An exciting collaborative project between master sarod players, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash, and violin virtuoso Jennifer Pike, this concert aims to preserve the essence of both Indian and Western traditions so that they can flow into each other without artistic compromise. The aim is to joyfully explore the common musical ‘DNA’ of both traditions. These artists have come together in the spirit of sharing their own musical traditions as well as finding common ground in ragas and medieval modes, vibrato (pitch inflection on a single note), portamento and gamakas (the sliding melodic ornaments connecting notes). Along with the sarods and violin, the performance includes tabla accompaniment.

J S Bach Partita No. 3, BWV 1006.1
Trad. Sacred Evening (Raga Yaman)
Trad. By the Moon (Raga Behag)
Trad. Romancing Earth (Raga Pilu)

Recorded for BBC Radio 3

Glasgow

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Lili Boulanger D’un matin de Printemps
Mozart sonata in G major K301
Beethoven piano sonata in C sharp minor Op.27 no.2 ‘Moonlight’
Jeremy Pike Elegy for Ukraine
Grieg sonata no.1 in F major

Jennifer Pike violin
Martin Roscoe piano

Rossall School, Performing Arts Studio

Bach and Khan at Wigmore Hall

A bringing together of Indian and Western classical traditions in a programme in which violinist Jennifer Pike collaborates directly with members of the Khan family in their own compositions. Raga Yaman is associated with the evening and the dying of the day, while both Raga Behag and Raga Pilu – the latter often described as a peaceful raga – are associated with the second quarter of the night.

Bach Preludio from Partita no.3 BWV 1006
Amjad Ali Khan Sacred Evening (Raga Yaman)
Romancing the Earth (Raga Pilu)

Amaan Ali Bangash sarod
Ayaan Ali Bangash sarod
Jennifer Pike violin
Anubtata Chatterjee Tabla

London

Wigmore Hall

world premiere with BBC Symphony/Schuldt

Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
Deborah Pritchard Calandra (BBC commission, world premiere)

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Clemens Schuldt conductor

London

Barbican

Soul Strings

Jennifer joins the Indian classical music stars for a recital of music spanning the continents

Jennifer Pike violin
Ayaan Ali Bangash sarod
Amaan Ali Bangash sarod

Elgar Concert Hall, The Bramall