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Nitin Sawhney: Orbiting Orbital

A Schwarzman Centre Production with the BBC Concert Orchestra
6 Nov 2026 - 7 Nov 2026
6 Nov 2026
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7 Nov 2026

A new multi-disciplinary meditation on the value of humanity and our planet for reflection and performance.

Award-winning composer and musician Nitin Sawhney joins forces with celebrated author Sam Harvey for a powerful new commission, premiered by the BBC Concert Orchestra.

Inspired by Harvey’s Booker Prize-Winning novel Orbital, a remarkable, lyrical meditation on life aboard a space station, this new work features six new poems by Harvey, accompanied by six new pieces of music and a special new cantata composed by Sawhney, taking inspiration from Orbital. Alongside this new work will be some more familiar pieces. In addition, Antony Gormley has contributed six specially selected drawings to accompany the work. The project will also feature photographs by Mary McCartney as part of the journey.

Together, they offer shifting perspectives on identity, human connection, and a world beyond borders, zooming into the personal and out to the planetary, exploring what it means to live, feel and belong in an interconnected universe. 

Part of Utopia Now!, a season exploring the role of the arts in making a better future possible.

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Finely crafted meditation on hope, beauty, the ordinary and the spectacular

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This project is a collaboration between Nitin Sawhney, Samantha Harvey, Antony Gormley, Mary McCartney, and World Human Forum.

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