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In this third episode, Anoushka Shankar takes us on a journey through the influences that Indian classical music has had across the world.

In the final episode of this three-part series, Anoushka Shankar explores the influence that Indian classical music has had across the world, from Philip Glass, Terry Riley and The Beatles to the music of Bollywood and jazz, and artists working between the western and Indian classical traditions. She also explores how the folk music of India itself left an indelible mark on Hindustani and Carnatic music.

Steeped in the traditions of the music, and a sitarist herself, Anoushka Shankar is our guide to the stories, theories and recordings of Indian classical music and what makes it so rich.

59 minutes

Last on

Sun 22 May 2022 23:00

Music Played

  • Ravi Shankar

    Sadhanipa

    Composer: Philip Glass. Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Ashit Desai.
    • Passages.
    • Private Music.
    • 2.
  • Ananda Shankar

    Jumpin' Jack Flash

    Performer: Joe Pollard. Performer: Dick Rosmini. Singer: Jerry Scheff.
    • Ananda Shankar.
    • Reprise Records.
    • 1.
  • AR Rahman

    Taal Se Taal Mila

    Performer: Alka Yagnik. Performer: Udit Narayan.
    • Udit Narayan.
    • Tips.
    • 2.
  • Traditional Tamil Nadu

    Fishing Song

    Performer: K.S. Vasudevan. Performer: Chorus.
    • Folk Music Of Tamil Nadu.
    • Saregama Records.
    • 5.
  • Traditional Bengal

    Agun Pani

    Performer: Purna Das Baul.
    • Bauls of Bengal.
    • Crammed Discs.
    • 1.
  • Traditional Punjab

    Sarke Sarke Jyinde Muniyare

    Performer: Prakash Kaur. Performer: Surinder Kaur.
    • Punjabi Folk Songs.
    • Saregama Records.
    • 1.
  • Ravi Shankar

    Bahu-Rang

    Performer: Ravi Shankar. Performer: Ashit Desai. Performer: Tarun Bhattacharya. Performer: Daya Shankar. Performer: Harihar Rao. Performer: T.R. Sundaresan.
    • Inside the Kremlin.
    • Private Music.
    • 6.
  • Traditional Spanish

    Solea Grana

    Performer: Estrella Morente.
    • Mi Cante Y Un Poema.
    • Parlophone Spain.
    • 11.
  • Anoushka Shankar

    Dancing In Madness

    Performer: Mythili Prakash. Performer: Farruco. Performer: Pirashanna Thevarajah. Performer: Pirana.
    • Traveller.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Anoushka Shankar

    Si No Puedo Verla

    Performer: Duquende. Performer: Javier Lim贸n. Performer: Pirana. Performer: Kenji Ota.
    • Traveller.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • K. V. Mahadevan

    Maraindhirindhe Paarkum

    Performer: P. Susheela.
    • Thillaanaa Mohanambaal.
    • Saregama Records.
    • 7.
  • Lata Mangeshkar

    Raina Beeti Jae

    • Amar Prem.
    • Odeon.
    • 2.
  • Ravi Shankar, Shivkumar Sharma, Alla Rakha & Hariprasad Chaurasia

    Bombay Studio

    • Raga: A Film Journey Into the Soul of India (Original Soundtrack from the Film).
    • East Meets West Music.
    • 11.
  • Yehudi Menuhin

    Raga Piloo

    • West Meets East Volume 2.
    • HMV.
    • 1.
  • Ravi Shankar

    R膩ga-M膩l膩 (Sitar Concerto No. 2) - II. Bair膩g墨 (Moderato)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
    • Raga Mala (Garland Of Ragas).
    • HMV.
    • 2.
  • Terry Riley

    In C

    Ensemble: Piano Circus.
    • Six Pianos / In C.
    • Argo.
    • 2.
  • Ravi Shankar

    Ragas In Minor Scale

    Composer: Philip Glass. Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Ashit Desai.
    • Passages.
    • Private Music.
    • 4.
  • John Coltrane

    India

    Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet.
    • The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings.
    • Impulse!.
    • 1.
  • Alice Coltrane

    Journey In Satchidananda

    Performer: Alice Coltrane. Performer: Cecil McBee. Performer: Majid Shabazz. Performer: Rashied Ali. Performer: Pharoah Sanders. Performer: Tulsi.
    • Journey In Satchidananda.
    • Impulse!.
    • 1.
  • John McLaughlin

    La Danse Du Bonheur

    Composer: Shankar. Ensemble: Shakti.
    • A Handful Of Beauty.
    • CBS.
    • 1.
  • Sarathy Korwar

    Elephant Hangover

    Performer: Sarathy Korwar. Performer: Giuliano Modarelli. Performer: Tamar Osborn. Performer: Aravindhan Baheerathan.
    • Direct-To-Disc Sessions.
    • Night Dreamer.
    • 3.
  • Ganavya

    Invocation (艑m nam艒 j寞 膩dhy膩)

    Performer: Ganavya. Performer: Albert Sanz. Performer: Pablo Mart铆n Caminero. Performer: Borja Barrueta.
    • Aikyam: Onnu.
    • 驰腻迟迟颈谤补颈.
    • 1.
  • George Harrison

    My Sweet Lord

    Performer: George Harrison.
    • 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything.
    • Universal Island Records.
    • 3.
  • Jahnavi Harrison

    Hymn For Govinda (Govindam Adi Purusham)

    Performer: Jahnavi Harrison.
    • Like A River To The Sea.
    • Mantralogy.
    • 3.
  • Abi Sampa

    Ghar Aa

    Performer: Abi Sampa. Performer: RUSHIL. Performer: Amrit Dhuffer.
    • Rushil, Abi Sampa & Amrit Dhuffer.
  • Charanjit Singh

    Raga Bhairav

    • Synthesizing: Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat.
    • Bombay Connection.
    • 1.
  • Talvin Singh

    Butterfly

    Performer: Talvin Singh. Performer: Naveen. Performer: DEVI.
    • OK.
    • Island Records.
    • 2.
  • MIDIval PunditZ

    Ajmer

    Ensemble: MIDIval PunditZ.
    • MIDIval PunditZ.
    • Six Degrees Records.
    • 10.
  • Karsh Kale

    Milan (Meeting Of Two Rivers)

    Performer: Karsh Kale.
    • Liberation.
    • Six Degrees Records.
    • 4.
  • Jai Paul

    Str8 Outta Mumbai

    Performer: Jai Paul.
    • Leak 04-13 (Bait Ones).
    • XL Recordings.
    • 2.
  • Nitin Sawhney

    Nadia

    Performer: Toni Economides. Singer: Swati Natekar.
    • Beyond Skin.
    • Outcaste Records.
    • 6.
  • Arooj Aftab & Anoushka Shankar

    Udhero Na

  • Shivkumar Sharma

    Raga Pahadi - Dogri Folk Dhun in Dipcandi Tal

    • Mountain Breeze.
    • Audiorec Classics.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Sun 22 May 2022 23:00