Performer: Cristina Anghelescu. Recorded 2001, as part of Naresh's first CD of chamber music.

Unknown album (19/12/2021 22:08:08)

Shades VI for solo violin

Shift, Trip. Written and performed by Zoë Martlew.
Live recording from concert at Wigmore Hall. May 2017

Published by Schott

Shift, Trip. Wigmore live 5/17

"Shift, Trip" for amplified cello with track. Wigmore Hall 2017

Commissioned by the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
First performance 13th October 1996, BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins, with Sarah Leonard, soprano.
Royal Festival Hall, London.

Lila

A large-scale work, commissioned by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra to marke the 70th birthday of their conductor-in-residence, maestro Zubin Mehta. Premiered by them in Israel in 2010.  Performed again in 2011 by the Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra, cond. Zubin Mehta, with Stefan Kurt as narrator.
The text is drawn from the second chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, where Arjun expresses his doubts about going into battle against his nearest and dearest, and Krishna instructs him in the nature of mortality and of duty.
Text can be rendered in any language. So far, performances have been in Hebrew and German.

The Divine Song

British composer of Indian origin, 1939-2018 - the first person to establish himself in the West as a composer of music in the Western classical idiom. Awarded Padma Shree in 1987 by the Indian government.  Produced over 60 pieces, ranging from chamber works to large-scale orchestral and choral works. Received eight BBC commissions. including two major Proms commissions.

The Divine Song

Naresh Sohal

Related tracks