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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2025 - One Hundred and Thirtieth Season - Prom 33: Anoushka Shankar - ‘Chapters’
Performance Date12 August 2025
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersAnoushka Shankar
Orchestra or BandLondon Contemporary Orchestra
ConductorsRobert Ames
Performance NotesMulti-Grammy-nominated sitar virtuoso and composer Anoushka Shankar returns to the Proms for the world-premiere performance of music from her three ‘Chapter’ albums, tracing her musical and geographical journeys. She is joined by Robert Ames and the London Contemporary Orchestra to perform new orchestral arrangements of the trilogy – Forever, For Now, How Dark It Is Before Dawn and We Return To Light.

Broadcast on BBC Four and BBC iPlayer
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2025/30),
Programme (RAHE/1/2025/
Ticket Prices£9 - £115 (Promming tickets £8)
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work13506BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2025 - One Hundred and Thirtieth Season72
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/21241Shankar; Anoushka (1981-); Indian sitar player, composer
DS/UK/875London Contemporary Orchestra (LCO); 2008-; English orchestra
DS/UK/21953Ames; Robert (8 October 1985); British conductor and violist
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