Performances of Gurdain Rayatt at BBC Orchestras and Choirs

Thu 8 Oct 2026

• 19:30

  Jasdeep Singh Degun X BBC NOW: Coming Together (Llais 2026)

  BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff

  Voices collide as BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales join composer-sitarist Jasdeep Singh Degun in a concert of Indian classical and Western orchestral music, with acclaimed soloists, reimagined opera, and vibrant new works celebrating voices UK

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  Voices collide as BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales join composer-sitarist Jasdeep Singh Degun in a concert of Indian classical and Western orchestral music, with acclaimed soloists, reimagined opera, and vibrant new works celebrating voices UK

  Programme

  • • • Dinuk Wijeratne
      • "A Letter from the After - life" from "Two Pop Songs on Antique Poems"
    • • Jasdeep Singh Degun
      • Arya (Concerto for sitar and orchestra)
    • • interval
    • • Philip Glass
      • Satyagraha, Act III Part 3, Evening Song (Gandhi’s Final Aria)
    • • Jasdeep Singh Degun
      • Excerpt from Act 3 of Orpheus -Tenor, Indian Singer and Piano
      • Abbhā for tabla, sitar and singers with orchestra
      • Lament (Finale from Orpheus) for two Indian classical voices, chorus, tabla, harp, and strings

  Performers

  • BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  • Clark Rundell

    Conductor
    Conductor
  • Jasdeep Singh Degun

    Composser/Sitar
    Composser/Sitar
  • Kaviraj Singh

    Santoor/Voice
    Santoor/Voice
  • Yarlinie Thanabalasingam

    voice
    voice
  • Gurdain Rayatt

    tabla
    tabla
  • James Way

    tenor
    tenor
  • BBC National Chorus of Wales

    Chorus
    Chorus

  Composers

  • Dinuk Wijeratne
  • Jasdeep Singh Degun
  • Philip Glass

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