Led by Madan Soni, Hindi Critic

Followed by Film Screening
Jayein to Jayein Kahaan (90 mins,2025,Hindi )
Directed by Amit K.B. Vaid, eminent film maker

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)
 

Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Sanika Kulkarni from Pune, disciple of Dr Veena Sahasrabuddhe
Accompanists: Baldev Sisodiya (tabla); and Lalit Sisodiya (Harmonium)

At 19:00
Bharatnatyam Recital
By Divya Hoskere from Bengaluru, disciple of Shri P. Praveen Kumar

Aunty Sudha Aunty Radha (49 min; 2020)
Directed by Tanuja Chandra

A Documentary about a Filmmaker’s aunts, in the spring of their lives 
Three hours outside India's capital is a village called Lahra. This film follows two widowed sisters, aged 86 and 93, who have retired to this village, and whose days are spent with their adopted family of domestic help. The sisters do as they please, pay heed to no one and don’t bother with unsolicited advice. They don’t let their ailments unsettle them much and remain largely unfearful of death.

And yet, from this light-heartedness, emerge lessons. Of courage and perseverance, of camaraderie and care-giving, of destiny and faith, and the most significant one: when we engage in conversations of death, we improve the quality of life.

The film will be followed by a virtual chat with the director, Tanuja Chandra and producer, Anupama Mandloi (online)

Concert presented by Chitra Srikrishna, Carnatic vocalist, writer and teacher of music appreciation

Chitra Srikrishna (vocal & narration) 
Accompanists: Arvindd Narayanan (violin) and Vignesh Jayaraman (mridangam).

Udaan explores the melodic realm of Indian poetry, focusing on birds as literary symbols. From the common crow to the partridge, Indian poets through the ages, have used birds as literary devices to compose captivating melodies. The concert will explore these themes through bhajan, classical and folk music compositions in Bengali, Kannada, Hindi, Marathi, Sanskrit, Tamil and Telugu. With live accompaniment in the Carnatic idiom, the music is interspersed with short narrations in English
 

Curated and introduced by Sunit Tandon

CONCERT
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D minor
(106 min; 1991; dvd)

Florence Quivar, contralto
Tölzer Knabenchor
Chorus Master: Gerhardt Schmidt-Gaden
Women of the Enrst-Senff-Chor
Chorus Master: Hellwarth Matthiesen
Berliner Phlharmoniker
Conductor: Bernard Haitink

Mahler's Third Symphony is one of his sunniest, most extrovert scores. It is also his longest symphony, lasting at least an hour and a half. It needs large-scale performing forces and is, indeed, unconventional and all-encompassing. It ended up being six movements but started out as seven. Perhaps most interestingly, the Third Symphony also offers one of the most complete musical statements of Mahler's world view that the composer ever penned. Mahler used the sounds of nature to represent the "worldly tumult," a tumult not only of birdcalls, rustic dances, military marches, and other mundane sounds, but also of emotions. For Mahler, nature meant everything; it was the world. Jean Sibelius recalled Mahler saying something similar to him when the two met in 1907: "The symphony must be like the world. It must embrace everything."
 

Curated and introduced by Sunit Tandon

OPERA
Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale
(130 min; 2006; dvd; English subtitles)

From the Opernhaus Zürich with Ruggero Raimondi (Don Pasquale); Juan Diego Flórez (Ernesto); Oliver Widmer (Dottor Malatesta); Isabel Rey (Norina);

Orchestra and Chorus of the Opernhaus Zürich
Conductor: Nello Santi
Chorus Master: Jürg Hämmerli

Lifelong bachelor Don Pasquale is livid when his heir, Ernesto, falls for a penniless widow. Determined to teach him a lesson, Don Pasquale decides to disown Ernesto, marry, and produce a new heir himself. Enter Norina, Ernesto’s love, and her crafty friend Dr. Malatesta. They trick Pasquale into a fake marriage, with Norina posing as the picture-perfect bride. But before the ink on the marriage contract is even dry, Norina unleashes her inner spitfire, turning Pasquale’s tidy world riotously upside down.
 

Curated and introduced by Sunit Tandon

BALLET
Léo Delibes: Coppélia
(105 min; 2019; dvd)

From The Royal Ballet with Marianela Nuñez (Swanilda); Vadim Muntagirov (Franz); Gary Avis (Dr Coppélius); Ashley Dean (Coppélia); Christopher Saunders (The Burgomaster); Erico Montes (The Innkeeper); Mayara Magri (Peasant Girl); Lukas Bjørneboe Brændesrød (The Duke); Claire Calvert (Aurora); Annette Buvoli (Prayer)

Choreography and Production: Ninette de Valois after Lev Ivanov and Enrico Cecchetti
Orchestra of The Royal Opera House
Concert Master: Sergey Levitin
Conductor: Barry Wordsworth

Ninette de Valois’ charming and funny Coppélia is a classic of the Royal Ballet repertory – a story of love, mischief and mechanical dolls, starring Marianela Nuñez and Vadim Muntagirov. The intricate choreography is set to Delibes’ delightful score and shows off the technical precision and comedic timing of the whole Company. Osbert Lancaster’s designs bring a colourful storybook world to life in this entertaining and joyful ballet.

Dastaan-e-Laila (70 min)
A comedy play directed by Vishaal Vashishtha
Presented by Nabhya Theatre Group

An ironic take on the Laila-Majnu love story set in today’s scenario with a twist reflecting the aspirations of the modern day Laila…

(Collaboration: Nabhya Theatre)
 

Curated & Introduced by Sunit Tandon

CONCERT
Gulda: Mozart Concertos
(67 min; 1986; dvd)

Friedrich Gulda, piano
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted from the piano by Friedrich Gulda

The world-renowned Friedrich Gulda conducts and performs Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in d minor, K.466 and his Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, K. 537 (the “Coronation Concerto”) with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra.
 

Hindustani Flute Recital
By Rajat Prasanna from Mumbai, disciple of Pt Ravi Shankar Prasanna

At 18.30
Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Arindam Chakraborty from Kolkata, disciple of Pt. Aloke Kumar Chatterjee