This double bill pairs two Hindustani musicians whose art centres on a shared quality: the slow, deliberate unfolding of a raga. The first half belongs to Ustad Irshad Khan, a sitarist from the Imdadkhani gharana — a tradition known for making the sitar approximate the human voice. Khan’s playing is spacious and meditative, each phrase drawn out and allowed to dissolve before the next begins. Sanju Sahai provides tabla accompaniment with sensitivity and restraint.

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Ustad Irshad Khan + Pandit Prasad Khaparde · Barbican Centre

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