Cardiff, Wales (Evening Song from Satyagraha)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcnow/events/by/date/2026/10

Thu 8 Oct 2026
19:30
BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff

Voices collide as BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales join composer-sitarist Jasdeep Singh Degun in a 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“A Letter from the After-life” from “Two Pop Songs on Antique Poems”

INTERVAL

Philip GlassSatyagraha, Act III Part 3, Evening Song (Gandhi’s Final Aria)

Jasdeep Singh DegunExcerpt 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

PerformersBBC National Orchestra of Wales
Clark Rundell
conductor
Jasdeep Singh Degun
featured artist
James Way
singer
Kaviraj Singh
Yarlinie Thanabalasingam
singer
Gurdain Rayatt
BBC National Chorus of Wales