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Spirit of the Earth

on BBC Radio 3

In the first part of tonight's concert, given earlier this evening in the Adrian Boult Hall of Birmingham Conservatoire, monks and former monks from Wutai Shan in China perform centuries-old Buddhist music once thought to have been lost in China's political upheavals.
10.50 Sacred Mountains
Tim Malyon journeys from the mountains of Wutai to explore high peaks as places of celestial inspiration for writers of all faiths.
11.10 Part 2
The music of the villages and temples of South India is represented in the festival by Bhakti musicians from Tamilnadu.
(A BBC/South Bank Centre/ Sounds Like Birmingham co-promotion in association with BT)

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Adrian Boult Hall
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Tim Malyon

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