Concert D 1 November 2026 Samrat Majumder guitar

SAMRAT MAJUMDER guitar
Winner of multiple prizes, BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist and Classic FM Rising Star, the Scottish-Indian classical guitarist Samrat Majumder is a busy recitalist while still studying for a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore. With his soulful, expressive interpretations of Elizabethan and Baroque repertoire as well as music of later periods, he is winning new audiences for the classical guitar.
His programme juxtaposes music from the English and Scottish Renaissance, German Baroque in the shape of J. S. Bach and a new commission.
During the 2025/26 season Samrat has been performing throughout the UK, with London appearances including Fellowship House and imminently a debut recital at the Wigmore Hall.
PROGRAMME
■ Dowland Three Fancies:A Fancy, P. 5; Forlorn Hope Fancy, P. 2; Fantasia (Tremolo), P. 73
■ J. S. Bach Lute Suite No. 1, BWV 996
■ Arthur Keegan New commission
■ Various Scottish Lute Manuscripts
■ Dowland Three Songs: The Earl of Essex, His Gaillard; Lachrimae Pavan; The Frog Gaillard

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