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India April 2011

India tour repertoire: An Offering of Songs

Our programme of music is inspired by the Bengali poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore, as our tour coincides with his 150th anniversary. He was born in Kolkata and spent a good deal of time in Kalimpong.

Tagore’s web of influences is such that we will be singing some of the most sublime choral music of the European tradition, with pieces by Finzi, Schumann, Macmillan and Skempton. We have also specially commissioned a piece for the tour which interweaves a song by Tagore with English and biblical poetry.

Andrew O'Sullivan and Ann Morgan, two members of the choir, wrote the programme notes explaining the repertoire that we chose to sing in our tour to India and its connection to Rabindranath Tagore. Click the image to download a pdf.

For a full list of the music sung in the concerts on tour click here, and for the tour programme click here.

Click here to download a flyer with more information about the concerts and here for the full programme.

India 2011

February to May 2011

Singing a programme based around Bengali poet Tagore the tour to India started with a concert in Alverstoke in Hampshire, then on to Kolkata, Kalimpong and finally Dartington.

India tour blog

Follow the progress of our tour to India on this mini-blog. We'll be updating it with photos and a few comments whenever we have a wireless connection.

India tour thanks

The great success of Ishirini's tour to India would not have been possible without the help and support of a great number of people. We would like to extend particular thanks to:

Paul Pilott: St. Mary’s Church, Alverstoke

Marilyn and Richard Lovett: Alverstoke

Leslie Ram: Union Chapel, Kolkata

Rev. Gain: Union Chapel, Kolkata

Bishop Ashoke Biswas: Diocese of Kolkata (CNI)

Reverend Andrew Simick: St. Paul’s Cathedral, Kolkata

Anup Biswas: Mathieson Music School, Kolkata

Dipak Sapui: Mathieson Music School, Kolkata

Dhamacari Suvajra: ITBCI, Kalimpong

Jhampel Khalden: ITBCI, Kalimpong

Nicolas Soames: ITBCI, Kalimpong

Norden, Holumba Haven, Kalimpong