Acharuli Sakhumaro - The Third Orchestra with guests from the Urmuli Quintet, Tbilisi, Georgia

A traditional Georgian song ('Adjaruan funny song' - Adjara is in the west Georgia's black seaside). Filmed and recorded by The Third Orchestra on 22nd November 2022 at the Amadeus Centre, London.

The orchestra was joined by three distinguished guests from the Urmili Quintet. Director Nugzar Kavtaradze, (panduri, duduki, salamuri), Shalva Abramashvili (chuniri) and Vladimir Marmaladze (panduri bani, duduki, chiboni).

The Third Orchestra:
Rouhangeze voice
Rihab Azar oud
Wang Xiao erhu
Kirpal Singh dilruba/voice
Colin Alexander cello
Misha Mullov-Abbado double bass
Cheng Yu pipa
Alina Bzhezhinska harp
Hyelim Kim taegŭm flute
Byron Wallen trumpet
Diane McLoughlin saxophone
Anoushka Nanguy trombone./voice
Jon Banks accordion
Sören Birke duduk/harmonica/electronics
Matthew Bourne piano/ROLI
Shri Sriram electric bass/flute
Simon Limbrick percussion
Peter Wiegold director/keyboard

Filmed by Lydia & Jason Carter (Inspire Creative International)
Video edit and audio mix by Peter Wiegold
Sound by Pasha Mansurov & Chris Lewis