As part of the Proms tradition, 1400 tickets known as “Prommers” will be released on the day of the show at a cost of £5 each. The doors open one hour before the show and tickets are sold on a first come first served basis. We would suggest you arrive early and queue so as not to be disappointed.
Further guests confirmed for Nitin Sawhney’s Prom
Guests include Imogen Heap, Fink, and Anoushka Shankar
10 August 2007, 9.00pm
Royal Albert Hall (and live on BBC Radio 3)
Nitin Sawhney, one of the most significant creative forces in modern music, is gathering together a sensational group of friends including Natacha Atlas, Jason Singh, Reena Bhardwaj, Fink, Tina Grace, Imogen Heap, Akram Khan, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, and Anoushka Shankar to explore the many aspects of his album and collaborative works for the first time. The concert will feature the London Undersound Symphony Orchestra, a specially created 60-piece collective of both Indian and Western classical musicians brought together for this event. Nitin will also showcase new material at this one-off BBC Proms concert in the Royal Albert Hall on 10 August.
He says: “For many years I have been working not only as an album and live artist but also as a composer for film, theatre, videogames, and dance. Having worked extensively with orchestras across the world, the BBC Proms is giving me the unprecedented opportunity to bring together some of that work through a specially created symphony orchestra of talent from both India and the UK. I will also be joined on stage by some of my favourite artists and past collaborators to complete a night of evocative journeys, shifting from the intimate to the epic”.
Following the success of his Electric Proms appearance in 2006, Nitin, his special guests, and his London Undersound Symphony Orchestra will deliver a high-powered performance comprising of his past and current works, which between them have garnered around a dozen awards including a South Bank Show Award, a MOBO, two EMMAs, two BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards and Ivor Novello, Laurence Olivier and Technics Mercury Music Prize nominations.
The current line-up for this BBC Proms includes:
Nitin Sawhney (piano, guitar)
The London Under Sound Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Stephen Hussey
| Akram Khan (dancer/choreographer) |
| Anoushka Shankar (sitar) |
| Aref Durvesh (tabla) |
| Ashwin Srinivasan (flute) |
| Fink (vocals) |
| Ges-e and Osmani Soundz (FX) |
| Hazel Fernandes (vocals) |
| Ian Burdge (cello) |
| Imogen Heap (vocals) |
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| Jason Singh (vocal percussion) |
| Karlos Edwards (drums) |
| Lucita Jules (vocals) |
| Natacha Atlas (vocals) |
| Reena Bhardwaj (vocals) |
| Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui (dancer/choreographer) |
| Steve Shehan (percussion) |
| Tina Grace (vocals) |
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