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The Chennai Tapes (Into The Fire)
Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre and Australian Art Orchestra
Sunday, October 11, 2009 at 6:00 p.m.

ARTISTS

Australian Art Orchestra
Guru Kaaraikkudi Mani
B. V. Balasai, Bansuri (Flute)
Tony Hicks, Alto Saxophone, Clarinet, Piccolo
Sandy Evans, Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone
Paul Grabowsky, Keyboards/Samples
U. P. Raju, Mandolin
Philip Rex , Double Bass
Niko Schäuble, Drums
‘Ghatam’ V. Suresh , Ghatam
Scott Tinkler, Trumpet

PROGRAM

SHERRIFF  -  Into Five
SHERRIFF  -  Pentacle
SCHÄUBLE  -  Hyderadub
CHATERJEE  -  Vande Matharam
EVANS  -  Sacred Cow’s Tail
SRI GANAPATI SACHCHIDANANDA SWAMIJI  -  Ayappa
SPENCE  -  Creeper
SPENCE  -  On the Loop
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Listen to AAO and Sruthi Laya Ensemble play Hyderadub

Listen to AAO and Sruthi Laya Ensemble play Sacred Cows Tail

Watch the video of The Chennai Tapes here

The Chennai Tapes (the latest chapter of Into the Fire) celebrates more than a decade of collaboration between the artists. These original works, built on the South Indian Carnatic tradition and interpreted by musicians who figure among Australia's leading jazz players, were premiered in India in 2008. Highlights of that ground-breaking tour were concerts at the Mysore ashram of His Holiness Sri Ganapati Sachchidananda Swamiji; at Chennai's prestigious Indian Academy of Music; and, at the Lalitha Kalathoranam in Hyderabad.

Leaders of the Sruthi Laya Ensemble and AAO, Guru Kaaraikkudi Mani and Paul Grabowsky, join the musicians under the musical direction of Adrian Sherriff a gifted, multi-instrumentalist and former student of Guru Kaaraikkudi Mani.

1 hour 30 mins concert duration (no interval)

A reserve $40 ($25 concession) B reserve $30 ($20 concession)