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Nitin Sawhney: Orbiting Orbital
Friday
6
November
2026
,
7:30 pm
Schwarzman Centre,
Woodstock Rd,
Oxford
OX2 6GG
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Nitin Sawhney New works (world premiere)
Nitin Sawhney piano & guitar
Aref Durvesh tabla & dholak
Eos Counsell violin
Shapla Salique vocals
YVA vocals
Tom Fetherstonhaugh conductor
Samantha Harvey author
Anthony Gormley artist
Mary McCartney photographer
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A new multi-disciplinary meditation on the value of humanity and our planet for reflection and performance.
Award-winning composer and musician Nitin Sawhney joins forces with celebrated author Samantha Harvey for a powerful new commission, premiered by Fantasia Orchestra.
Inspired by Harvey’s Booker Prize-winning novel Orbital, a remarkable, lyrical meditation on life aboard a space station, this new work features six new poems by Harvey, accompanied by six new pieces of music and a special new cantata composed by Sawhney, taking inspiration from Orbital. Alongside this new work will be some more familiar pieces. In addition, Antony Gormley has contributed six specially selected drawings to accompany the work. The project will also feature photographs by Mary McCartney as part of the journey.
Together, they offer shifting perspectives on identity, human connection, and a world beyond borders, zooming into the personal and out to the planetary, exploring what it means to live, feel and belong in an interconnected universe.
Duration: 2 hours (incl. interval)
Recommended Age: 12+
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Venue
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Sohmen Concert Hall
The Sohmen Concert Hall is the place to hear unamplified sound.
Schwarzman Centre,
Woodstock Rd,
Oxford
OX2 6GG