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BBC Singers/Jeannin & Soumik Datta

The Love Between Us

,Milton Court Concert Hall
Soumik Datta standing in a park holding a sarod

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.

Tagged with: Classical music BBC Singers Contemporary music

The end time for this concert will be added here closer to the performance date. 

 

Programme

  • Johann Sebastian Bach   Magnificat
  • Soumik Datta   Awaaz (BBC commission, world premiere)
  • Reena Esmail   This love between us

Performers

  • Royal College of Music Baroque Orchestra  
  • Sofi Jeannin   conductor
  • Soumik Datta   sarod
  • Debipriya Das   sitar
  • Harkiret Singh Bahra   tabla
  • Prathap Ramachandrarao   mridangam
  • Aref Durvesh   tabla
  • Camilo Tirado   sound and effects
  • Richard Pearce   organ
  • BBC Singers  

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Milton Court Concert Hall is located within the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and is approximately a 5 minute walk from the Barbican entrance on Silk Street.  

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