#1786: Ensemble Ghazal - Shujaat Khan and Kayhan Kalhor

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

Hear the ensemble Ghazal, an original Persian and Indian collaboration featuring India’s sitar virtuoso Shujaat Husain Khan and Iran’s kamancheh master Kayhan Kalhor, in the WNYC studio.  

PROGRAM #1786, with Ghazal, live (First aired on Wed. 5/3/00)

ARTIST: Ghazal - Kayhan Kalhor and Shujaat Khan
WORK: Improvisation 1 [15:00]
RECORDING: Live, WNYC Studio, May 2000
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. 
INFO: Find Ghazal records on Shanachie Records

ARTIST: Ghazal - Kayhan Kalhor and Shujaat Khan
WORK: Improvisation 2 [10:00]
RECORDING: Live, WNYC Studio, May 2000
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. 
INFO: Find Ghazal records on Shanachie Records

ARTIST: Ghazal
WORK: Fire In My Heart, excerpt [17:00]
RECORDING: Moon Rise Over The Silk Road
SOURCE: Shanachie #66024
INFO: shanachie.com

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