Concerts
Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey, conductor
Qais Essar, rubab
Shahbaz Hussain, tabla
Sheldonian Theatre
Broad St,
Oxford OX1 3AZ
15 June 2023, 7.30pm
First Church​
11 Garden Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts
20 March 2023, 7.00pm
Free but booking recommended!
Drama Studio, University of Sheffield
Shearwood Rd, Broomhall
Sheffield S10 2TD
10 February 2023, 6.00pm
The pre-concert talk is free, but the concert following with Elaha Soroor, Giuliano Modarelli and Shahbaz Hussain is ticketed.
EartH
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11-17 Stoke Newington Road
London
N16 8BH
5 July 2022, 7.30pm
New music by Afghan composers in exile or hiding, performed by the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey, with guest performers on traditional Afghan instruments.
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Saphwat Simab Rubab
Shahbaz Hussain Tabla
Yusuf Mahmoud Harmonium/voice
Mehboob Nadeem Sitar
William Rees Hoffman Dutar
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w/special guest appearance by Ustad Asif Mahmoud Tabla
and Singers from the King's College London Chapel Choir and Imperial College Chamber Choir
This concert is presented with the generous support of The Henfrey Charitable Trust, The New Music Commission Fund, The University of Sheffield, Sir Howard and Lady Stringer, Jon & Julia Aisbitt, Sir Winfried Bischoff, David and Elizabeth Ure, and individual donors.