| Main Performers | Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee - sitar,
Soumen Nandy - tabla,
Kumaresh Rajagopalan Carnatic - carnatic violin,
Jayanthi Kumaresh Saraswati - Saraswati veena,
Anantha R. Krishnan - mridangam
Fareed Ayaz, Abu Muhammad Qawwal and Brothers |
| Set List | Qawwali (Sufi devotional) music of Pakistan |
| Performance Notes | The Proms marks the 70th anniversary of partition and independence on the Indian subcontinent with a concert curated by Darbar Trust producers of Darbar Festival representing the classical music of India and Pakistan.
Explore the regions diverse musical culture in performances celebrating three very different traditions. Indias great maestro, Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee performs ragas on the iconic sitar from the Hindustani music of North India, while South Indias Carnatic music is more strongly melodic, coloured by the distinctive timbres of the Carnatic violin and veena.
The Sufi music of Pakistan provides an ecstatic climax to this Late Night Prom, weaving rich, mesmeric tapestries of sound.
The performance consisted of three 45-minute sets with no interval.
The concert was broadcast on BBC Four on 3 September 2017. |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2017/47a),
Programme (RAHE/1/2017/100),
Mini Guide (RAHE/6/2017/36),
Handbill (RAHE/6/2017/37),
Posters (RAHE/2/2017/28, 32) |