East meets West

United Kingdom, 1965

Film
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Episode of Series “BBC Monitor”.
A musical encounter uniting European and Indian music in a session of improvisation. Famous English guitarist Julian Bream is accompanied by Alla Rakha playing the Tabla and Ali Akbar Khan, a virtuoso of the Indian sarod - a four stringed instrument similar to the lute. Note: ‘East West Encounter’ appears at the end of the film.

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Credits

director

Humphrey Burton

production company

BBC-TV

Duration

00:26:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1965

Appears in

BBC Monitor

Group of items

BBC Monitor

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

320549

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Film festivals - Germany - Oberhausen - Awards

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Music & Performing Arts → Guitarists

Music & Performing Arts → Improvisation (Music)

Music & Performing Arts → Musicians

Music & Performing Arts → Musicians - India

Music & Performing Arts → Percussion instruments

Music & Performing Arts → Stringed instruments

Performance

Performance → Music - Performance

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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