Mantra
Oxford Chamber Music Festival
Sukhwinder ‘Pinky-Ji’ Singh tabla
Matthew Barley cello
Adrian Freedman shakuhachi
Nicki Wells singer
A transcendental flight of the imagination around the world, in which great improvising musicians are joined by the spectacular aerial artist Maia Ayling. Long-time collaborators Sukhwinder Singh (‘Pinky-Ji’) and Matthew Barley welcome singer Nicki Wells, with her amazing global array of vocal techniques and styles, and Adrian Freedman on the Japanese shakuhachi, to connect far-flung peoples and cultures, and celebrate our common humanity.
Adrian Freedman
Shakuhachi Transcendence solo improvisation
Sultan Khan
Song of Separation and waiting
Indian Classical
Raag Bhairavi
MB + electronics
Improvisation using the 25″ Gol Gumbaz whispering gallery resonance from Bijapur India
Sukhwinder ‘Pinky-Ji’ Singh Tabla Improvisation
Nicky Wells and Matthew Barley Songs from Holy Indian Scriptures
