BBC Proms Season 2017 Episode 14 - Philip Glass and Ravi Shankar

Airdate: 2017-Aug-18

Episode summary:

Two goliaths of 20th century music, Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass, recorded the studio album Passages together in 1989. The result was a unique fusion of Hindustani sitar music with American minimalism. Tonight the full album is performed live for the first time, with Shankar's daughter Anoushka Shankar playing the sitar alongside the Britten Sinfonia, conducted by Karen Kamensek.

About BBC Proms series:

BBC Proms is the world's greatest classical music festival.