Performance

Venue	Mercury Theatre
	Also: Studio
Town	Colchester
County	Essex
From	25th March 2011
To	25th March 2011
When	19:30
Prices	From £10.80. To £15.50.
Mercury Theatre (V37)
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Bengal Tiger, Shanghai Dragon

Work:: Bengal Tiger, Shanghai Dragon (S516930740)

Production:: (T01223826523)

Inspired by recent visits to China and South Asia, the music of composer and director Tony Haynes combines ragas, time-cycles and inflected vocal styles from India and Bangladesh with ancient show-pieces and folk music from China with jazz improvisation, Latin and African rhythms and some surprising harmonic twists.

Performer	Baluji Shrivastav (sitar / dilruba)
Performer	Yousuf Ali Khan (tabla / dholak)
Performer	Lucy Rahman (voice)
Performer	Zhu Xiao Meng (Chinese harp)
Performer	Claude Deppa (trumpet / percussion)
Performer	Louise Elliott (tenor saxophone / flute)

Listing:: L01435974377

Production details

Inspired by recent visits to China and South Asia, the music of composer and director Tony Haynes combines ragas, time-cycles and inflected vocal styles from India and Bangladesh with ancient show-pieces and folk music from China with jazz improvisation, Latin and African rhythms and some surprising harmonic twists.

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