Episodes
| Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Across The World | 20220522 | In the final episode of this three-part series, Anoushka Shankar explores the influence that Indian classical music has had across the world, from Philip Glass, Terry Riley and The Beatles to the music of Bollywood and jazz, and artists working between the western and Indian classical traditions. She also explores how the folk music of India itself left an indelible mark on Hindustani and Carnatic music. Steeped in the traditions of the music, and a sitarist herself, Anoushka Shankar is our guide to the stories, theories and recordings of Indian classical music and what makes it so rich. Anoushka Shankar explores how Indian classical music has travelled across the world. Anoushka Shankar tells the story of Indian classical music and what makes it 'classical'. |
| Carnatic Music | 20220515 | In the second of this three-part series, Anoushka Shankar explores the classical music of south India, or 'Carnatic music', and how it differs from its northern or 'Hindustani' counterpart. She helps us to understand the importance of the Melakarta (the complex scales) in the music, how it's much more composition based than the northern tradition and the role her father, Ravi Shankar, played in popularising Carnatic music across the whole of India. Steeped in the traditions of the music, and a sitarist herself, Anoushka Shankar is our guide to the stories, theories and recordings of Indian classical music and what makes it so rich. Anoushka Shankar takes us on a journey through the music of south India. Anoushka Shankar tells the story of Indian classical music and what makes it 'classical'. |
| Hindustani Music | 20220508 | In the first of this three-part series, Anoushka Shankar explains what 'classical' means in the context of Indian classical music and explores the music of north India, or 'Hindustani classical music', and how it differs from its southern or 'Carnatic' counterpart. She helps us to understand the importance of raga (melody) and taal (rhythmic cycles) in the music, and the role her father, Ravi Shankar, had in creating the forms we know today. Steeped in the traditions of the music, and a sitarist herself, Anoushka Shankar is our guide to the stories, theories and recordings of Indian classical music and what makes it so rich. Anoushka Shankar takes us on a journey through the music of north India. Anoushka Shankar tells the story of Indian classical music and what makes it 'classical'. |