INDIAN ARCHAEOLOGY

 

Excavations at Sanauli – Recent Discoveries

Illustrated lecture by Dr. Sanjay Manjul, Director, Institute of Archaeology

SUMMER SONATA – A FESTIVAL OF OPERA AND BALLET FILMS

This year the festival presents operas, ballets, a ballet biography and choral works

Curated and introduced by Dr. R.P. Jain

 

Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet

(130 min; 1966; dvd)

The Royal Ballet with Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn

Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Conductor: John Lanchbery

 

This historical production stars Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev as the quintessential stage lovers. It captures the greatest dance partnership of our century at the peak of their careers

 

SUMMER SONATA – A FESTIVAL OF OPERA AND BALLET FILMS

This year the festival presents operas, ballets, a ballet biography and choral works

Curated and introduced by Dr. R.P. Jain

 

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

(154 min; 1994; dvd; English subtitles)

Graham Vick’s acclaimed production with Wojciech Drabowicz (Eugene Onegin); Elena Prokina (Tatyana); Martin Thompson (Lensky); Louise Winter (Olga); and Frode Olsen (Gremin) 

 

The London Philharmonic

Conductor: Andrew Davis

 

Graham Vick’s acclaimed production sets Pushkin’s tale of doomed love, tragedy and rejection against an acutely observed backdrop of Russian society, with spectacular choruses and dances

 

History of Indian Philosophy

Discussion on the new book edited by Purushottama Bilimoria with Amy Rayner (Routledge, 2018)

 

Panelists: Prof.  Purushottama Bilimoria, distinguished Teaching Fellow and Visiting Professor of Comparative Philosophy, Graduate Theological Union and the University of California, Berkeley; Prof. Shashi Prabhu Kumar, formerly at Jawaharlal Nehru University and Indo-Tibetan Sanchi University; Prof. Hari Shankar Prasad, Chair, Philosophy Department, University of  Delhi; and Prof. Raghunath Ghosh, University of North Bengal

 

Chair: Prof. Bindu Puri, Head of Centre for Philosophy, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

The History of Indian Philosophy is a comprehensive and authoritative examination of the movements and thinkers that have shaped Indian philosophy over the last three thousand years

 

Koel  ke Swara:  IIC Summer Festival of Music 2018

 

At 18:00

Sitar  Recital

By  Sandip Banerjee  from West Bengal, disciple of  Pt Monilal Nag and Pt Ajoy Sinha Roy 

 

Followed by

 

At 19:00

Hindustani Vocal Recital 

By Saptak Chatterjee from Delhi, disciple of Guru Pt Arun Kumar Chatterjee and Pt Sarathi Chatterjee 

Koel  ke Swara:  IIC Summer Festival of Music 2018

 

At 18:00

Sarod Recital

By Prabhat Kumar from Delhi, disciple of  Late Vidushi Pandita Smt Sharan Rani 

 

Followed by

 

At 19:00

Hindustani Vocal Recital

 By Kanakshree Bhatt from Indore, disciple of Vidushi Kalpana Zokarkar

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

 

 

CREEDS OF OUR TIMES

Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

 

The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements (180 min; 2014; dvd; English)

Directors: Stephen Lyons & Muffie Meyer

 

The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements is an exciting series about one of the great adventures in the history of science: the long and continuing quest to understand what the world is made of. Three episodes tell the story of seven of history’s most important scientists as they seek to identify, understand and organize the basic building blocks of matter

 

(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness The Dalai Lama)

 

The Many Faces of Finland

 

H.E. Ambassador Nina Vaskunlahti will give an illustrative presentation on Finland and its different defining aspects. Finland has consistently ranked high in different international comparisons, be it in the field of education, safety, business environment, or citizen happiness. But what defines Finland? Depending on the point of view, Finland can be described as an open, modern economy, a technology superpower, a leader in digitalization, a startup hub, or a cool Arctic destination

Chair: Ambassador K.P. Fabian

SUMMER SONATA – A FESTIVAL OF OPERA AND BALLET FILMS

This year the festival presents operas, ballets, a ballet biography and choral works

Curated and introduced by Dr. R.P. Jain

 

Claudio Monteverdi: Vespers of the Blessed Virgin 

(90 min; 1990; dvd; English)

Live recording from the Basilico di San Marco, Venice

 

With Ann Monoyios, Marinella Pennichhi (sopranos); Michael Chance (countertenor); Mark Tucker, Nigel Robson, Sandro Naglia (tenors); and Bryn Terfel & Alastair Miles (basses)

 

The English Baroque Soloists

The Monteverdi Choir

Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

 

A towering masterpiece of the early Baroque — at once intimate and grand, prayerful and dramatic, exalted and sensual. Monteverdi’s rarely performed 1610 Vespers of the Blessed Virgin offers up a dizzying array of textures and sonorities in brilliant instrumental writing, opulent choruses, and moving solo arias and duets