Upcoming Performances
January 14th, 7.45pm – Purcell Room, London. Pianist: Alexander Soares. Park Lane Group – new series, showcasing talented new artists.
Programme:
Prayer for solo piano (UK premiere) – Naresh Sohal.
A range of other works by contemporary composers.
15th January 2011, 8pm – Schiller Theatre, Berlin. Staatskapelle Berlin with Zubin Mehta, conductor.
Programme:
Leonore overture No. 3, Beethoven
The Divine Song for narrator and orchestra, Naresh Sohal
Symphony No. 3 (Eroica), Beethoven
16th January 2011, 10.30am - Schiller Theatre, Berlin. Staatskapelle Berlin with Zubin Mehta, conductor. Benefit concert in aid of environmental protection. Proceeds go to support the work of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Sikkim, and Arunchal Pradesh, India.
Programme:
Leonore overture No. 3, Beethoven
The Divine Song for narrator and orchestra, Naresh Sohal
Symphony No. 3 (Eroica), Beethoven
Previous Performances
6th August 2010 – Yuanlin Senior High School, Taiwan - Yuanlin 88 Harmonica Festival. Jia-Yi He, harmonica. Lin Tzu Hsi, piano.
Programme:
Reflection, Naresh Sohal
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August 2010 – Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore. Jia-Yi He,
harmonica. Chong Long-Zi, piano.
Reflection, Naresh Sohal
17th July 2010 - Wigmore Hall, London. Dante String Quartet; Sally Silver, soprano; Nafees Irfan, tabla.
This concert is a
celebration of the composer’s seventieth birthday.
Programme:
Three Songs from Gitanjali, Sohal
String Quartet No. 3, Sohal (world premiere)
Villa-Lobos Suite for voice and violin
Debussy’s String Quartet in G Minor Op. 10.
3rd February 2010 - Frederic R Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv. Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Zubin Mehta, narrator Itay Tiran, The Divine Song.
1st February 2010 – International Congress Centre, Jerusalem. Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Zubin Mehta, narrator Itay Tiran, The Divine Song.
30th January 2010 - Frederic R Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv. Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Zubin Mehta, narrator Itay Tiran, world premiere The Divine Song..
String Quartet No. 2 - Edinburgh Quartet at Glasgow
University Concert Hall
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Toronto 14th June 2008
Three Songs from Gitanjali - Zorana Sadiq, soprano, with Talisker
Players at the Luminato Festival, Toronto.
Tokyo 11th June 2008
Three Songs from Gitanjali - Yumi Satake, soprano with string quartet
and tabla of the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
Toronto 20th and 21st November 2007
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Three Songs from Gitanjali and Poems of Tagore II, the Talisker Players,
Trinity St. Paul’s Centre, Toronto
Hitchin 18th October 2007
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String Quartet No 2 – the Vardanyan String Quartet, St. Andrew's
Catholic Church, Hitchin. Concert sponsored by Hitchin Music Matters.
Tokyo 27th September 2007
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Duo for ‘cello and flute - Rohan de Saram, ‘cello and Carin Levine,
flute, at the Wonder Site, Tokyo
London 3rd November 2006
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Three Songs from Gitanjali and Poems of Tagore III - Sally Silver,
soprano, with the Medici Quartet and Sanju Sahai, tabla, the British
Museum.
Introductory talk given by the composer on his longstanding interest in
Tagore’s poetry.
This concert was part of a series of exhibitions, installations and
performances entitled Voices of Bengal. The season included an
exhibition of Tagore’s little-known paintings.
California February 2006
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Songs of the Five Rivers - Stanford Symphony Orchestra, conductor
Jindong Cai, with Nikki Einfeld, soprano and Sudev Seth, tabla, Stanford
University, California. Part of the
Stanford
Pan-Asian Music Festival.
Naresh gave an illustrated lecture on his life and work and, prior to
the concert itself, spoke to the audience about the significance of the
Sufi poets Bullay Shah and Waris Shah, whose poetry he had used in Songs
of the Five Rivers.
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