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Irshad Khan (photograph by Arnhel De Serra)

Darbar Fesitval

Saturday 3 May 2008 15:00-16:00 (Radio 3)

Jameela Siddiqi introduces highlights from the Darbar Festival, featuring leading Indian classical musicians performing at Leicester's Phoenix Theatre. The programme includes performances from South Indian vocalist Sanjay Subrahmanyan and Irshad Khan, who plays a solo on the rarely-heard surbahar.

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1 hour

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Presented by Jameela Siddiqi
Produced by Roger Short
Factsheet compiled by Sam Hickling

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Saturday 3 May 2008, 3:00pm


See pictures from the Darbar Festival

All music recorded at the Darbar Festival, Leicester Phoenix, 4-6 April 2008
http://www.darbar.org.uk/

Sanjay Subrahmanyan:
Shloka for Krishna
Ashdipadee
Raag Malina Kanti
Sanjay Subrahmanyan (karnatic vocal); S Varadharajan (violin); R N Prakash (ghatam); Neyveli Venkatesh (mridingam)

Irshad Khan: Raag Darbari
Irshad Khan (surbahar)
The surbahar is a bass sitar
http://www.irshadkhan.net/


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