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Anoushka Shankar’s Guide to Indian Classical Music (Sundays 8, 15, and 22 May)

Celebrated sitar player, composer and producer Anoushka Shankar takes listeners
on a journey to tell the story of Indian classical music and what makes it 'classical'.

With roots thousands of years ago in the Vedic traditions of Hinduism and the
dynasties and kingdoms that covered what is now modern day South Asia,
Anoushka explores these ancient Hindu and Sanskrit roots, presenting the distinct
traditions of Northern 'Hindustani' music, with its emphasis on improvisation, and its
more composed Southern 'Carnatic' counterpart. She also shines a light on ragas
and talas and the instruments, and through her own family’s deep involvement,
brings a personal perspective on how these traditions have developed over the
centuries, influencing other musical genres in the world along the way.

Composed with Emeli Sandé (until Sunday 24 June)

A brand new weekly music mix show for BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds fronted by
Emeli Sandé, with the Brit and MOBO Award-winning musician exploring the music
that brings her strength and inspiration. Delving into her own private record
collection, this intimate show highlights the classical music Emeli connected with
during lockdown alongside her favourite pop and electronic music.

New Music Show - New Music Biennial (Saturday 30 April to Saturday 2 July)

All the works featured in this year’s New Music Biennial (PRS Foundation and
Southbank Centre’s free festival comprising 20 pieces of music: 10 brand new works
selected from an open call and ten pre-existing New Music Biennial works from
across the last 10 years to mark its launch back in 2012) will be broadcast across
BBC Radio 3’s New Music Show at 10pm every Saturday evening from April to July.
Programmes will include new works recorded in Coventry (where the festival will be
from 22 to 24 April) and previously commissioned works, ahead of the festival’s
culmination at London’s Southbank Centre 1-3 July.

Broadcast as part of the new works, the BBC Concert Orchestra presents the world
premiere of Philip Herbert’s BBC CO commission Towards Renewal, reflecting on
what it would be like to move towards building a world without Covid, as well as
accepting the nature of our present reality.

The ensemble is also featured amongst the broadcasts of previously commissioned
works, with Gazelle Twin’s The Power And The Glory, commissioned by the BBC
CO for New Music Biennial 2019, and a collaboration between composer, producer
and musician Gazelle Twin and composer Max de Wardener, bringing a blend of
traditional musical concepts and futuristic pop from her album Pastoral to the full
forces of the BBC Concert Orchestra.