Solo Sitar Performance

Earth Heart Creative had an opportunity to stretch some musical muscles this afternoon in the beautiful yurt at The Cross Keys, Llanfyllin. The warm September weather allowed some audience members to enjoy sitting outside to listen through the open door, but it was also pretty cosy inside! Nik focused on raga Bhairavi in three parts; the first (the alap) an  introduction to the raga, the second (alap jod) bringing in a pulse and the third (jod jhala), a fast piece in teenal (sixteen beats). To close the afternoon, Nik played a short dhun in raga Nat Bhairav, which you can enjoy below:

With many thanks to Pete of local Art Blanc Combo fame for organising the afternoon, to The Cross Keys for hosting and to all the audience members for joining us! Watch this space for more performances soon!