The PSQ Presents an Evening of Exploration with Autorickshaw

Sept. 17, 2024

Saturday, September 28, 2024 at 7:30pm
Maureen Forrester Recital Hall

Penderecki String Quartet:
Jeremy Bell & Jerzy Kapłanek, violins
Christine Vlajk, viola
Katie Schlaikjer, cello

in collaboration with Autorickshaw:
Dylan Bell, bass/voice/beatbox
Ed Hanley, tabla/voice
Suba Sankaran, voice

with the Laurier Singers

Program

Aaj Ki Raat (“Tonight’s The Night”) by R. D. Burman (1939-1994), arr. Suba Sankaran
with special guests, Laurier Singers

Smoke (2015) by Jessie Montgomery

The Trouble With Hari by Gordon Sheard, lyrics Andrew Craig/Suba Sankaran
(Commissioned by Autorickshaw with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts)

Manju Nihar by Annamalai Reddiyar (1865-1891), arr. Suba Sankaran

English Note by H. M. Bhagavathar (1877-1945), arr. Suba Sankaran

Come Together (1969) by Lennon/McCartney, arr. Dylan Bell and Suba Sankaran

Intermission

Maya (2006) by Suba Sankaran
(Commissioned by the West End Cultural Centre)

A Letter From The After-Life by Dinuk Wijeratne

Bird on the Wire by Leonard Cohen (1934-2016), arr. Suba Sankaran

Take Five (1959) by Paul Desmond, arr. Dylan Bell and Suba Sankaran

Meditation Round (2020) by Suba Sankaran
with special guests, Laurier Singers

Chaiyya Chaiyya (1998) by A. R. Rahman, lyrics Gulzar, arr. Suba Sankaran

We ask that patrons take photos only during intermission and/or after the show and refrain from recording audio or video unless otherwise announced at the beginning of the show.

Program Notes, Lyrics and Translations

Land Acknowledgement

We would like to acknowledge that Wilfrid Laurier University and its campuses are located on the shared traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishnaabe (Anish-nah-bay) and Haudenosaunee (Hoe-den-no-show-nee) peoples. This land is part of the Dish with One Spoon Treaty between the Haudenosaunee and Anishnaabe peoples and symbolizes the agreement to share, protect our resources and not to engage in conflict. From the Haldimand Proclamation of Oct. 25, 1784 this territory is described as: “six miles deep from each side of the river (Grand River) beginning at Lake Erie and extending in the proportion to the Head of said river, which them and their posterity are to enjoy forever.” The proclamation was signed by the British wit​h their allies, the Six Nations, after the American Revolution. Despite being the largest reserve demographically in Canada, those nations now reside on less than five percent of this original territory.