songs with his own compositions about migration and identity.

Live from Milton Court. Presented by Ian Skelly.

1930: JS Bach: Magnificat
Soumik Datta: Awaaz (BBC commission, world premiere)

2025: Interval

2045: Reena Esmail: This love between us

Soumik Datta - sarod
Debipriya Das - sitar
Hariket Rayatt Singh - tabla
Prathap Ramachandrarao - percussion
Aref Durvef - percussion
Camilo Tirado - sound effects
Royal College of Music Baroque Orchestra
BBC Singers
Sofi Jeannin - conductor

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Fri 21 Oct 2022 19:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Magnificat

    Choir: BBC Singers. Orchestra: Royal College of Music Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Soumik Datta

    Awaaz

    Performer: Soumik Datta. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D major, BWV 1050

    Performer: Christopher Hogwood. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6: Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
    • 4.

  • Reena Esmail

    This Love Between Us

    Choir: BBC Singers. Orchestra: Royal College of Music Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo in A minor, K.511

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • PHILIPS.

Broadcast

  • Fri 21 Oct 2022 19:30
    BBC Radio 3