Name: Sitar with Tabla & String Quintet – Jasdeep Singh Degun sitar with Harkiret Singh Bahra tabla & Ense
Start: 2026-03-23T19:30:00+00:00
Location: Guildhall Square, PO1 2AB Portsmouth, United Kingdom

$Sitar with Tabla & String Quintet \u2013 Jasdeep Singh Degun sitar with Harkiret Singh Bahra tabla & Ense$

A composer and virtuoso of the sitar with a classical string quintet makes for a spellbinding pairing. Ensemble 360 celebrates its 20th birthday with a gift to us – boundary-breaking new music created collaboratively. Jasdeep Singh Degun is no stranger to forming alliances in the music world. He was composer and co-music director for Opera North’s 2022 award-winning production of Orpheus, weaving a tapestry from the European and Indian traditions. ‘It’s really not a matter of different worlds meeting’, he reflects. ‘It’s just me: as much as I’m immersed in Indian classical music, I’m a product of this country; I’m a British composer.’ Both innovator and custodian of tradition, composer and performer, with a debut album made with the legendary Nitin Sawnhey released on Peter Gabriel’s Real World Records, he is reshaping the musical landscape.
DEGUN Alaap + Veer for sitar, tabla and string quintet (9′)
DEGUN Abbhā for sitar, tabla and string quintet (5′)
STRAVINSKY II. Excentrique from ‘Three Pieces for String Quartet’ (2′)
DVORAK (arr. Nabarro) Indian Lament for string quintet (4′)
DEGUN Rageshri for sitar, tabla and string quintet (11′)
STRAVINSKY I. Danse from ‘Three Pieces for String Quartet’ (1′)
DEGUN Arya MII for sitar, tabla and string quintet (13′)
STRAVINSKY III. Cantique from ‘Three Pieces for String Quartet’ (4′)
DEGUN Lament for sitar, tabla and string quintet (7′)